nixos-config

i believe he is talking about Twitter(X) and not x11. so a political stance from the x.com in the description. i love running x11 too, wayland is still not there yet sadly, still has a few quirks. if not mistaken x11 is what mitchell is running rightn ow https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config/blob/0c42252d8951a...

I run NixOS within VMWare Fusion (Mitchell Hashimoto has posted something similar https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config) in my M4 Max MBP. It runs pretty well but may hit the battery life sometimes. There are some weird stuff that happens with their GPU accelaration and random Fusion crashes sometimes. I patched Hyprland locally in my config due to a weird (but documented) issue with their GPU accelaration implementation https://github.com/AndrewBastin/nixos-config/blob/main/modul... I have tested Fusion, Parallels and UTM and Fusion seemed to be the most stable for me.

Mitchell Hashimoto has written extensively about his use of Linux in a VM on macOS. He published a NixOS configuration[1] which seems easy to use. I recently bought a Mac mini M4 to experiment with this setup, and am strongly considering getting a MBP if it works as advertised. As a longtime ThinkPad user and F/LOSS enthusiast, it feels awful giving money to Apple to run Linux as a second-class citizen, but honestly there is just no comparable hardware that does what Apple has accomplished. [1]: https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config

Unclear at what level you're asking, but Mitchell's comment identified it as a nix-darwin feature, and you can see how he's using it in the config he linked at https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config/blob/b73a16fc918c5...

Here’s Mitchell Hashimoto (founder of HashiCorp) setup config. https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config

I've used Nix with Nix-Darwin on my macOS machines for a couple years now. The primary benefit is that when I get a new macOS machine, it's only three steps to having ALL my apps, configurations, etc. exactly as they were before: 1. Download Nix installer (I prefer the one by Determinate Systems) 2. Clone my Nix configs (public, so I don't even need secrets like keys yet) 3. Run `make` I then wait around 15 minutes or so (mostly network time) and I'm good to go. ONE BIG RECOMMENDATION: I don't like using nix-darwin to manage graphical apps directly. It's a bit awkward. But, you can use nix-darwin to declaratively manage `homebrew`, so I still get my graphical apps from Homebrew. The linked article seems to suggest ditching homebrew entirely but I found its best as a mix of both worlds with Nix being the source of truth to manage everythin

Looks great, looking forward to trying it out. I've been mentioning to a work colleague that someone needs to do for the somewhat baroque Nix tools and concepts what Docker did for containers. It just needs a nice porcelain over the top that provides some consistent CLI UX, but lets you dive down deeper as you get more comfortable with the system. As someone who just two weeks ago got into Nix/NixOS via this repo[1] from mitchellh, one thing I'd love: A nice, seamless way to remote connect JetBrains IDEs or VS Code into the environment. I tried the VS Code server, but had some problems getting it going on ARM Linux (my machine is an M1 Mac, and I'm running nixOS inside an arm64 VM). I have been surviving on NeoVIM, but really would like to use the editors/IDEs I am used to. Something like starting up the JetBrains Fleet/Gateway kind of th

I've been using the beta every single day. I run a NixOS VM on my Macbook Pro, its transformed the way I develop. Checkout Hashicorp founder's NixOS setup here https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config

One of the most popular NixOS configs on GitHub does this https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config The README describes the experience, though the author takes the approach of using the VM mainly for terminal-based stuff.

This post focused solely on the Nix package manager and Nix packages - for anyone that uses MacOS but is interesting in trying NixOS (or using it within a VM in MacOS), I definitely recommend Mitchell Hashimoto's NixOS repo: https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config Honestly, doing that may be easier and a better option than using Nix packages in MacOS.

Parallels on M1 here! I followed mitchellh's guide to setup NixOS [0]. He runs an X server on the machine and works entirely within that (minus mail, etc.). I tried that at first then decided against. I'm now running the machine headless in the Parallels VM, and using VS Code on the host to Remote SSH into the machine. It's absolutely incredible and I highly recommend this workflow. My rationale is here [1]. Fair warning I haven't tried to get any OS other than NixOS installed. Not sure how usable Ubuntu ARM or others are. [0]: https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31101605

Just run Linux in a VM! It's my preferred workflow nowadays. See: https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubDMLoWz76U Only real limitations are lack of ML because no server/desktop-grade GPU and some missing ARM-based docker containers. But the latter is slowly being resolved and the former isn't gonna happen on a laptop anyways.