Re: [bitfolk] NixOS on Bitfolk

Josh Holland <josh@???> writes:

> whoops, pressed send before I was ready...
>
> Josh Holland <josh@???> writes:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> My VPS currently has Ubuntu 18.04 installed on it, and since 20.04 has
>> just been released, I'm considering when and whether to upgrade it.
>> However, I've also been looking into NixOS recently, and I thought I
>> might try running it on my server.
>
> ... Has anybody tried this? I see you can install it directly (though
> from perusal of the wiki, BitFolk might have to set it up first), or by
> replacing another distro with NIXOS_LUSTRATE. I'm not fully sold on it
> yet, but I thought I might see if anybody here had any experience.

Hi! I'm a Nixpkgs committer, and I run NixOS on Bitfolk. I installed
from the recovery console, IIRC (although it was a long time ago -- back
then I had to opt in to the new Bitfolk recovery console. I think that
isn't necessary any more).

Once I'd figured out to do that, and how to get my image into the
console, I don't recall it being much different to any other NixOS
install.

I'm happy to help if you get stuck -- although I'm not exactly the most
prompt email replier. Make sure I'm at least CCed so it shows up in my
inbox. :) The IRC community is also very helpful, and
will probably give you faster answers (albeit not Bitfolk-specific
ones).

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