[unix_distributions][nixos] Initial commit

[LukeShortCloud]

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[LukeShortCloud]

@ShadowApex This is my first pass at initial notes and important things to know about NixOS. Does this look accurate? Is there any other newbie/beginner information I'm missing here? My idea for the second pass is to start explaining flakes.

[ShadowApex]

@ShadowApex This is my first pass at initial notes and important things to know about NixOS. Does this look accurate? Is there any other newbie/beginner information I'm missing here? My idea for the second pass is to start explaining flakes.

Looks good! Very nice notes!

One thing I might also recommend for beginners is enabling something called nix-ld. By default on NixOS, you can't just run a random Linux binary that was built for a normal distribution. This is due to NixOS not using a standard filesystem hierarchy (e.g. there is no /lib/ld-linux.so.2). But if you enable nix-ld, then there will be a compatibility layer that's enabled that will let you run random Linux binaries you might download from the internet.

Here's how I enable it in my configuration:

  services.envfs.enable = true;
  programs.nix-ld = {
    enable = true;
    libraries = pkgs.steam-run.args.multiPkgs pkgs;
  };

[LukeShortCloud]

Oh, interesting. This must be related to how a few things are also needed for AppImages and Flatpaks to work. But, in this case, it's for random binaries.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have to play around with that and document it!

[LukeShortCloud]

Thanks again. I added notes about nix-ld.