Startup manual

First step before running recrank: Install home manager

$ sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-25.05.tar.gz home-manager
$ sudo nix-channel --update

Flake 101

• nix flake show — show what this flake exposes (configs, packages, apps).
• nix flake update — refresh pinned inputs in flake.lock.
• sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#wiremind — rebuild and activate the system from the flake.
• nix flake check — evaluate the flake for errors and basic checks.

Firefox config

Install following extensions:

• bitwarden
• ghostery
• uBlock origin

Reset SSH keys on Github & other platforms

$ mkdir ~/.ssh
$ cd ~/.ssh
$ ssh-keygen -a 100 -t ed25519 -C "myemail@email.com"
$ chmod -R 700 ~/.ssh

setexclude

Run setexclude in new git repo to configure the .git/info/exclude for custom files

screenz

Run screenz to automatically set monitors

startdm

Run startdm at startup to start the Display Manager

switchkb

Run switchkb to switch between US and FR keyboard layout

Upgrade packages

Go and see: https://superuser.com/questions/1604694/how-to-update-every-package-on-nixos

Upgrade NixOS version

https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#sec-upgrading Update the channels using new version, always use sudo before nix-channel otherwise it won't do anything

Checking configuration.nix before upgrade

Warning -> not that helpful actually Run sudo bash -x $(nix-build --no-out-link '<nixos/nixos>' -A system -I nixos-config=configuration.nix)/activate