NixOS beginner guide

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[ndwxxd]

The day there is a guide to set up flakes + home manager I will explode

[liliumfrsh]

Самое вменяемое в выдаче ютуба по запросу гайдов на NixOS, спасибо.

[Zwygi]

As a Debian user I never was that much interested in distro hopping, but I think I will give NixOS. Thanks for giving it some visibility! Greetings from Switzerland

[brainstormsurge]

Just getting into this. Thanks for the guide. One bit of feedback that I think should have been in the video is that it's very useful to learn `nix-shell` right away. For example, I don't like nano and would rather have micro or better yet neovim to edit the configuration. I can do this with `$ nix-shell -p neovim` which installs the package on a temporary shell. I did this and it felt really nice.

The packages used this way are gone as soon as the shell is closed which lets you use your package(s) of choice before it's installed the right way with the configuration file. This is good for also testing stuff you don't plan to keep that would otherwise clutter up your system or need you to use something like Docker to do the same thing. In fact I would consider it very similar to that in how it containerizes the packages in a shell but I'm not an expert on that technology so I'm sure there's differences.

[MrModtronix]

I have only seen the first video. You Sir, made Nix os something I can understand. Thank you for that. I'm sold!

[vimjoyer]

Sorry for mic quality and unstable volume, hope you enjoy the video!

[sabergo]

Solid introduction. Look forward to expanded or more in depth videos.

[FlamerOHR]

Thanks for this video, it brings a lot of clarity where the nix docs struggle to illustrate

[xc]

this video was just awesome! subscribed

first of all i got this video recommended because i skate and was watching the berrics and then this video got recommended saying that you quoted their skatepark (?)
then i started watching it and found how this OS is just awesome. im a developer that loves linux and this is my first time seeing this OS. will try it ASAP

keep up the good work!

[sagizmnd]

Hello from Belarus, glad to see someone from nearby doing such great tutorial series!

[ThunderDraws]

No idea why I got a video recommended from a really small channel but damn that distro does look interesting indeed! thanks for the video!

[longbranchgooberdapple]

I'm keep hearing about nix all the time and was confused of why language would be deployable as docker image :) Now it's clearer, thanks! Now I want to explore it at least a bit.

[krupkat]

Great intro, thanks! This inspired me to test out the system

[thatguynar]

I remember tryign this out a while back. Loved how it makes it pretty easy to just share your config so someone else can have their system built just like yours. Forgot what the reason was that made me go back to arch but might give this a check again soon.

[BenSycha]

Very nice video. I have just put nixos onto my NAS and was starting to get tempted to put it on my laptop... You might have persuaded me

[grawlixes]

just started using NixOS. my approach is leverage flakes and home-manager for everything. trying to avoid doing things the "old way" like channels, etc. thx for the videos!

[another-niko-pfp-holder]

I've been considering setting up a separate system for schoolwork and this seems like a really good option! We'll see if wayland lives up to the hype

[brainstormsurge]

Coming back a week later the GUI installer for NixOS has a few flaws.

1. It won't configure any filesystem other than ext4.
2. Even if you partition it yourself with gparted, which in in the installation system, it won't accept it. Neither with doing it with CLI tools like fdisk, gparted or parted.
3. If you try to use the manual method within Calemares, the installation tool, it will brick the system and won't let you boot after installation. Part of it could be that you can't create the small 1Mb or less of empty space at the beginning of the drive for alignment purposes.

Because of these issues I just used the GUI installer for a bit before learning how to install things with the minimal installer. Although you might still want to use the GUI installer and just do everything from the terminal since that way you have access to a browser and can copy and paste things a lot easier.

With using the preconfigured option that the GUI installer gives you I was able to have an example of what the configuration looked like with the desktop installed and stuff which helped me know how to configure stuff from tty or terminal only.

While not as good as the Arch installation guide the NixOS one on their wiki is good enough to get you started.

[zalphoid]

Great video! Im a long time nixos user and even a package maintainer and this video serves as a great into.

[lennyescott]

I chose arch linux so i wouldn't be tempted to distro hop... but then i learnt about nix 💀