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NixOS Flake Configuration

My Flakes for my NixOS setup.

To update nix flake config:

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#desktop

To update nix inputs (basically a system update/upgrade):

nix flake update

Note: Now beginner friendly. I still have to go and add comments. I recommend a basic understanding of Nix language. See below for resources

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A huge amount of credit is given to fufexan. This is heavely based off their dotfiles https://github.com/fufexan/dotfiles

Resources for newbies and myself:

• Video discussing what nixos and nix flakes are

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGVXJ-TIv3Y

• Flake templates:

  • https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/blob/master/flake.nix

• Examples of working nix flakes

  1. https://github.com/Hoverbear-Consulting/flake/blob/root/traits/base.nix
  2. https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs/blob/main/standard/flake.nix
  3. https://github.com/Yumasi/nixos-home/blob/main/zsh.nix
  4. https://github.com/pecigonzalo/malob-nixpkgs/blob/master/flake.nix
  5. https://github.com/MatthiasBenaets/nixos-config/blob/master/hosts/configuration.nix
  6. https://github.com/Jomik/dotfiles/blob/0829f512373bd6c2328a20f946019125039d46da/.config/nixpkgs/configurations/zsh.nix
  7. https://github.com/gilescope/nix-all

• flakes + ZSH resources

  • nix-community/home-manager#1338
  • https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/tree/master/plugins/git
  • nix-community/home-manager#1224
  • https://discourse.nixos.org/t/programs-zsh-ohmyzsh-explained/2791/
  • https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Zsh

• NixOS Wiki

  • https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Main_Page
  • https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/options.html

• NixOS Packages and Package Options search

  • https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=23.05

• Other resources:

  • https://www.chrisportela.com/posts/home-manager-flake/
  • https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Rust#Developing_Rust_projects_using_Nix
  • https://github.com/cpu/rust-flake/blob/main/flake.nix

• Conver Gnone settings to nix flake

  • https://github.com/gvolpe/dconf2nix

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