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| hosts | ||
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Hey, you. You're finally awake. You were trying to configure your OS declaratively, right? Walked right into that NixOS ambush, same as us, and those dotfiles over there.
| Shell: | zsh + zgen |
| DM: | lightdm + lightdm-mini-greeter |
| WM: | bspwm + polybar |
| Editor: | Doom Emacs (and occasionally vim) |
| Terminal: | st |
| Launcher: | rofi |
| Browser: | firefox |
| GTK Theme: | Ant Dracula |
Quick start
- Yoink NixOS 20.09 (must be newer than Sept 12, 2020 for
nixos-install --flake). - Boot into the installer.
- Do your partitions and mount your root to
/mnt git clone https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles /etc/nixos- Install NixOS:
nixos-install --root /mnt --flake #XYZ, whereXYZis your hostname. Use#genericfor a simple, universal config. - OPTIONAL: Create a sub-directory in
hosts/for your device. See host/kuro as an example. - Reboot!
Management
And I say, bin/hey. What's going on?
| Command | Description |
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hey rebuild |
Rebuild this flake (shortcut: hey re) |
hey upgrade |
Update flake lockfile and switch to it (shortcut: hey up) |
hey rollback |
Roll back to previous system generation |
hey gc |
Runs nix-collect-garbage -d. Use sudo to clean system profile |
hey push REMOTE |
Deploy these dotfiles to REMOTE (over ssh) |
hey check |
Run tests and checks for this flake |
hey show |
Show flake outputs of this repo |
Frequently asked questions
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How do I change the default username?
- Set
USERthe first time you runnixos-install:USER=myusername nixos-install --root /mnt --flake #XYZ - Or change
"hlissner"in modules/options.nix.
- Set
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How do I "set up my partitions"?
My main host has a README you can use as a reference. I set up an EFI+GPT system and partitions with
partedandzfs. -
How 2 flakes?
It wouldn't be the NixOS experience if I gave you all the answers in one, convenient place.