nixos-config: Nix-Flake for my systems

Repo under construction!

Systems

Hostname	Machine	Status
lepidoptera	Desktop	WIP
mantodea	Mini Homelab	WIP
coleoptera	Laptop 1	not started
hymenoptera	Laptop 2	WIP
	Raspberry Pi	not started

Overview

Program	Name
Code Editor	Neovim
Shell	zsh/bash
Terminal Emulator	alacritty

Project Structure

.
├── systems            # System configuration
├── home-manager       # Home configuration
├── docs               # Documentation files
├── modules            # Modules for system and home configuration
├── shells             # Development shells (independent of this NixOS configuration)
├── ...
├── LICENSE
├── flake.nix
├── flake.lock
├── shell.nix
└── README.md

Installation

Warning: Do not follow this blindly, it will probably not work for you!

NixOS

After installing NixOS on your system, run:

nix --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes run nixpkgs#git clone https://github.com/FabianMoertter/NixOS
cd NixOS
nix-shell

to clone this repo and bootstrap flakes and home-manager. Note: The shell provides neovim so you can edit configuration files. Copy hardware-configuration.nix: Depending on what you do you need to copy your hardware-configuration.nix from /etc/nixos/ to the desired location. Do not just copy this command!

cp /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix system/<system>/hardware-configuration.nix

Now you can build the system:

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#<hostname>

Home Manager

Proceed with this steps after you installed NixOS and after you rebuild the system. You should still be in the dev shell from above. Otherwise, try:

nix shell nixpkgs#home-manager

Then run home-manager with:

home-manager switch --flake .#<user>@<hostname>

If you get an error like this: "Could not find suitable profile directory, tried .../profiles and .../user" run:

nix profile list

to fix the issue and then run home-manager again.

Neovim

Neovim config is based on kickstart.nvim: https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim

The config is located under modules/home-manager/nvim/

Projects

Documentation

General-nix

Functions

Nix Resources

Here is an incomplete list of great Nix/Nixpkgs/NixOS resources:

Documentation:

• https://nix.dev
• https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/introduction
• https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes

Tutorials:

• https://zero-to-nix.com/
• https://github.com/brainrake/nixos-tutorial

NixOS example repositories:

• https://github.com/jakehamilton/config
• https://github.com/sioodmy/dotfiles/tree/main
• https://github.com/tars0x9752/home
• https://github.com/misterio77/nix-config
• https://github.com/librephoenix/nixos-config
• https://github.com/HeinzDev/Hyprland-dotfiles
• https://gitlab.com/Zaney/zaneyos
  • for Hyprland config
• https://github.com/sweenu/nixfiles
• https://github.com/Raagh/dotfiles
• https://github.com/terlar/nix-config
• https://github.com/colemickens/nixcfg
• https://github.com/IogaMaster/dotfiles
• https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles
• https://github.com/redyf/nixdots
• https://github.com/rxyhn/yuki/tree/main
• https://github.com/LongerHV/nixos-configuration

Homelab examples:

• https://github.com/badele/nix-homelab
• https://github.com/TUM-DSE/doctor-cluster-config

Videos:

• https://www.youtube.com/@vimjoyer

Neovim repositories:

• https://github.com/jakehamilton/neovim
• https://github.com/jordanisaacs/neovim-flake
• https://github.com/mrcjkb/kickstart-nix.nvim

sops-nix:

• https://github.com/Mic92/sops-nix

deploy-rs:

• https://github.com/serokell/deploy-rs

Blogs and articles:

• https://primamateria.github.io/blog/neovim-nix
• https://nixos-and-flakes.thiscute.world/nixos-with-flakes/introduction-to-flakes#nix-flakes-and-classic-nix

Companies:

• https://determinate.systems
• https://www.tweag.io/

Other:

• https://flakehub.com/flakes

Credits

Flake based on standard template: https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs.

Neovim config based on kickstart.nvim: https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim.

Hyprland config inspired by: https://gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles

Wallpaper: DNA Image by kjpargeter on Freepik