Nixos Install and Software Install

A guide to get you up and running quickly with NixOS as well as installing software.

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[dingokidneys]

Very good. Succinct and to the point. I've heard about NixOS for ages but never actually seen this stuff in action so this video was great.

[dktol]

Now that you've done a tutorial, I think it would be really useful if you did an overview of nix/nixos internals - how it's structured, what is the overall design & management philosophy, and in particular, where the packages are stored. I've heard it's immutable, and you can have multiple versions of apps and libraries without conflicts. I see from this video that it can pull package binaries from repo caches or rebuild them from sources, if required. I find that most videos on nix are just cookbook recipes without telling you how it works and what's happening.

[imsoket]

got a basic grasp of nix thanks my good sir

[nelsono]

I'm a fan of Arch Linux. I decided to give NixOS a try and I have to say I am really liking it. The fact that one can roll back to a previous state is a really nice feature. Thanks for the video.

[Chrisg]

I recently switched from Debian to Nix and I must say I really like it. Still figuring out quite a few things like flakes and such, but really like the Package Management System and the amount of packages.

[OctaviusPelagius]

The config file is there telling you don't need to prepend `pkgs.` to the package names 🤦‍♂

Also, you don't have to reboot after every install/uninstall of packages. Only when something that changes the configuration of the system is modified, like a kernel update, an init task or version is changed, etc.

[nclsbayona]

New sub here, I'm really looking forward to see the NixOS series. Regards

[Cybr-Kun]

could you perhaps do a tutorial on how to specifically get obs with the ndi plugin up and running?

[dktol]

How would you delete that ancient X-term app in the gnome install? I didn't see it listed in the nix configuration file, so nothing to comment out (maybe I missed it??). Come to think of it, is there a way to list installed apps on the command line?

[mlevesque]

I installed software on my profile using the configuration.nix file. I know tried using the # to comment the name of one software I installed (Bottles in this case) while I can't access the software anymore, all the files are still there. How do you remove everything?

[Blubberland]

Combination of the used microphone and the relatively many sibilants and battarism from the spoken accent = hard to understand