My functional, advanced NixOS configuration.
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- Kernel: Linux zen
- Shell: Fish with Starship
- Editor: SnowyVim
- Window Manager: Hyprland
- Launcher: fuzzel
- Bar: ags
# Boot into the installer
# Connect to wifi, instructions on the wiki, link in the helpful links section.
# My installer has network manager installed so I use that instead of wpa utility
# Enter root shell
sudo -i
# Create you partitions, I personally use cfdisk, but you can use any tool e.g parted
cfdisk
# Format your partitions
mkfs.ext4 -L root /dev/root-partition # your partition name here
# It isn't necessary to separate home and root but I do it anyway
mkfs.ext4 -L home /dev/home-partition
# This may not be useful if like me, you only use zram, without swap devices
# I usually use swap partitions instead of swap files, set up one like this
mkswap -L swap /dev/swap-partition # replace with your partition
swapon /dev/by-label/swap
# Mount your partitions
mount /dev/by-label/root /mnt
mount --mkdir /dev/boot-partition /mnt/boot
mount --mkdir /dev/by-label/home /mnt/home
nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
# Edit the configuration
cd /mnt/etc/nixos
vi configuration.nix
# Check the partitions to make sure their mount points are correct
# Also check for swap if you're using a partition
vi hardware-configuration.nix
# Once you're done, install the system configuration
nixos-install# Clone the github repo
git clone https://github.com/Daru-san/SnowyDots snow
# You should probably make your own system configurations for compatibility
# Feel free to edit any files in the repo to suit your needs, otherwise
cd snow/systems/laptop
# Copy your partitions to the hardware-configuration.nix file
vi hardware-configuration.nix
# Build the system configuration
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#system # e.g .#Aurorus
# Then build the home configuration
# If you haven't installed it yet
nix shell nixpkgs#home-manager
# Then switch the config
home-manager switch --flake .#daru@Aurorus