NixOS Revisited

Time to update the config and reproduce my entire system.
Chapters:
00:00:00 - NixOS
00:01:40 - Review Minimal Install
00:07:49 - NixOS Packages
00:16:32 - Monitor Issues
00:33:44 - NixOS Install Begins
00:42:25 - Changing Hardware UUIDs
00:51:34 - Fixing Errors with config
01:07:21 - Initial Boot
01:10:21 - Floorp does NOT work
01:15:05 - It just WORKS
01:31:28 - Fixing Permissions
01:37:20 - Using BBR Network Support
01:51:54 - The End .

[wiillou]

You should regenerate the hardware configuration when you install your system because it can pick up some qwirks of the system, it says at the top that you should not edit this file.

[Cenotph]

Nix is perfext for automated server configurations, management and versioning control.
We do a ton of automation now with ansible that Nix could be doing instead

[Ultrajamz]

Wondering if I should use kasm or spool up nixos or ubuntu vm’s for using different browser VMs for different purposes, keep from being data mined and profiled so hard

[mucklus]

...and then hundreds of aggressive noobs start storming r/nixos and spewing all the crap you put in their heads at others....When Dolstra imposed his 20-year experiment on the users, he did not take into account that the hardware-configuration.nix file must be identical for the system to be completely identical, because it is the basis for the configuration.nix file. By the way, the system is configured quite concisely and flexibly without using flakes/

[MagnusNemo-xcnx]

NixOS is the way. Never going back to normie Linux. Steep lurning curve but worth the time investment.

[RobFisherUK]

One thing I find nice is that if you stick with it, all these things you are fixing: it will be the last time you have to figure out how to do that specific thing.

All your changes are commits and if you see the same problem on some other computer you can apply the same change there.

[LarsOksendal]

Chris, you are the king of git. You should make a flake right away. You can use the configuration.nix that you have created now, add Home-manager standalone or module (Module if you want a fully automated install script). You should also make hardware-configuration.nix use labels instead of uuid so that it stays the same every time you install. Keep it up! You'll love NixOS the more you use it!

[matthewstott]

Nix the package manager runs on Windows WSL2 w/systemd, macOS, and Linux. Nix plus direnv is simply magic for developers. Change directories into a project and direnv will load a Nix flake and spin up your projects environment including developer tools, libraries, older versions of things, etc. Nix Home Manager handles userland configuration.

[redhawk]

The arch wiki is an amazing resource, and I strongly dislike arch itself.

[wiillou]

question someone asked at the start about secure boot: lanzaboote is the way you get secure boot

[thestreamreader]

OgloTheNerd channel has good video on why he left Nix and what he created to somewhat mimic it.

[davidluza]

Hi, I've been trying nixOS for a while and I wanted to install hyprland but I couldn't find a working guide anywhere. The ones I tried broke my system, do you have any tips where I can learn to understand it? I am using gnome which I know. Thanks for your videos and your time, good luck with everything.

[ElHua]

I have four computers in my home, all of them are 1080p 60Hz.

[RazoBeckett.]

I will also try nixos some day i am also a guy who breaks they thinks. because i keep on tinkering around and damage it.

[tartearer]

No idea what your doing but that's ok just seeing someone do this learning through osmosis.

[carlonlamont]

Would it be possible to use NixOs as a hypervisor to run VMs on some PCs and laptops? I am trying to get a package installation for schools with programming, CAD/CAM, and digital arts software. That can be remote managed and booted from a locked image after each power cycle. To allow for permissive use but clear any non standardized changes.

[cxa]

Nick's OS RE-visited. All American terror

[alphakamp]

as a dad, i love the end of the stream ahhaha

[azuredragongaming]

Do you need to reboot everything you rebuild nixos??

[mannixmd]

I don't see the point of changing distros if you gonna end up with the same looks tbh but that doesn't change the fact that those streams are entertaining to watch :)