Running #nixos #nixos25dot05 with #gnome or #kde_plasma desktop on #lenovo #thinkpad #x230 seems to require

services.xserver.displayManager.gdm.wayland = false;

in #configurationdotnix

This was what #chatgpt told me, and the fix it worked.

I used #flakes for the first time by following this nice video https://youtu.be/ACybVzRvDhs

I want to move to #flakes in #nixos and want to import #packages that are not in the #nixosrepository https://search.nixos.org/packages .

Is there a "hello world" type example / blueprint of the different cases?

==> Binary stored in github / external drive
==> Raw code stored in hithub / external drive

Thanks.

One of the most important functions on my computer is the GNOME #Authenticator app. Without it I cannot even access many of the services I use daily. I need to reinstall my #NixOS machine to move to #flakes and clean up some messy command-line installs. Is there a way to restore the authenticator app after reinstall so it works for all services, without having to revisit each site and re-enroll the #2FA manually? Can this be achieved via a flake that manages #secrets? #authenticatorapp

｢ Flakes have not meaningfully improved in several years, “crucial” fixes and features for Flakes have stalled in open pull requests headed almost entirely by Determinate Systems, and the feature itself has been both declared unstable as well as stable by the Nix development team and Determinate Systems respectively. This absurdity is entirely self-inflicted and can be resolved by any party at any time, but participants choose otherwise ｣

https://kilo.bytesize.xyz/flakes-have-failed

If only #Helm would be more like #Nix with #Flakes

Today I got to know that #nix 2.27 added #blake3 support and proper submodules and lfs support to #flakes!

FIRST ALERT WEATHER | Chris Bailey tracks severe weather tonight https://www.byteseu.com/833807/ #Belarus #ChrisBailey #cooler #flakes #heat #rain #Snow #Storms #thanksgiving #weekend

Ok #NixOS people who love #flakes .. can I put my flake.nix in a non standard location? I have a git repo I have all my nix modules in.

```
[mkelly@garage:~/Projects/nix]$ ls
cheatsheet cinnamon common flake.nix gnome hacks helix hyprland kde nvim sway wallpapers

[mkelly@garage:~/Projects/nix]$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/Projects/nix
error: path '/nix/store/h6j33x98r8v6pzvb09yxbsxj6jiiargz-source/flake.nix' does not exist
```

Filmmaker with 25 years of experience in pro cinematography looking to transition to a stable career in:

A.) software engineering with a focus on #functionalprogramming and #functionalreactiveprogramming using #Haskell #Purescript #Scala #Rust

B.) #devops leveraging my skills in #nix #nixos and #flakes

C.) Corporate IT and or Linux #sysadmin

Last night this beauty of a PR got finally merged https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/pull/31921

So when https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/8074 gets worked around or resolved, #renovatebot will finally bump your flake.lock

So happy to finally get this out of the door!

My shell.nix file is slowly morphing into a flake.nix file.

Which means the Pandora's Box of Nixos has been cracked open to me. I now finally understand what a FLAKE is.

It's terribly explained. To get the idea you have to puzzle your knowledge from multiple HEAVILY OUTDATED sources.

When I'm trying to level up in #NixOS my brain puts this on repeat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFvtoJrK1Zg

Einige Beispiele für Hochverarbeitete Lebensmittel (gem. #NOVA-Klassifikation) mit Guten Nährwertprofilen:

#Vollkornbrot
Vegane #Fleischalternativen
#Vollkornmüsli mit #Flakes
nährstoffangereicherte #Soja- und #Haferdrinks
#Gemüseaufstrich
geräucherter #Tofu

Einige Beispiele für wenig verarbeitete Lebensmittel (gem. NOVA-Klassifikation) mit schlechten Nährwertprofilen:

#Honig
#Zucker
#Butter & #Käse
#Fruchtsaft
#Serranoschinken
gesalzene Nüsse
https://vegconomist.de/food-and-beverage/fleisch-und-fischalternativen/hochverarbeitete-lebensmittel-fleischalternativen-haben-ein-gutes-naehrwertprofil/
#UPF #Ernährung #agrarwende #ernährungswende #wissenschaft statt Glauben

Not sure if I understand this correctly - #nixos modules alone are bound to a channel - but systems are not truly reproducible since the versions can change in said channel. #flakes pin versions of installed software and make systems truly reproducible.

What is the point of #nixos modules then? Isn’t the whole reason why you would use it reproducibility?

If you're unsure if #NixOS is worth a switch, read my thread from https://graz.social/@publicvoit/112197919942153866 & decide whether or not those questions would relate to you before jumping onto that hype.

I don't say that everybody has those issues. However, those are my takeaways so far including my optimistic start: https://www.karl-voit.at/2023/09/12/nix/

Probably start with your current distro together with #HomeManager first. That should bring you early feedback if at least the config concept is something for you.

#NixOS update after sleeping for one month on host floyd (lenovo x260) takes 1 hour and 15 minutes (despite new 2TB SSD). During that, the device is almost non-responsive for anything else.

Host jackson (with even a slightly larger setup) probably would need 5-10 minutes maximum (lenovo t490). (I do weekly updates there.)

Didn't had that update "performance" while using Xubuntu LTS before.

https://github.com/novoid/nixos-config

The tool for programmatically updating guix channels and package definitions in your project would make life so much easier.

Something like niv or flakes for nix.
https://github.com/nmattia/niv
https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes

Have it in my mind for months or even years.