howird / nix-config

my nixos config

nix-config

first time

• Make the follwing changes the default nixos config with sudoedit /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

  • Add nix.settings.experimental-features = "nix-command flakes";
  • Add git to environment.systemPackages

• Apply the updates: sudo nixos-rebuild switch

• Clone this repo:

git clone https://github.com/howird/nix-config.git /home/howird/.config/nix
# or if you have your ssh keys:
git clone [email protected]:howird/nix-config /home/howird/.config/nix

• Setup your system (remember to write the correct hostname):

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#<hostname>
home-manager switch --flake .#howird@<hostname>

next times

nixwird
nixwird-hm

Configuring

GNOME and KDE Plasma

• We configure most of our settings declaratively using home-manager, so to update our desktop settings, we first cache our current settings with:

dconf dump / > old-conf.txt # GNOME
nix run github:pjones/plasma-manager / > old-conf.txt # KDE Plasma

• Modify using the settings GUI, then:

dconf dump / > new-conf.txt # GNOME
nix run github:pjones/plasma-manager / > new-conf.txt # KDE Plasma

• Then compare the differences with:

code --diff old-conf.txt new-conf.txt

• Then update gnome.nix or kde.nix accordingly in ./home-manager/modules/desktops