Hacker News with Generative AI: NixOS

NixOS and Portable Executables (jackkelly.name)
I’ve been very impressed by the Cosmopolitan Libc project and the αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε file format that makes it all possible.

NixOS, Operating Systems, Portable Executables, Software

53 points by jandeboevrie 11 days ago | 21 comments

Is NixOS truly reproducible? (luj.fr)
Build reproducibility is often considered as a de facto feature provided by functional package managers like Nix. Although the functional package manager model has important assets in the quest for build reproducibility (like reproducibility of build environments for example1), it is clear among practitioners that Nix does not guarantee that all its builds achieve bitwise reproducibility. In fact, it is not complicated to write a Nix package that builds an artifact non-deterministically:

NixOS, Reproducibility, Build Systems, Functional Programming, Software Development

248 points by pabs3 12 days ago | 122 comments

Sixos: A nix OS without systemd [video] (media.ccc.de)
This talk announces the first public release of sixos, a two year project to create a nixpkgs-based operating system using skarnet's s6 supervisor instead of systemd.

Linux, Operating Systems, NixOS, Systemd

180 points by transpute 22 days ago | 357 comments

Make your QEMU faster (2022) (schreibt.jetzt)
NixOS uses virtual machines based on QEMU extensively for running its test suite. In order to avoid generating a disk image for every test, the test driver usually boots using a Plan 9 File Protocol (9p) share (server implemented by QEMU) for the Nix store, which contains all the programs and config necessary for the test.

Virtualization, QEMU, Performance, Testing, NixOS

150 points by tripdout 67 days ago | 22 comments

Run a Simple Go Web Service on NixOS (mtlynch.io)
I have a few toy utility apps that I run 24/7 on cloud infrastructure. One example is PicoShare, a simple web app that makes it easy for me to share files with friends and teammates.

Go, Web Development, NixOS

7 points by todsacerdoti 81 days ago | 2 comments

NixOS is not reproducible (linderud.dev)
Okay, sorry for the clickbait.

Operating Systems, Reproducibility, NixOS

112 points by udev4096 118 days ago | 162 comments

NixOS Server Up in Minutes (gvolpe.com)
The folks at Garnix have done it again! You can now deploy a NixOS server in minutes, just by defining your system on a flake.nix and git push‘ing your changes (Garnix needs to be enabled for the repo).

NixOS, Server Deployment, Automation, DevOps

32 points by todsacerdoti 158 days ago | 9 comments

Interactive NixOS Tests (paperless.blog)

Operating Systems, Testing, NixOS

78 points by l0b0 171 days ago | 6 comments

Creating an Immutable System with NixOS, systemd-repart and systemd-sysupdate (x86.lol)

NixOS, System Administration, Linux, Immutable Systems, Systemd

9 points by ssernikk 176 days ago | 0 comments

Hands-On NixOS Servers (garnix.io)

Operating Systems, Linux, NixOS

28 points by todsacerdoti 183 days ago | 0 comments

NixOS, Raspberry Pi and Me (fzakaria.com)