nix-workstations

Nix config for my computer(s). Most of the functionality from https://github.com/craigfurman/ansible-home is ported over, but there will probably be a long tail of unported stuff for some time.

Macs

My personal laptop makes use of nix-darwin.

New machine setup

1. Install nix: https://nixos.org/download/#nix-install-macos
2. Install Homebrew
   1. Yes, it's odd to install another package manager before even using nix! I use Homebrew to install some GUI apps that either self-update or are not available in nixpkgs.
3. nix-shell -p git git-crypt
4. git clone [email protected]:craigfurman/nix-workstations.git ~/.config/nix-darwin
5. cd ~/.config/nix-darwin
6. git-crypt unlock <key>
7. nix run nix-darwin -- switch --flake ~/.config/nix-darwin
8. After the first run, darwin-rebuild should become available.
9. chsh -s /run/current-system/sw/bin/zsh
   1. It might be possible to automate this by setting https://daiderd.com/nix-darwin/manual/index.html#opt-users.knownUsers, but I'm a bit paranoid about accidentally deleting my user account.
10. Remove unused channels (home-manager ensures that a channel pinned to the flake's nixpkgs is made available for nix-shell and friends)
    1. nix-channel --remove nixpkgs
    2. sudo nix-channel --remove nixpkgs
    3. nix-channel --list and sudo nix-channel --list should both return empty.
11. Uninstall the original nix version, now that nix-darwin manages it
    1. Accomplish this by uninstalling all packages from user and root's default profiles. All packages should be managed by nix-darwin / HM / other flakes.
    2. nix profile list
    3. For each package, nix-env --uninstall <package>
    4. Repeat steps with sudo
12. nix doctor

Other config

1. Enable FileVault