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Cake day: August 3rd, 2023

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  • Oh I know it’s better, problem is I host some stuff my friend group relies on so I don’t want downtime while I figure things out. Also, it’s a bit of a pain in the ass to get NixOS set up on a VPS without native support (I’m on Hetzner and I know it’s possible, it’s just a bit of a hassle). It’s one of those projects that I’ll get to eventually, when I got time. Or so I tell myself














  • Careful, there’s three different terms in the mix here:

    NixOS: an entire operating system, you don’t need this.

    nix: the nix package manager. This is what you’ll need to install. look for single user install in the instructions.

    home-manager: a module for nix. It’s aim is to allow declarative configuration of a users’ home configuration (and allow easier per-user install of packages on a global nix install).

    If you want to go down the nix route, which I would recommend if you enjoy tinkering and having fine control over your system, you should start with installing nix. With that, you can already setup a shell that has the newest version of python available.

    Going beyond that, I can link you some more resources, if you want c: