I appreciate your *actual documentation* this might actually get me back into NixOS...
@gpatkinson2 ай бұрын
Great video. As a non-programmer trying to learn nix, your clear, simple explanations were really helpful.
@spencerallen3236 ай бұрын
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.
@tejing20018 ай бұрын
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.
@ChrisMcDonough8 ай бұрын
Thanks for listening and commenting Jeff, I always appreciate seeing your feedback
@ChrisMcDonough3 ай бұрын
"Your timeline for flakes stabilizing is... optimistic. Very optimistic." I get it now :)
@stoicfloor8 ай бұрын
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!
@adrianscarlett2 ай бұрын
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.
@ChrisMcDonough2 ай бұрын
There are unresolved contentions in the Nix world related to flakes that leads to this not being the case yet sadly
@matematleta4926 ай бұрын
Best video I have seen so far on this topic. Thank you.
@adjbutler8 ай бұрын
15:45 "It is not Vim " So relatable!!!
@chrisdswanson8 ай бұрын
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.
@chrisdswanson8 ай бұрын
I really dig the Scanner Darkly wallpaper as well :) Did you enjoy Waking Life?
@ChrisMcDonough8 ай бұрын
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.
@ChrisMcDonough8 ай бұрын
(and yes, I am on mastodon at @chrism@chattingdarkly.org)
@TresSeaver8 ай бұрын
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).
@ChrisMcDonough8 ай бұрын
Thanks, fixed!
@marcuswest45724 ай бұрын
Good stuff
@VinitKhandagle8 ай бұрын
awesome video👍
@dpcxx8 ай бұрын
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.
@ChrisMcDonough8 ай бұрын
I did not know! I kinda wish I didn't know ;)
@rucianobarber30448 ай бұрын
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!
@rucianobarber30448 ай бұрын
anyone ever tell you that you sound alot like Alex Jones
@ChrisMcDonough8 ай бұрын
I think it might be the years of self destruction taking their toll