⠀⠀ 🌸 Setup / Hyprland 🌸
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╭─ Distro -> NixOS
├─ Editor -> Neovim
├─ Browser -> Firefox
├─ Shell -> ZSH
╰─ Resource Monitor -> Btop
╭─ Model -> DELL XPS 8940
├─ CPU -> Intel i5-10400f @ 4.3GHz
├─ GPU -> NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
╰─ Resolution -> 1920x1080@165hz
╭─ WM -> Hyprland
├─ Terminal -> Wezterm
├─ Theme -> Catppuccin
├─ Icons -> Papirus-Dark
├─ Font -> JetBrains Mono Nerd Font
╰─ Hotel -> Trivago
- Rebuild and switch to change the system configuration (in the configuration directory):
rebuild
OR
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake '.#redyf'
- Connect to internet (Change what's inside the brackets with your info).
iwctl --passphrase [passphrase] station [device] connect [SSID]
I'll guide you through the Installation, but first make sure to download the Minimal ISO image available at NixOS and make a bootable drive with it. I suggest using Rufus for the task as it's a great software, and an ethernet cable to make things easier. We shall begin!
Installation Steps
Only follow these steps after using the bootable drive, changing BIOS boot priority and getting into the installation!
First part:
video=1920x1080
setfont ter-128n
configure networking as needed (skip this if you're using ethernet)
sudo -i
lsblk (check info about partitions and the device you want to use for the installation)
gdisk /dev/vda (change according to your system, for me it's /dev/nvme0n1)
then configure 600M type ef00, rest ext4 type 8300 as described below
Type "n" to make a new partition, choose the partition number, first sector can be default but last sector should be 600M. Hex code for EFI is ef00.
Now type n again to make another partition, this time we'll leave everything as default. After finishing these steps, make sure to write it to the disk by typing "w".
lsblk
mkfs.fat -F 32 -n boot /dev/vda1 (Format the partitions)
mkfs.ext4 -L nixos /dev/vda2
mount /dev/disk/by-label/nixos /mnt (Mount partitions)
mkdir /mnt/boot (Create a directory for boot)
mount /dev/disk/by-label/boot /mnt/boot
After mounting the partitions, you can move to the second part...
# go inside a nix shell with the specified programs
nix-shell -p git nixUnstable neovim
# create this folder if necessary
mkdir -p /mnt/etc/
# clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/redyf/nixdots.git /mnt/etc/nixos --recurse-submodules
# remove this file
rm /mnt/etc/nixos/hosts/redyf/hardware-configuration.nix
# generate the config and take some files
nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
rm /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
mv /mnt/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix /mnt/etc/nixos/hosts/redyf/
# make sure you're in this path
cd /mnt/etc/nixos
# Install my config:
nixos-install --flake '.#redyf'
# Obs:
If you'd like to use my config as a template, all you need to do is replace "redyf" with your username.
Disko is also available for formatting partitions (Only for advanced users)
Disko
If you'd saved this configuration in ./disks/default.nix, and wanted to create a disk named /dev/nvme0n1, you would run the following command to partition, format and mount the disk.
sudo nix --experimental-features "nix-command flakes" run github:nix-community/disko -- --mode disko ./disks/default.nix --arg device '/dev/nvme0n1'
Credits for the installation section goes to Stephenstechtalks and AlphaTechnolog as they helped a lot with their installation guides.
That should be all! If you have any problem, feel free to make an issue in the github repo. (https://github.com/Redyf/nixdots/issues).
The code is licensed under the MIT license, so you can use or distribute the code however you like. If you have any questions, contact me on Discord: redyf.