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My dotfiles + system configuration for NixOS and mac

dotfiles

Here lies the dotfiles crafted with much care

Configuration

A glance at what is present in this lair.

Name	What I am using (NixOS)	What I am using (Mac)
OS	NixOS	macOS
Terminal Emulator	Kitty	Kitty
Shell	Nu Shell	Nu Shell
Font	Hack Nerd Font Mono	Hack Nerd Font Mono
Editor	Neovim	Neovim
	XMonad,
	Taffybar,
	picom,
Desktop Environment	betterlockscreen	Whatever comes with Mac
	rofi,
	deadd,
	eww,
	etc
Browser	Firefox	Firefox
User environment manager	Home Manager	Home Manager

Well these look different from normal dotfiles mate

Ok so I am one of those people who are all in on the "nix hype train". That is why this might look unfamiliar to someone who does not know what nix is.

Nix is a philosophy, a programming language, a package manager and an OS. All this culminates in a unique approach to package management and system configuration. The end result is reproducible, declarative and reliable systems.

Think of it like git but for your system, package management, etc. :mind_blown:

Color me interested! Where can I know more?

Now if you are still with me and want to know more about it. Here are a few helpful links that you can visit to know more about it.

• Watch first 6 minutes of this video to get a gist of nix package management and how it's different from standard package management and then building on that what is NixOS)
• If the previous video peeks your curiosity then I recommend looking at this to get a deeper understanding
• Finally, if you decide that this is something you want for yourself. Then this brilliant playlist might just be the perfect place to start.

Note: This distro of Linux is quite different from others, so please do spend some time with it.

Setup

Here is a walkthrough of what are the steps one need to take to get this config or parts of it setup on any system.

User config setup

Requirements

• nix with flake support is available

Steps

• Get contents of this repo onto your system to ~/.dotfiles
• cd into ~/.dotfiles
• Execute: nix run home-manager --no-write-lock-file -- switch --flake "./#nixos"

Full Setup of NixOS (first time)

Requirements

• Some way to install NixOS
• Ability to connect to the internet
• Boot drive with label NIXBOOT
• Root drive where the OS will go NIXROOT
• Swap partition NIXSWAP

Steps

• Install NixOS
  • Make sure you have a way to get this repo. curl, git, etc.
  • Make sure you enable internet
• Get contents of this repo onto your system to ~/.dotfiles
• cd into ~/.dotfiles
• Execute: sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake './#nixos'
• Execute: nix run home-manager --no-write-lock-file -- switch --flake "./#nixos"

Caveat

I make use of git-crypt on files in the .secrets folder. If you plan to use these dotfiles then you will either have to replace those files with what you need or remove references to these files from the codebase.

Code Structure

• The top level folder is a flake
• After that it's just a matter of following the code really. So just open that flake.nix file and start reading it from the top.

Here are a few screenshots to showcase this config in action

Tokyonight

Click to see more screenshots from the past

Dracula

Onedark

dotfiles's Issues

error: attribute 'colorscheme' missing

Dear @sherubthakur ,
thank you for your wonderful work.

Recently I meet below error, could you please guide me how to fix it ?

alienzj@yoga ~/.dotfiles (nixos)> sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake './#yoga' -p XFLAKE
warning: input 'nur' has an override for a non-existent input 'nixpkgs'
error: attribute 'colorscheme' missing

       at /nix/store/8x9s4zv7dzmwxmm8lhsxk3nf8lxlh52q-source/lib/modules.nix:503:28:

          502|         builtins.addErrorContext (context name)
          503|           (args.${name} or config._module.args.${name})
             |                            ^
          504|       ) (lib.functionArgs f);
(use '--show-trace' to show detailed location information)

env-vars.sh

Dear @sherubthakur
thanks for your great work!

May I know how to generate this file?
https://github.com/sherubthakur/dotfiles/blob/master/.secrets/env-vars.sh

Getting the HEAD of the Git tree failed

Hey Sharub,

I just tried running nix run home-manager --no-write-lock-file -- switch --flake "./#nixos" but it gives an error

error: getting the HEAD of the Git tree '/home/kavija/.dotfiles' failed with exit code 1:
error: executing 'git' : No such file or directory

I'm new to NixOS. Is there a way to fix this ?

Licensing

Please add a license to allow others to use, modify, contribute and distribute your work.

xmonad and xrdp

Dear @sherubthakur ,
may I know how to config xmonad and xrdp?
Follow the wiki here https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Remote_Desktop#RDP:
What I configured is like below:

  services.xrdp.enable = true;
  #services.xrdp.defaultWindowManager = "xmonad";
  services.xrdp.defaultWindowManager = "$HOME/.hm-xsession";
  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 3389 ];
  # Soon: services.xrdp.openFirewall = true;

  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    freerdp 
    remmina
  ];

But seems it doesn't works.

Could you please help me?

Thanks a lot!

Relative path issue?

Hi, first thanks for the awesome work.

When I run:
nix run home-manager --no-write-lock-file -- switch --flake "./#nixos"

on a fresh nixos vm i get the following error:

error: cannot fetch input 'path:./modules/nvim/plugins?lastModified=1&narHash=sha256-fNqrdC%2fB7x6C5zDxkhC32vr3W8wwzSKMeFltaRIMqbE=' because it uses a relative path
(use '--show-trace' to show detailed location information)

Would you have any advice on how i can fix this? I am still a beginner when it comes to nixos

Thanks in advance!

error: attribute should have type "derivation"

Hi, i am new to Nix, how can i fix this?

Xmonad windows overlapped with taffybar

Dear @sherubthakur ,

As the title says, I meet a problem that xmonad windows overlapped with taffybar,
could you please guide me on how to fix it?

Here is screen information:

❯ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2880 x 1800, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP connected primary 2880x1800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 302mm x 188mm
   2880x1800     90.00*+
   1920x1200     90.00  
   1920x1080     90.00  
   1600x1200     90.00  
   1680x1050     90.00  
   1280x1024     90.00  
   1440x900      90.00  
   1280x800      90.00  
   1280x720      90.00  
   1024x768      90.00  
   800x600       90.00  
   640x480       90.00  
DisplayPort-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DisplayPort-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)