From c9ed0edf599ab13ae4de788b6bfa6dc04a5b0383 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timothy DeHerrera Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 19:16:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] README.md: reflect new project structure --- README.md | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7a06a82..bc14ebc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -83,24 +83,31 @@ From within a flake: # Setup There are a few ways to get up and running. You can fork this repo or use it as -a template. There is a [bare branch][bare] if you want to start with a -completely empty template and make your own profiles from scratch. The only -hard requirement is nix itself. The `shell.nix` will pull in everything else. +a template. There is a [community][community] branch with a bunch of useful +profiles, modules, overlays, etc, already configured for you to use. Please +consider adding your own expressions there if you feel they would be helpful +for others. + +The only hard requirement is nix itself. The `shell.nix` will pull in +everything else. ## Flake Templates If you already have [nix-command][nix-command] setup you can: ```sh -# for standard template +# for the core template with no profiles nix flake new -t "github:nrdxp/nixflk" flk -# for bare template -nix flake new -t "github:nrdxp/nixflk/bare" flk +# for the community template +nix flake new -t "github:nrdxp/nixflk/community" flk ``` ## Nix Only Once you have this repo, you'll want to __move or symlink__ it to `/etc/nixos` for ease of use. Once inside: ```sh +# probably want to use a separate branch for you config +git checkout -b my-branch + # This will setup nix-command and pull in the needed tools nix-shell # or `direnv allow` if you prefer @@ -141,7 +148,7 @@ outputs as homeConfigurations and the activation packages in hmActivationPackage This allows you to just build the home-manager environment without the rest of the system configuration. The feature is useful on systems without nixos or root access. -Lets say you want to activate the home configuration for the user `nixos` in the +Lets say you want to activate the home configuration for the user `nixos` in the host `NixOS`. With the flk script: @@ -155,19 +162,6 @@ flk home NixOS nixos flk home NixOS nixos switch ``` -This can also be done manually: -```sh - -# With hmActivationPackages, what the flk script uses -nix build ./#hmActivationPackages.NixOS.nixos - -# Or with homeConfigurations, -nix build ./#homeConfigurations.NixOS.nixos.home.activationPackage -# this is hard to debug though, due to nix build's fallback to packages - -# The configuration can then be activated like before -``` - ## Build an ISO You can make an ISO out of any config: @@ -177,8 +171,12 @@ flk iso yourConfig # build an iso for hosts/yourConfig.nix ## Hardware Specific Profile for a Single Host -Find out the fitting [nixos-hardware profile](https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware#list-of-profiles) for the hardware of your host, then find the corresponding modules in the [flake](https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/blob/master/flake.nix) and add it to the configuration. -For example for a Dell XPS 13 9370 the host configuration would contain: +Find out the fitting +[nixos-hardware profile](https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware#list-of-profiles) +for the hardware of your host, then find the corresponding modules in the +[flake](https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/blob/master/flake.nix) and add +it to the configuration. For example for a Dell XPS 13 9370 the host +configuration would contain: ```nix { imports = [ hardware.dell-xps-13-9370 ... ]; @@ -220,7 +218,7 @@ included here, which may be derivative works of the packages to which they apply. The aforementioned artifacts are all covered by the licenses of the respective packages. -[bare]: https://github.com/nrdxp/nixflk/tree/bare +[community]: https://github.com/nrdxp/nixflk/tree/community [direnv]: https://direnv.net [home-manager]: https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager [nix-command]: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_command