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Installing on a new machine

Install NixOS from an ISO via USB
Reboot machine
Edit /etc/nixos/configuration and add git to packages
Clone this repo
Copy new host/ configuration for the new machine
Copy /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration to host/<host>/hardware.nix
Edit flake.nix to point to the new host
git add .
Run sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#nixos

Building NixOS VM

nix build .#nixosConfigurations.nixosvm.config.system.build.vm https://gist.github.com/FlakM/0535b8aa7efec56906c5ab5e32580adf

Building NixOS ISO

nix build .#nixosConfigurations.live.config.system.build.isoImage

Using Standalone Home Manager

Install Nix via:

sh <(curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon

Create ~/.config/nix/nix.conf file with the following contents to enable the use of flakes:

experimental-features = nix-command flakes

Install git
Clone this repo
Edit flake.nix variables as needed
home-manager switch --flake .

Misc

Garbage collection

nix-collect-garbage -d

Fonts

Checking installed fonts

fc-list

Debugging kitty fonts

kitty --debug-font-fallback

SDDM virtual keyboard ??ZZ