qingw / dotfiles-6

a-h dotfiles

• MacOS configuration shell script at .macos to disable pointless animations, free up screen space and remove background processes.
• Nix package manager used to install system.
• tmux configuration.
• zsh configuration.
• DZ60 configuration for keyboard layout (https://config.qmk.fm)

New machine setup

1. Import public SSH key (gpg --import pubkey.asc)
2. Clone this repo to ~/dotfiles
3. Execute the MacOS settings: ./.macos
4. Install Tmux Plugin Manager (git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm) and then install plugins from within tmux (Ctrl-B shift+I)
5. Install nix and nix-darwin.
6. Execute darwin-rebuild switch to install packages.

Nix setup

Refer to https://hardselius.github.io/2020/nix-please/ and https://github.com/utdemir/dotfiles/blob/master/home.nix

Install nix

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

Install nix-darwin

nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer
./result/bin/darwin-installer
rm -rf result

Copy the darwin configuration from dotfiles

rm ~/nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix
ln ./dotfiles/.nixpkgs/darwin-configuration.nix ./.nixpkgs/

Further configuration

Find more packages with nix search <name> or by browsing https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/pkgs/

Once found, add them to the darwin-configuration.nix file and rebuild with darwin-rebuild switch

Other programs

• ARM SDK
• Affinity Designer
• Affinity Photo
• Amphetamine
• Arduino IDE
• Chrome
• EAGLE
• Flycut
• Fritzing
• Giphy capture
• Little Snitch
• Microsoft Remote Desktop
• NoSQL Workbench DynamoDB
• QMK Toolbox
• Raspberry Pi Imager
• Skype
• Skype Meetings
• Slack
• SnowSQL
• Spotify
• Transporter
• VLC
• VMWare Fusion
• VSCode
• Wireshark
• Yubico Authenticator