NixOS 63: Install NixOS 23.11 and Use Flakes Out Of the Box

[@phonewithoutquestion80]

I appreciate your *actual documentation* this might actually get me back into NixOS...

[@gpatkinson]

Great video. As a non-programmer trying to learn nix, your clear, simple explanations were really helpful.

[@spencerallen323]

Finally an understandable explanation of flakes vs channels. Why does everyone try to make this so difficult? It's out with the old in the new, easy.

[@tejing2001]

Your timeline for flakes stabilizing is... optimistic. Very optimistic. Also, a note: you don't need `nix.package = pkgs.nixUnstable;` anymore. The stable version of nix includes flakes functionality these days, but it's still behind the experimental feature flag. Also `nix.settings` is preferred over `nix.extraOptions`, now that it exists. Good introduction, though. Got the right information through, while staying approachable. I might just link people here sometimes.

[@ChrisMcDonough]

Thanks for listening and commenting Jeff, I always appreciate seeing your feedback

[@ChrisMcDonough]

"Your timeline for flakes stabilizing is... optimistic. Very optimistic." I get it now :)

[@stoicfloor]

Thank you so much for all the nix videos. They're very informative and it definitely lowers the barrier of entry. I'll try nixos one day. Thank you!

[@adrianscarlett]

Lots of great information here, much appreciated. I was hoping they'd just provide an option to use legacy or flakes in the installer, ideally an option to choose a git repo to start from.

[@ChrisMcDonough]

There are unresolved contentions in the Nix world related to flakes that leads to this not being the case yet sadly

[@matematleta492]

Best video I have seen so far on this topic. Thank you.

[@adjbutler]

15:45 "It is not Vim " So relatable!!!

[@chrisdswanson]

I've been a big fan of your NixOS videos since 001. As others have stated, very informative, organized yet approachable. You cover things thoroughly in ways where some other sources just shadow over or sweep through really fast. What I really like about your series is the nostalgia I catch the feels of when you make comments or remarks on stuff. Stuff you have to be a 70's or 80's kid to understand or even catch. Keep rippin the tags off of the mattresses bro. I wanted to ask, do you have your own matrix or mastodon channel, or discord? tell me you keep it OG and still use an IRC.

[@chrisdswanson]

I really dig the Scanner Darkly wallpaper as well :) Did you enjoy Waking Life?

[@ChrisMcDonough]

Awwww. Thanks! I do not use IRC anymore because I would be the only one there. Shamefully I have neve seen Waking Life. True story, even before the SD movie came out, I heard it was rotoscoped and I'm like nobody needs that. I had read the book probably 10 times at that point. But when I first saw it, I knew it had been put in good hands and I loved it. I watched that movie with the same director and the training day guy... fatherhood? brotherhood?... and I was like ok this guy is great. But I never followed up.

[@ChrisMcDonough]

(and yes, I am on mastodon at @[e-mail])

[@TresSeaver]

Thanks, that's informative. One nit: the transcript repeats a chunk of stuff (the bits about `myothersystem`: once right after creating `flake.nix`, and later in the "let's revisit `flake.nix`" part (where you likely meant it to be).

[@ChrisMcDonough]

Thanks, fixed!

[@marcuswest4572]

Good stuff

[@VinitKhandagle]

awesome video👍

[@dpcxx]

AFAIK git is not required to use flakes. If you don't have any git repo, nix uses all flakes from the current dir for flake purposes.

[@ChrisMcDonough]

I did not know! I kinda wish I didn't know ;)

[@rucianobarber3044]

i know nothing bout this world but ive managed to get NIX on my device im probably going to F off my laptop but its ok i have 5 more if i do but i will figure it with youtube lol im need a new challenge!

[@rucianobarber3044]

anyone ever tell you that you sound alot like Alex Jones

[@ChrisMcDonough]

I think it might be the years of self destruction taking their toll

[@jeremysampson8138]

Like a mix between Alex Jones and Seth Rogen.