Rick's dotfile

Currently this setup is written by nix flake.

Platforms

• macOS
• Ubuntu(which I use most, cannot guarantee for other distribution)

Project Structure

• flake.nix: Describes the project and its dependencies (only for flake-enabled projects).
• home-manager/: Describes different hm config based on platform.
• lib/: Directory for custom Nix functions.
• machines/: Directory for custom machine config.
• overlays/: Directory for Nix package overlays.
• config/: Directory for my custom app config.

How to use

Platform Prerequisite

• nix -- recommend nix-installer

For MacOS

Some deps need installing.

• Homebrew

Optional:

• 1password -- I use 1password to sync my ssh keys

For Linux

• Standalone Home manager
• make --- install via sudo apt-get install make
• add trusted user to /etc/nix/nix.conf

trusted-users = your-user-name

Deploy

MacOS

1. Update the hostname of your mac
2. execute command

make deploy-mac

3. Logout and login to make setting take effect

Linux

1. execute command

home-manager switch --flake /your/dotfiles/path

Inspired By

This project is heavily inspired by following repo:

1. mitchellh/nixos-config
2. ryan4yin/nix-darwin-kickstarter
3. ryan4yin/nixos-and-flakes-book