nixos-config

#+title: NixOS Config #+author: Emmet

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** What is this repository? These are my dotfiles (configuration files) for my NixOS setup(s).

Here is my main setup: [[desktop.png]]

** Themes [[https://github.com/danth/stylix#readme][Stylix]] (and [[https://github.com/SenchoPens/base16.nix#readme][base16.nix]], of course) is amazing, allowing you to theme your entire system with base16-themes.

Using this I have [[./modules/themes][a lot of themes]] (I add more sometimes) I can switch between on-the-fly. Visit the [[./modules/themes][themes directory]] for more info and screenshots!

** Modules Separate Nix files can be imported as modules using an import block: #+BEGIN_SRC nix imports = [ ./import1.nix ./import2.nix ... ]; #+END_SRC

This conveniently allows configurations to be (*cough cough) /modular/ (ba dum, tssss).

I have my modules separated into three subdirectories:

• System-level - stored in the [[./modules/system][system directory]]
• User-level - stored in the [[./modules/user][user directory]]

More detailed information on these specific modules are in the [[./system][system directory]] and [[./user][user directory]] respectively.

** Install I wrote some reinstall notes for myself [[./install.org][here (install.org)]].

Check them out if you'd like to try out my config in a VM or base your config on mine.

** Patches In some cases, since I use =nixpgs-unstable=, I must patch nixpkgs. This can be done inside of a flake via: #+BEGIN_SRC nix nixpkgs-patched = (import nixpkgs { inherit system; }).applyPatches { name = "nixpkgs-patched"; src = nixpkgs; patches = [ ./example-patch.nix (builtins.fetchurl { url = "https://asdf1234.patch"; sha256 = "sha256:qwerty123456..."; }) ]; };

configure pkgs

pkgs = import nixpkgs-patched { inherit system; };

configure lib

lib = nixpkgs.lib; #+END_SRC

Patches can either be local or remote, so you can even import unmerged pull requests by using =fetchpatch= and the raw patch url, i.e: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/example.patch.

I currently curate patches local to this repo in the [[./patches][patches]] directory.

** Hosts Configurations for all my machines are in [[./hosts][hosts]].

** Nix Wrapper Script Some Nix commands are confusing, really long to type out, or require me to be in the directory with my dotfiles. To solve this, I wrote a [[./modules/system/phoenix][wrapper script called phoenix]], which calls various scripts in the root of this directory.

TLDR:

• =phoenix sync= - Synchronize system state with config
• =phoenix build= - Build all host configurations and push results to attic (requires attic config to be setup)
• =phoenix update= - Update all flake inputs without synchronizing system and home-manager states
  • =phoenix update INPUT= - Update only the specified =INPUT= (see inputs in [[./flake.nix][flake.nix]])
• =phoenix refresh= - Call synchronization posthooks (mainly to refresh stylix and some dependent daemons)
• =phoenix pull= - Pull changes from upstream git and attempt to merge local changes (I use this to update systems other than my main system)
• =phoenix lock= - Ensure that all "system-level" files cannot be edited by an unprivileged user
• =phoenix unlock= - Relax permissions so all dotfiles can be edited by a normal user (use temporarily for git or other operations)
• =phoenix gc= - Garbage collect the system and user nix stores
  • =phoenix gc full= - Delete everything not currently in use
  • =phoenix gc 15d= - Delete everything older than 15 days
  • =phoenix gc 30d= - Delete everything older than 30 days
  • =phoenix gc Xd= - Delete everything older than X days

** Star History Didn't think this would get that many [[https://star-history.com/#librephoenix/nixos-config&Date][stars on GitHub]], yet here we are: [[https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=librephoenix/nixos-config&type=Date.png]]