Presentation «NixOS - How my laptop became declarative» by cloudlena
On April 10th, Lena 'cloudlena' Fuhrimann will give her talk «NixOS - How my laptop became declarative»:
- Date: Thursday, 10th of April 2025
- Time: Starting 19:30, doors open at 19:00
- Location: At our hackerspace (Zwyssigstrasse 45 in 3007 Bern)
NixOS is a Linux distribution with an extraordinary approach. The system's structure, that is the installed software and its configuration, are described in a single configuration file. This declarative approach allows for very high system reproducibility. This is made possible by the Nix package manager, which combines classic package management and modern configuration management into a single tool.
Lena's first Linux distribution was Arch Linux (btw.), which she used with great affection for four years. Then, through a friend's suggestion, she discovered NixOS. Using it for the past two years, she's been thrilled by how many of the approaches from the Cloud-Native and container world she can apply to her laptop.
Lena is going to talk on the advantages and disadvantages of NixOS, how she uses it in her everyday life, how her setup and configuration have changed over the past few months, and which of the learnings can also be applied to other Linux setups.
The presentation will be held in English. It is part of our on going lecture series.