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NixOS beginner resources (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Heya, been hearing about NixOS for a long time now, mostly from the peeps over at the Linux Unplugged podcast. So was thinking about jumping onto the nix-train, however it seems like it has a learning curve. Does anyone have any good learning resources, blog-posts, guides, whatever beans that you used to get started with NixOS?

Appreciate any tips ❄️

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[–] pruneaue@infosec.pub 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Im on my own NixOS journey right now, so i cant fully vouch for all this yet. Here are my bookmarks for Nix/NixOS learning resources:

Zero to Nix: Nix and flakes quick start guide.
Nix Pills: Introduction to Nix package manager and nixpkgs collection.
A tour of Nix: Introduction to the Nix language.
NixOS & Flakes book: Book about NixOS and flakes.
NixOS in production book: Book about using NixOS in production environment (incomplete).
Nix dev: Documentation
Nix-notes github repo: Some notes about a bunch of topics.
Nix from first principles (Flake edition) blog

Apart from all this, ive learned the most from a mix of looking at other people's configurations and reading source code. The documentation is super messy, especially if you want to make use of flakes (which i personally recommend from the get go).

[–] torgeir@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

+1 for these! I’d also add https://nixos.asia/en

[–] ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

If you're interested in using flakes, this repo was helpful when learning how to get my first system configurations set up in an organized way https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs

[–] lily33@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

After you're done with the initial setup, I've found looking for nix code on GitHub to be very useful for seeing how to do things.