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Quick start

1. Acquire a NixOS 24.05+ image:

wget -O nixos.iso https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-unstable/latest-nixos-minimal-x86_64-linux.iso

1. Write it to a USB drive:

# Replace /dev/sdX with the correct partition!
cp nixos.iso /dev/sdX

1. Restart and boot into the installer.
2. Do your partitions and mount your root to /mnt
3. Clone these dotfiles somewhere:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/lejeunel/dotfiles

1. Create a host config in hosts/
2. Run the installer:

sudo nixos-install \
    --impure \
    --show-trace \
    --root /mnt \
    --flake .#host

Where host corresponds to a host defined in hosts/

1. Copy dotfiles over to new partition

sudo mkdir -p /mnt/etc/nixos
sudo cp -R $PWD /mnt/etc/nixos/dotfiles

1. Then reboot and you’re good to go!

[!WARNING] Don’t forget to change your root and $USER passwords! They are set to nixos by default.

Commands

Rebuilding system

nh os switch -u ~/dotfiles

Apply Home-Manager configuration

See Makefile.

Cleaning old generations

nh clean all

Enabling experimental features globally when installing from standalone home-manager

echo "experimental-features = nix-command flakes" > ~/.config/nix/nix.conf

Resources

• i3, doom emacs: kenranunderscore/dotfiles
• https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs/blob/master/shell.nix
• https://github.com/vimjoyer/nixconf.git