NixOS Configuration Backup

This repository contains the configuration for my NixOS installation. The purpose is to maintain this config file on a personal Gitea instance for backup and for quick and easy restores. Below is a detailed breakdown of what this configuration sets up once it's run on a new NixOS install.

System Configuration Highlights

• CUDA enabled: Optimized for 64-bit x86 PC's with Nvidia GPUs. Tested on a Dell Inspiron 15 7559 (i7-6700HQ / GTX 960M)
• Plasma 6: Enabled with wayland and Plasma 6 desktop environment.
• Audio: PipeWire is enabled with ALSA support, and PulseAudio is disabled.
• Flatpak: Enabled to allow installation of Flatpak applications, with Flathub options.
• Updated kernel: Updated to use linux kernel version 6.8.12, rather than the default, 6.6.
• Auto updates enabled: With auto-cleanup enabled.
• Additional extensions: Auto-downloads and installs extensions for Firefox and VSCode.
• Windows applications: Includes Wine for running Windows applications.
• Virtualization: Includes virt-manager for running Windows 11 and other OS'.

Installed Applications

This section provides a list of the key applications installed on the system along with a brief description of what each does.

System Utilities

• cifs-utils: Provides tools for mounting and managing CIFS (SMB) network file systems.
• parted: A partition manipulation program.
• mc: Midnight Commander, a visual file manager.

Development Tools

• git: A distributed version control system.
• vscode-with-extensions: Visual Studio Code with extensions for Python, Docker, and Remote SSH.

Graphics and Multimedia

• krita: A professional FREE and open-source painting program.
• digikam: An advanced digital photo management application.
• gimp-with-plugins: A free and open-source image editor with additional plugins.
• vlc: A free and open-source cross-platform multimedia player.
• mpv: A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player.
• obs-studio: Open Broadcaster Software, a free and open-source software for video recording and live streaming.
• obs-studio-plugins.obs-ndi: NDI plugin for OBS Studio.
• obs-studio-plugins.obs-pipewire-audio-capture: PipeWire audio capture plugin for OBS Studio.
• upscayl: AI-powered image upscaling application.
• converseen: A batch image converter and resizer.

Office and Productivity

• libreoffice-qt6-fresh: A powerful office suite that includes several applications for document editing, spreadsheets, presentations, and more.
• nextcloud-client: A desktop client for Nextcloud, a suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services.
• obsidian: A powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
• mattermost-desktop: An open-source, self-hostable online chat service.
• notepad-next: A fast, lightweight, and powerful code editor.
• appflowy: An open-source alternative to Notion.
• notepadqq: A Notepad++-like editor for Linux.
• koodo-reader: An open-source eBook reader.
• qownnotes: A plain-text file notepad with markdown support and todo list manager.
• ghostwriter: A distraction-free Markdown editor.
• flatseal: A graphical utility to review and modify permissions of Flatpak applications.

Web Browsers

• falkon: A KDE web browser using QtWebEngine.
• floorp: A privacy-focused Firefox fork.
• ungoogled-chromium: A lightweight approach to removing Google web service dependency from Chromium.
• librewolf: A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security, and freedom.
• firefox: A free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla.

Communication

• discord: A VoIP, instant messaging, and digital distribution platform.
• kdeconnect: Allows your devices to communicate (e.g., your phone and your computer).

Virtualization

• virt-manager: A desktop user interface for managing virtual machines.
• qemu_kvm: A generic and open-source machine emulator and virtualizer.

Miscellaneous

• winetricks: A helper script to download and install various redistributable runtime libraries needed to run some programs in Wine.
• cudaPackages.cudatoolkit: NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit.
• wineWowPackages.staging: Provides the latest Wine Staging packages for running Windows applications.
• appimage-run: A tool to run AppImage applications.
• switcheroo: A simple application to convert between different image filetypes and resize them easily.
• p7zip: A file archiver with a high compression ratio.
• strawberry: A music player and music collection organizer.
• ollama: A service that provides CUDA-accelerated machine learning capabilities.

How to Run the Configuration

After logging into NixOS for the first time, follow these steps to apply this configuration:

1. Download the Configuration File:

   curl -kLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dujonwalker/nixos-config-x86_64-cuda/main/configuration.nix

2. Copy the Configuration File:

   sudo cp configuration.nix /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

3. Apply the Configuration:

   sudo nixos-rebuild switch --verbose

This will pull the configuration from the Gitea instance and apply it to the system.

To-do

• Add Firefox bookmarks
• Add notifications via ntfy
• Update Ollama

Tips

• View Logs:

  sudo journalctl -f

This command is useful for monitoring system logs live, allowing you to see messages as they occur, which can be helpful for troubleshooting and debugging issues in real time.

• Update Nix Channels:

  sudo nix-channel --update

By updating the channels, you ensure that your system can access the latest packages and updates defined in configured channels.

• Clean Garbage:

  sudo nix-collect-garbage -d

This helps free up disk space by removing files that are no longer in use.