#PaperlessNGX on #NixOS crisis averted. 😎

An accidental update from SQLite to PostgreSQL looked like it lost all my documents 😱

`nixos rebuild switch` was not behaving consistently and a build where I had added the `database.createLocally = true;` was added after a successful build, so it didn't actually run PostgreSQL. In desperation, I did an overdue upgrade to NixOS 25.11 and it worked, but I had dozens of documents loaded and when it rebuilt, it found and used that new option...

1/2

I left NixOS because as much as I loved configuration as code for handling everything and the benefits that brought, the foundational way NixOS works meant that some of the stuff I need to use just cannot be run on it. (No, don't give me suggestions, it's already too late and NONE of the suggestions I received worked.)

I decided to swap to CachyOS as I was very used to Arch and wanted to try it. CachyOS is excellent and does a great job of smoothing out some of Arch's sharp edges but I really missed declaratively controlling my machine. I went looking for a solution, most of which were... rather odd. A version of Arch Linux that's declarative but everything's flatpaks? Why?

I did find something that works so far. Configuration is done either through yaml or lua files. You can use Lua for doing things conditionally or if you need more control. Manages packages, services, dotfiles. It's been about 2 days, but so far so good. We'll see if I still like it in a week.

#linux #opensource #nixos #cachyos

in this adventure fae just wants to print some cute ansi art when #nixos prompts for disk passwd... but is thwarted by /dev/kmsg complaining about trying to log lines longer than 1024 chars 😿

(and bypassing by writing to /dev/tty fails cos that file does not exist at this point)
(also i now know more about that nix boot process that i actually wanted to)

Wrote up how I manage dotfiles across macOS and Linux with Nix. One repo, one flake.lock — same shell, editor, and tools on every machine. Home Manager and nix-darwin do the heavy lifting.

https://getnix.io/guides/cross-platform-dotfiles/

#Nix #NixOS #HomeManager #nixdarwin #Dotfiles #Linux #macOS

Die neue Folge des #Binärgewitter 377 #Podcast gibts am 20.3. live um 20Uhr ⛈️

Wie immer mit #Livestream und #IRC Chat:
https://blog.binaergewitter.de/pages/live

#binaergewitter #livestream #nerdtalk #opensource #live #ServiceToot #Linux #Technologie #OpenSource #AI #KI #FreeSoftware #NixOS #Rust mit @makefu @madmas @l33tname @ingo @kreativmonkey

Již příští sobotu na InstallFestu!

- přednáška proč přejít na Linux
- stánek s telefony
- workshop, kde si můžete vyzkoušet instalaci Linuxu na přinesený telefon

https://pretalx.installfest.cz/installfest-2026-2025/talk/73DDNB/

#Installfest #MobileLinux #Mobian #NixOS #postmarketos

Wrote a short blog post about moving some personal infrastructure over to Nix/NixOS, so far having a good time with it 🙂

https://jb3.dev/posts/infrastructure-as-nix/

#NixOS #Nix #DevOps #SelfHosting #Linux #InfrastructureAsCode