My nix conf

🏠 Home Setup

nix run home-manager/release-23.05 -- switch --flake .

🏗️ System Setup

👷 "Manual"

1. Boot Installer
2. Clone repo
3. Setup partitions

   sudo nix run --extra-experimental-features flakes --extra-experimental-features nix-command github:nix-community/disko -- --mode disko --flake path:$PWD#nixos-pulse
   

4. Run installer

   sudo nixos-install --flake .#nixos-pulse
   

🚀 Fully-Automated

_{🚨 This will WIPE EVERYTHING on the specified system
⚠️ ensure proper sshd & firewall key setup for remote systems}

nix run github:numtide/nixos-anywhere -- --flake path:$PWD#nixos-pulse root@1.2.3.4

🔄 Updates

Run this to keep your system up-to-date.

nix flake update
sudo nixos-rebuild  --flake .#nixos-pulse switch

Run this to keep your home up-to-date.

nix flake update
home-manager switch --flake .

Plasma

Add GUI settings to plasma.nix

nix run github:pjones/plasma-manager | rg -v khotkeysrc | rg -v "\[ \]" > plasma.new.nix
diff plasma.nix plasma.new.nix
# copy over as needed

🛠️ Nix Configuration Structure

Here's a brief rundown of the directory structure:

Top-Level Files

• flake.nix: Nix Flake configuration file.
• configuration.nix: Main NixOS system configuration entry point.
• disko.nix: Disk and filesystem configuration.
• hardware.nix: Hardware-related configurations like drivers.
• home.nix: Configurations related to user home directories. (home-manager)
• users.nix: User account and privilege settings.

home-mods Directory

Stores modules related to specific user applications or environments.

• dev/default.nix: Developer-specific configurations.
• firefox/default.nix: Firefox browser settings.
• plasma/default.nix: KDE Plasma desktop settings.
• virt/default.nix: Virtualization-related settings.

os-mods Directory

Holds system-level modules for network, virtualization, etc.

• network/default.nix: Network-related settings.
• virt/default.nix: OS-level virtualization settings.

🙏 Made possible by

• NixOS: https://nixos.org/
  • https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-anywhere
  • https://github.com/nix-community/disko
• Countless great examples e.g.:
  • https://github.com/etu/nixconfig
  • https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles
• Caffeine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine