Dotfiles and Nix/NixOS settings

• home-manager: dotfile manager, runs as a configuration.nix extension

• the way it is organized its not necessary to place the nix files in the default locations like

  • /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
  • ~/.config/nixpkgs/home.nix

• a few overlays for custom packages like stremio and shiginima launcher

• multiple interchangeable graphical environments

  • i3 + xfce: working nice, using polybar and the playback buttons works when locked
  • gnome: it works but I am not using anymore
  • xfce: working nice. I use the XFCE daemons on the i3 flavor
  • kde: works, not so nice and I am not using it

module structure and nix imports it automagically, same for machine/acer

• machines referenced:

  • acer: my main laptop. Acer A315-51-51SL 6GB RAM 240GB SSD Dual booted with Windows 10
  • vps: a f1-micro VPS running on Google Cloud Platform (for free)
  • android: a Redmi Note 5 (whyred), it's not running NixOS but I want to add some scripts I use with it

• not tested

  • bootstrap in a new machine, should regenerate the configuration.nix and hardware.nix and adapt in a new device. I will do this on demand

• licence

  • nothing special
  • don't blame me
  • have fun

• suggestions?

  • open a issue
  • let's learn together 😄

• NixOS > Arch

  • change my mind
  • (yes, I have used arch btw for around 1 year, it's a good distro but NixOS is better)
  • nix-shell rocks
  • the possibility of rollback at any time in a simple way, even if the distro fails to boot, is like magic
  • you can also replicate very precisely your configuration on another machine, but only if that is defined in Nix, imperative settings are left behind