@@Nebulorum you can manage version control through the nix configuration but you are correct in that I hear flakes helps with nix management for sure. But I'm not familiar
@@alphaobeisanceI think flakes complete the picture for nix. It makes nix far easier to wrap your head around, I spent much less time asking “where did that bit come from” or “why/how does that work”
Using overrides seems to be the solution for what hes mentioning. It is fairly simple to override a package to a specific url of a deb or rpm package which I assume proton provides
You can put most paths for configuration in your .config directory in your home folder? I'm new to NixOS and the home directory paths for loading most custom dot files are basically the same as on Arch(which I also switched from). It's more of a hassle replacing those files with the ones you make in your Nix config, especially if you use a monolithic config. Also you should try Hyprland. I used to use KDE-Plasma but now I've abandoned it. Hyprland does bring in slight complications with Wayland but in my experience they're exaggerated. Wayland and nVidia proprietary drivers are mostly perfectly fine except for a few missing features I don't use so I don't miss. Also Wayland is just better for multi-monitor setups.
@arandomfox999 nah no video. Honestly just preference. I've grown so accustomed too the workflow I've developed with Arch. Nostalgia plays a big part too. When I first started using Linux Arch was the "cool kid power user" distro and it had IMHO the sexiest logo of them all 🤣. I cut teeth on DIY with Arch and became a "power user" myself. It's really just a pride and accomplishment milestone that just makes me feel at home. I use Debian and Fedora on my VMs and CTs on the Server. Been meaning to make NixOS my server standard for all my virtualization but I've been lazy.
@@alphaobeisance I see, thanks. Not because of any real flaw with NixOS itself. I think I'm going to stick with NixOS myself for the time being. As it should fit my workflow a lot better for the future. I may spin up an Arch VM from time to time though. XD
I was going to change my config to what yours is, however I'm very new, and when I pasted it into a text editor, all the spacing was off, do you have a downloadable config? Thank you very mucy for your excellent videos.
Hey there, sorry it took me a couple days to get back to you. I've provided the configuration at my new GitHub located here : github.com/Obe1sance/AlphaObeisance See latest Video that covers the configuration a little better here: th-cam.com/video/orrvbCJ-Qck/w-d-xo.html
Not sure what kind of woes you're referring to when you're configuring kde plasma. All settings that live in your user home directory are configured in nixos exactly the same way how they're configured in every other distro (via the UI or manually). There's home-manager that actually takes care of that and allows you to edit user settings declaratively as well, but I really advice against using it for beginners, because it's just too much. So you should absolutely be able to change your kde plasma wallpapers via the right click config UI of kde plasma, you should not have to configure anything in the configuration.nix for that.
I'll have to re-watch as I don't recall implying that kde plasma couldn't be configured. I meant to imply that most configurations could not be configured in .config but instead had to be configured from the nix directory and they're seemingly not labeled as would be expected on most any other districts. I recommend NixOS to anyone looking to learn that has the self drive required to do what reading is required to learn. As with anything. Gotta want it.
@@alphaobeisance no, my point is that you CAN configure kde plasma and most other packages in ~/.config via their GUI and not via configuration.nix. Everything in your home directory can be configured the way you're used to. There are some plasma configuration options that you can access from configuration.nix, but you don't have to use that at all. All user configuration options are available with home-manager, but you definitely don't need that early on.
@@d.bannings would be nice to get HEVC or whatever tf GoPro uses. Can't edit gopro 360 footage on my machine, but that's about the only thing I "miss" about windows.
Using it as daily driver for a month or so
After commiting to installing it as my main system, actually was motivated to learn it and it wasnt hard
Right! It's a solid system for sure. Glad you're enjoyin it!
Still learning nix and nixos. From what i got you can pin versions using flakes. You can also use overlays yo get some packages from different places.
