524: How Our Server Got It's Groove Back
LINUX Unplugged
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Configuring a Solenode Box
This chapter discusses the process of configuring a solenode box for experimentation, including using the Linno guide, creating a Linno image, and writing the NixOS config. They also explain the use of NixOS anywhere and the disco tool for disk configuration.
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Can we build an indestructible server that stands up to the test of giving out root login to the Internet?
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- Spokane Linux Love, Sat, Sep 16, 2023, 1:00 PM | Meetup — It's finally happening! Let's get together at Iron Goat Brewing.
- Best laptops for NixOS - Help - NixOS Discourse
- Mobile NixOS
- Devices List — Mobile NixOS
- Iron Goat Brewing
- LinuxFest Northwest 2023 Sponsorship Prospectus — LinuxFest Northwest 2023 will be held October 20-22, 2023 at Bellingham Technical College. The Fest is a free and open community event dedicated to provide and support educational activities related to Linux and Open Source Software.
- NixOS friendly hosters - NixOS Wiki
- Install and Configure NixOS on a Linode | Linode Docs
- Star-History — We know, you can't fully trust a project's GitHub stars alone. It is, however, a good way to determine if a tool is an adequate one and if it's likely to grow, if you use it correctly.
- disko — NixOS is a Linux distribution where everything is described as code, with one exception: during installation, the disk partitioning and formatting are manual steps. disko aims to correct this sad 🤡 omission.
- nixos-anywhere — You can then initiate an unattended installation with a single CLI command. Since nixos-anywhere can access the new machine using SSH, it's ideal for remote installations.
- Immutable infrastructure for mutable systems — I erase my systems at every boot.
- NixOS Series 4: "Stateless" Operating System — Here's the question: is it really necessary to store the contents of /etc on the disk drive? They're going to be regenerated on each reboot or config switch anyway.
- NixOS ❄: tmpfs as root — One fairly unique property of NixOS is the ability to boot with only /boot and /nix. Nothing else is actually required. This supports doing all sorts of weird things with your root file system.
- Nixos and Erasing My Darlings
- Impermanence - NixOS Wiki — Impermanence in NixOS is where your root directory gets wiped every reboot (such as by mounting a tmpfs to /). Such a setup is possible because NixOS only needs /boot and /nix in order to boot, all other system files are simply links to files in /nix. /boot and /nix still need to be stored on a hard drive or SSD.
- impermanence: Modules to help you handle persistent state on systems with ephemeral root storage [maintainer=@talyz]
- Example ZFS + tmpfs root configuration
- NixOS on Btrfs+tmpfs
- A plan to stabilize the new CLI and Flakes incrementally — Ever since the closing of RFC 49, we've had the new CLI and Flakes marked as experimental, with no clear plan forward.
- project Stratis
- Backups - Perfect Media Server
- Podverse GitHub — Podverse has a bounty out for Android Auto.
- Jay Sam Bee in Philadelphia NixOS Bounty — Jay has a bounty for getting Wallabag on NixOS.
- Self-Hosted 102: NixOS is a bit Flakey
- completenoobs.com
- OpenStreetMap.org — OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
- OSMand.net
- OSM is an extensible editor for OpenStreetMap
- OSM is an extensible editor for OpenStreetMap
- StreetComplete — Help to improve the OpenStreetMap with StreetComplete!
- nixpkg.py
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