One config to rule them all 💍👨‍💻🔥

This repo contains my dotfiles, all the config files, scripts, and instructions to setup a new machine.

Most of the settings and programs are managed with home-manager.

Nix and home-manager makes everything stable and easy to reproduce.

macOS

My daily machine is a Mac, and this requires some special attention to some settings that could not be managed with Nix and home-manager directly.

Installation on macOS

Install XCode CLI tools
```
xcode-select --install
```

Install Nix (a reboot could be necessary)

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume

Add home-manager and unstable channels

nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz home-manager
nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable nixpkgs-unstable
nix-channel --update
export NIX_PATH=$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels${NIX_PATH:+:}$NIX_PATH

Install home-manager
```
nix-shell '<home-manager>' -A install
```

Clone this repo inside ~/.config/nixpkgs (must remove default nixpkgs before cloning)

rm -r ~/.config/nixpkgs
git clone https://github.com/biosan/dotfiles ~/.config/nixpkgs

Setup home-manager configuration (install and configure programs) NOTE: Takes a loooong time
```
home-manager switch
```

Install Homebrew

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

Install apps from Homebrew
NOTEs:
- Takes a loooong time
- Will ask for password a lot of times...
```
brew bundle --verbose --file ~/.config/nixpkgs/config/macos/Brewfile
```

Setup some macOS-specific configuration

sh ~/.config/nixpkgs/config/macos/settings.sh

Post installation steps

Import GPG public keys

curl https://keybase.io/biosan/key.asc | gpg --import

Insert YubiKey and import GPG secret key stubs
```
gpg --card-status
```

Change dotfiles remote from HTTPS to SSH

cd ~/.config/nixpkgs
git remote set-url origin git@github.com:biosan/dotfiles.git

Clone pass repository using SSH

git clone <REPO_URL> ${PASSWORD_STORE_DIR}

Other macOS stuff

Install profile files for mail, DNS, VPN, etc.
Login into
- BitWarden
- Firefox Sync
- Dropbox
- Todoist
- OmniFocus
- Reeder (NewsBlur account)
- VSCode
- IntelliJ and WebStorm
Enable Night Shift
Insert Alfred license
Organize menu bar items with Dozer
Download (login needed), install and register Affinity Photo
Stuff to start at login:
- Dropbox
- Alfred
- Dozer
Setup Firefox:
- Login into Pocket
- Set history cleaner to 7 days
- Add container tabs for Google, Work, and AdA
- Enable compact style
- Move every add-on icon to Overflow Menu except except for BitWarden NOTE: Firefox "native" icons stays at default position (this stuff is synced)
Enable Time Machine automatic backups (encrypted disk!) and enable "Show Time Machine in menu bar" option
Add "U.S. International - PC" to keyboard layouts and enable "Show Input menu in menu bar" option
Setup Amethyst
- Enable Window Margins and set it to 5px
- Set Screen Padding to 5px (top, left, bottom, right)
- Enable Swap windows using mouse and Resize windows using mouse (mouse tab)
Right-click on desktop and enable "Stacks"

ToDo

General

pass repo initial setup
Homebrew token in private .envrc file
Auto install profiles for mail, dns, vpn, etc. with profiles -I -F "<PATH>"
Enable Night Shift
Import and trust GPG keys
Enable snap-to-grid for icons on the desktop and in other icon views
Configure Dozer
Configure Amethyst

Things to setup declaratevely with Nix/Home-Manager

macOS configuration/settings/profiles (using nix-darwin)
Switch to flakes to improve reproducibility and UX
Complete system-in-a-container (even a VM will be fine) with full NixOS (ISO, cloud image, docker container)
Import and trust GPG keys
Clone pass repo

biosan / dotfiles