nixfiles

These files dictate the configuration of each NixOS computer I have.

ekowraith

Microsoft Surface Pro (5th Gen) 128GiB i5 4GiB

air2earth

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 128GiB i5 8GiB

wind-tempos

Acer Swift 3

wonder-pop

Thinkpad x61 tablet

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Typical Setup for a New Machine

Follow the NixOS manual to install NixOS. Next sign-in with the user created during installation and clone these repositories:

# D/L repos that define configuration
git clone git@github.com:wesl-ee/nixfiles.git
git clone git@github.com:wesl-ee/awesome-wm-config.git

# For managing passwords with pass + my YubiKey
git clone w@gyw.wesl.ee:.password-store

Now copy the configuration files derived during install and add them to this repo:

# Mirror system configuration to this repo
touch "nixfiles/system/hosts/$(hostname).nix"
sudo ln -sf "`pwd`/nixfiles/system/configuration.nix" /etc/nixos/
sudo ln -sf "`pwd`/nixfiles/system/hosts/`hostname`.nix" /etc/nixos/host.nix

Now set up the user's awesomewm configuration and manage everything with home-manager:

# Misc directories
mkdir -p ~/.config
mkdir -p ~/img/screenshot

# User scripts
ln -s ~/nixfiles/bin ~/bin

# Configure awesomewm
mkdir -p "awesome-wm-config/themes/$(hostname)"
touch "awesome-wm-config/themes/$(hostname)/theme.lua"
ln -s ~/awesome-wm-config .config/awesome

# Install home-manager
nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-22.05.tar.gz home-manager
nix-channel --update
nix-shell '<home-manager>' -A install

# Initial home-manager profile
ln -s ~/nixfiles/home ~/.config/nixpkgs
home-manager switch

Reloading the WM (Super + Ctrl + R is awesome's default) should now yield my normal desktop experience.

License

MIT License (available under /LICENSE)