| bin | ||
| config | ||
| hosts | ||
| lib | ||
| modules | ||
| overlays | ||
| packages | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| default.nix | ||
| flake.lock | ||
| flake.nix | ||
| LICENSE | ||
| README.md | ||
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 /mnt/etc/nixos
- Install NixOS: nixos-install --root /mnt --flake /mnt/etc/nixos#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 | 
|---|---|
| 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
- 
Why NixOS? Because declarative, generational, and immutable configuration is a godsend when you have a fleet of computers to manage. 
- 
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 
- 
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.
- 
Why did you write bin/hey? I'm nonplussed by the user story for nix's CLI tools and thought fixing it would be more productive than complaining about it on the internet. Then I thought, why not do both? 
- 
How 2 flakes? Would it be the NixOS experience if I gave you all the answers in one, convenient place? No, but here are some resources that helped me: - A three-part tweag article that everyone's read.
- An overengineered config to scare off beginners.
- A minimalistic config for scared beginners.
- A nixos wiki page that spells out the format of flake.nix.
- Official documentation that nobody reads.
- Some great videos on general nixOS tooling and hackery.
- A couple flake configs that I may have shamelessly rummaged through.
- Some notes about using Nix
- What helped me figure out generators (for npm, yarn, python and haskell)
- What y'all will need when Nix drives you to drink.