Welcome to my overengineerd configuration for my computer systems. A
concoction of my better hallucinations, very carefully bashed together
to (hopefully) do something that is partially useful. I've made this
public for it to be used as a reference (and so that i can install it
faster on my friends computers when they aren't looking)
Caution
This config is not a finished product, and will change as a continue to learn about nix. Things will be modified, updated, added, removed and restructured without warning.
I commit each time I (successfully) rebuild. So a large amount of commits are incomplete and or broken. And as in any other code, there is definetly a ton of mistakes sprinkled throughout the code :(.
I'm not gonna tell you not to try to boot it, but I'll warn you that there's a good chance that it will break. This config is made for my machines, that have their own quirks. So make sure you backup your data before trying.
I'd urge you against taking significant parts out of the config without making sure that you understand why it works, how it does that, (and what it actually does). Credit is nice, but not at all a requirement.
If there's anything you take out of this, (both figuratively and literally) Id recommend you to take a look at the quick-switch script (in /parts/pkgs/qs). Its a rebuild helper that commits each time you rebuild, while adding some useful metadata to each commit, like generation and kernel version, along with other things you probably want to do when rebuilding and working on your config. It might sound a bit to verbose but its really nice to have when you eventually really mess something up.
- home-manager, used to configure users
- impermanence, everything is wiped in reboot, only /persist persists
- modular, each thing is it's own module that you can enable
- nixos modules are in modules/nixos
- home-manager modules are in modules/home
- disko, for declarative disks
- file hierarchy based hosts and users
- logic in hosts/default.nix
- machines defined in hosts/${host name}
- users defined in hosts/${host name}/users/${user name}
- custom top bar made with ags
- stylix, for system styling
- nvf, config neovim
- quick-switch, a rebuild and config helper
- nix-portable, for when you don't have nix nor root
# This installs my config on any computer that has nix
# Warning this will format your system with disko
# see /parts/install for more info
nix --extra-experimental-features "flakes " run github:upidapi/nixos#install # see /parts/isos for more info
cd $NIXOS_CONFIG_PATH # where this repo is located
sudo mkdir /ventoy
# eg /dev/sdb1
sudo mount /dev/---disc-name--- /ventoy
# build image
sudo nix build .#images.minimal-installer
# move iso to usb
cp -rl $(eza --sort changed result/iso/*.iso | tail -n1) /ventoySome of the people that I've stolen from been inspired by. There's a lot more
but i tend to forget to add them. Check the bottom of the resources.md file for
repos i typically to check for examples in.
- jakehamilton - Config structure, modules, suites, etc
- notashelf - Config file structure, random things
- lokegustafsson - nix config, especially the global pining of nixpkgs
- ErrorNoInternet - nixvim config used as a reference
- vimjoyer - easy to follow guides for everything nix
- NoBoilerplate - made me start my stockholm syndrome filled journey with nixos
- NobbZ - nix sops
- SebastianStork - nix sops
- EmergentMind - yubikeys, remote bootstrapping
- mic92 - dev shell