The code will be written in Python, because that language comes with GUI toolkits.

I have mixed experiences with GTK (especially since I had several times GI breaking on my Linux systems). So that one is out of question.

Before #MigratingToNixOS I used a basic setup with #PySide v2. Since Qt is available everywhere and I wanted to go Vanilla (to support the cause). Hence no #PyQt. Both broke here on #NixOS (even with Docker or Vagrant).
So I will use #tkinter.

@schmittlauch
Running NixOS by now :)

See #MigratingToNixOS toots

One thing bugged me yesterday on my journey of #MigratingToNixOS:

When installing nixui (a web interface for Nix) together with yarn, nodejs etc I received an error on nixos rebuild. Telling me that Node.js reached EOL.

But not which package was depending on it (the nodejs package points to v14 currently).

I only figured it out when I turned on verbose output.

Where do I fill an issue for this, #NixOS community?

I also discovered some macOS reports with gpg located elsewhere and learned about

git config --global gpg.program $(which gpg)

to configure it. $(which gpg) is a bashism. It evaluates to the path of the executable. Using backticks instead of $() might work, too. Or *gasp* write it out manually using tab completion.

#MigratingToNixOS #NixOS

Another puzzle I encountered on my journey to #MigratingToNixOS was git. And gpg.

I mean you sign your commits cryptographically (right? You've heard of https://blog.malwarebytes.com/hacking-2/2021/03/malicious-commits-found-in-php-code-repository-what-you-need-to-know/ last year, don't you?)

Thing is, git is expecting gpg to be located at /usr/bin/gpg.

Not with #NixOS!
This distribution follows a different organisation to achieve reproducible builds. Plus gpg2 is not aliased (if I got that right). There's a compat package for that.

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Since I'm #MigratingToNixOS I figured to document some gotchas I ran into.

My biggest #anxiety so far stems from the home directory coming off empty.

In fact, there are several issues filled with #NixOS.
There, I learned that the OS is intentionally not managing home directories.

Usually, Linux distributions would copy from /etc/skel and adjust permissions.
But that pattern is disregarded here.

Looking into this #HomeManager project instead.