https://github.com/evertras/nix-systems
My Nix setup for NixOS-powered home systems and general user environment using Home Manager.
https://github.com/evertras/nix-systems
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My Nix setup for NixOS-powered home systems and general user environment using Home Manager.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/evertras/nix-systems
- Owner: Evertras
- Created: 2024-01-01T05:29:46.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-08-18T14:42:09.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-08-18T16:25:12.757Z (10 months ago)
- Topics: dotfiles, home-manager, homemanager, nix, nixos, nixos-config, nixos-configuration
- Language: C
- Homepage:
- Size: 1.1 MB
- Stars: 13
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# nix-systems
All my Nix systems and home-manager config.
## Using this
For regular system updates, just run `make system`.
For updating just home, run `make home` or just `make`.
For bootstrapping a fresh NixOS install as root:
```bash
nix-shell -p git gnumake
git clone https://github.com/Evertras/nix-systems
cd nix-systems
make system
# Specify actual desired user here
sudo -u evertras make home EVERTRAS_USER_PROFILE="some-profile-name"
# Set user profile here, direnv will use this later outside of root
cp .envrc.example .envrc
reboot now
```
### Troubleshooting
#### No suitable profile directory error message
```text
Could not find suitable profile directory, tried /home/evertras/.local/state/home-manager/profiles and /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/evertras
```
```bash
# The error message is misleading, make this directory
mkdir -p ~/.local/state/nix/profiles/
```
#### OpenGL issues when only using home
When running on a non-NixOS machine, problems may happen with OpenGL such as with Kitty.
Use [nixGL](https://github.com/nix-community/nixGL) to get around this.
```bash
nixGL kitty
```
## Random todos for later
- Explore better [types](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/lib/types.nix) like nonEmptyString
- More enum checks with asserts for things like desktop as "i3"
## Font list
I get bored with fonts so here's a list of the nerd fonts
that I actually like, as a reminder to myself.
### Clean
For just focusing.
#### Standard
Go-tos
- CaskaydiaCove - Solid baseline when all else fails, bit wider
- Hasklug - Default go-to for ligatures, clean
#### Alternatives
Feeling different but still "boring".
- AurulentSansM - Soft/clean, not sure if I like 0 without dot
- BitstromWera - Clean/simple
- CodeNewRoman - Clean/simple
- Cousine - Clear, simple
- JetBrainsMono - Clean, ligatures
- Literation - Wider
- OverpassM - Thinner, simple
- RobotoMono - Clean, simple
- UbuntuMono - Feels like Ubuntu, yep
### Fun/different
To change it up.
- Agave Nerd - kind of old school sharp feel
- ComicShannsMono - Casual and surprisingly nice to read
- FantasqueSansM - Bit whimsical
- Gohu Font 14 - Pixel font, sharp at size 14 - can use 11 as well for tiny readable font
- Hurmit - Fun change in small doses
- Iosevka - Feels squished horizontally but still clean
- Monofur - Thin stroke with round characters
- Monoid - Bigger, but ligatures
- Mononoki - Just feels different, hard to describe
- OpenDyslexicM - Weirdly stroked characters, wider
- ProFont IIx - Pixel font, nicely sharp
- ProggyClean - Works for very small font sizes, not great at larger
- ShureTechMono - Bit squished, hard to describe
- SpaceMono - Extra space between lines
- Terminess - Works nicely for windows/titles but not so much terminal
## Stupid nix tricks
### Build a VM image to test
```bash
# Build it as a VM, then run the output link it gives
nixos-rebuild build-vm --flake .#HOSTNAME
# Alternatively using nix command
nix build '.#nixosConfigurations.HOSTNAME.config.system.build.vm'
# Or just run it directly
nix run '.#nixosConfigurations.HOSTNAME.config.system.build.vm'
# Run it without even cloning this repo
nix run 'github:Evertras/nix-systems#nixosConfigurations.HOSTNAME.config.system.build.vm'
```