@@Nebulorum you can manage version control through the nix configuration but you are correct in that I hear flakes helps with nix management for sure. But I'm not familiar
@@alphaobeisanceI think flakes complete the picture for nix. It makes nix far easier to wrap your head around, I spent much less time asking “where did that bit come from” or “why/how does that work”
Using overrides seems to be the solution for what hes mentioning. It is fairly simple to override a package to a specific url of a deb or rpm package which I assume proton provides
@@EgoOdiosis correct. in the config you can just modify the URL to reflect the version of choice in the nix configuration and rebuild. EZPZ =)
You can put most paths for configuration in your .config directory in your home folder? I'm new to NixOS and the home directory paths for loading most custom dot files are basically the same as on Arch(which I also switched from).
It's more of a hassle replacing those files with the ones you make in your Nix config, especially if you use a monolithic config.
Also you should try Hyprland. I used to use KDE-Plasma but now I've abandoned it.
Hyprland does bring in slight complications with Wayland but in my experience they're exaggerated. Wayland and nVidia proprietary drivers are mostly perfectly fine except for a few missing features I don't use so I don't miss.
Also Wayland is just better for multi-monitor setups.
Oh I'm back on Arch Linux for sure lol, it's hard to leave home. Actively using Hyprland a while now ^_^
@alphaobeisance3594 can I ask why you left NixOS or is there a video?
@arandomfox999 nah no video. Honestly just preference. I've grown so accustomed too the workflow I've developed with Arch. Nostalgia plays a big part too.
When I first started using Linux Arch was the "cool kid power user" distro and it had IMHO the sexiest logo of them all 🤣.
I cut teeth on DIY with Arch and became a "power user" myself. It's really just a pride and accomplishment milestone that just makes me feel at home. I use Debian and Fedora on my VMs and CTs on the Server. Been meaning to make NixOS my server standard for all my virtualization but I've been lazy.
@@alphaobeisance I see, thanks. Not because of any real flaw with NixOS itself.
I think I'm going to stick with NixOS myself for the time being. As it should fit my workflow a lot better for the future.
I may spin up an Arch VM from time to time though. XD
@@arandomfox999 yeah no NixOS is awesome! I just really dig Arch lol
Thank you algorithm.
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I appreciate the support. I'm glad you enjoyed =)
I was going to change my config to what yours is, however I'm very new, and when I pasted it into a text editor, all the spacing was off, do you have a downloadable config? Thank you very mucy for your excellent videos.
Hey there, sorry it took me a couple days to get back to you. I've provided the configuration at my new GitHub located here : github.com/Obe1sance/AlphaObeisance
See latest Video that covers the configuration a little better here: th-cam.com/video/orrvbCJ-Qck/w-d-xo.html
Not sure what kind of woes you're referring to when you're configuring kde plasma. All settings that live in your user home directory are configured in nixos exactly the same way how they're configured in every other distro (via the UI or manually). There's home-manager that actually takes care of that and allows you to edit user settings declaratively as well, but I really advice against using it for beginners, because it's just too much. So you should absolutely be able to change your kde plasma wallpapers via the right click config UI of kde plasma, you should not have to configure anything in the configuration.nix for that.
I'll have to re-watch as I don't recall implying that kde plasma couldn't be configured.
I meant to imply that most configurations could not be configured in .config but instead had to be configured from the nix directory and they're seemingly not labeled as would be expected on most any other districts.
I recommend NixOS to anyone looking to learn that has the self drive required to do what reading is required to learn. As with anything.
Gotta want it.
@@alphaobeisance no, my point is that you CAN configure kde plasma and most other packages in ~/.config via their GUI and not via configuration.nix. Everything in your home directory can be configured the way you're used to.
There are some plasma configuration options that you can access from configuration.nix, but you don't have to use that at all. All user configuration options are available with home-manager, but you definitely don't need that early on.
A hundred years later and Linux still doesn't have hardware support for playing videos. ;-)
What are you talking about 0_o
@@alphaobeisance About missing graphics drivers. ;-)
Multimedia codecs
Dozens of years later and Microsoft sells codecs in their store 😂
@@d.bannings would be nice to get HEVC or whatever tf GoPro uses. Can't edit gopro 360 footage on my machine, but that's about the only thing I "miss" about windows.