dotfiles: A Shell repository from Spatenheinz


Shell:	zsh + zgenom
DM:	lightdm + lightdm-mini-greeter
WM:	xmonad + xmobar
Editor:	[Doom Emacs][doom-emacs]
Terminal:	kitty
Launcher:	rofi
Browser:	firefox
GTK Theme:	Gruvbox

Quick start

Acquire NixOS 23.05 or newer:

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

# Write it to a flash drive
cp nixos.iso /dev/sdX

Boot into the installer.
Switch to root user: sudo su -
Do your partitions and mount your root to /mnt (for example).

Install these dotfiles:

nix-shell -p git nixFlakes

# Set HOST to the desired hostname of this system
HOST=...
# Set USER to your desired username (defaults to jacob)
USER=...

git clone https://github.com/Spatenheinz/dotfiles /etc/dotfiles
cd /etc/dotfiles

# Create a host config in `hosts/` and add it to the repo:
mkdir -p hosts/$HOST
nixos-generate-config --root /mnt --dir /etc/dotfiles/hosts/$HOST
rm -f hosts/$HOST/configuration.nix
cp hosts/kuro/default.nix hosts/$HOST/default.nix
vim hosts/$HOST/default.nix  # configure this for your system; don't use it verbatim!
git add hosts/$HOST

# Install nixOS
USER=$USER nixos-install --root /mnt --impure --flake .#$HOST

# If you get 'unrecognized option: --impure', replace '--impure' with 
# `--option pure-eval no`.

# Then move the dotfiles to the mounted drive!
mv /etc/dotfiles /mnt/etc/dotfiles

Then reboot and you're good to go!

⚠️ Don't forget to change your root and $USER passwords! They are set to nixos by default.

Management

To manage the system use the nix-sm (nix system management) command.

Usage: hey [global-options] [command] [sub-options]

Available Commands:
  check                  Run 'nix flake check' on your dotfiles
  gc                     Garbage collect & optimize nix store
  generations            Explore, manage, diff across generations
  help [SUBCOMMAND]      Show usage information for this script or a subcommand
  rebuild                Rebuild the current system's flake
  repl                   Open a nix-repl with nixpkgs and dotfiles preloaded
  rollback               Roll back to last generation
  search                 Search nixpkgs for a package
  show                   [ARGS...]
  ssh HOST [COMMAND]     Run a bin/hey command on a remote NixOS system
  swap PATH [PATH...]    Recursively swap nix-store symlinks with copies (and back).
  test                   Quickly rebuild, for quick iteration
  theme THEME_NAME       Quickly swap to another theme module
  update [INPUT...]      Update specific flakes or all of them
  upgrade                Update all flakes and rebuild system

Options:
    -d, --dryrun                     Don't change anything; perform dry run
    -D, --debug                      Show trace on nix errors
    -f, --flake URI                  Change target flake to URI
    -h, --help                       Display this help, or help for a specific command
    -i, -A, -q, -e, -p               Forward to nix-env