Same here. I came for the integrated ZFS support and stayed for the declarative config.
bzLem0n
joined 1 year ago
It's even easier to prevent confusion if you use /dev/disk/by-id/ id's, it only took a few times of overwriting the wrong disk to figure that out.
I did not know I needed to see that before today.
I've had VFIO passthrough setup on a NixOS host before without issue. While this guide isn't the one I followed it is an accurate and good guide.
If you don't want to self host then I suggest Bitwarden as the only service I would recommend. If you want/are willing to self host Bitwarden. Just stay away from Lastpass.
All I waited for was a decent deal on a 1TB ssd and it went smooth, aside from not plugging the battery back in fully the first time. I cloned as I didn't want to bother with setup again.
I really enjoy using NixOS as it is good at what it does, declarative system configuration, but it does have issues that can prevent people from using it. It's great if you want to put the configuration for all your computers in one git repo but that configuration is in the Nix language so you will eventually need to become familiar with the Nix language. The main issues are that the documentation needs work and understanding the difference between the Nix operating system, the Nix language, and the Nix package collection as the more you use NixOS the more familiar you will need to be with each.
That said, I find it worth learning and recommend some of the following resources for NixOS.
MyNixOS for graphical configuration management. See my configs there.
NixOS Wiki for the best collection of NixOS documentation. I've found this collection of people's configurations to be very useful for inspiration.
The manual pages for the Nix language, Nix packages, and NixOS.
NixOS on everything but my Steam Deck which is running SteamOS.
Caldera Open Linux 2.(?) back around 98/99, for long enough to download Slackware and Win98SE.