Re:NixOS and the Art of OS Configuration (2018)
by pxc on Saturday October 16, 2021 @05:24PM
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> Step 2 is doing a lot of work here. It's pretty 'draw the rest of the fucking owl'.
Not really. Most distros aren't fully set up from the moment you complete a base install. Similarly, all you need for a base install of NixOS is to enable (1) a desktop environment, (2) a text editor, (3) a web browser, and (4) probably NetworkManager. In practice, this is a matter of uncommenting three or four lines from the template that nixos-generate-config gives you. Then after the install, you go about making everything comfy, just like with any other distro.
Not really. Most distros aren't fully set up from the moment you complete a base install. Similarly, all you need for a base install of NixOS is to enable (1) a desktop environment, (2) a text editor, (3) a web browser, and (4) probably NetworkManager. In practice, this is a matter of uncommenting three or four lines from the template that nixos-generate-config gives you. Then after the install, you go about making everything comfy, just like with any other distro.