diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e2a83eb..31e8421 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,95 +1,46 @@ -[![NixOS](https://img.shields.io/badge/NixOS-unstable-blue.svg?style=flat&logo=NixOS&logoColor=white)](https://nixos.org) -[![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/divnix/devos)][mit] -[![Chat](https://img.shields.io/matrix/devos:nixos.org.svg?label=%23devos%3Anixos.org&logo=matrix&server_fqdn=matrix.org)][matrix] +# PubSolarOS -> #### ⚠ Advisory ⚠ -> DevOS requires the [flakes][flakes] feature available via an _experimental_ -> branch of [nix][nix]. Until nix 2.4 is released, this project -> should be considered unstable. +Welcome to PubSolarOS, a very opiniated Linux (NixOS) distribution for the nerdy. -### Why? -Make an awesome template for NixOS users, with consideration for common tools like [home-manager][home-manager], -[devshell][devshell], and [more](./doc/integrations). +We're creating this distribution for our own personal use and fun, but +take pride in our craft. As of 14.08.22 it's running on 14 physical devices, +both `x86_64` and `aarch64`. -### No. Why _flakes_? -Flakes are a part of an explicit push to improve [Nix's UX](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/doc/manual/src/contributing/cli-guideline.md), and have become an integral part of that effort. +At its core, it's a NixOS installation running our configuration. The UX +decisions and the way the project is structured are what make it +_PubSolarOS_: -They also make [Nix expressions](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/expressions/expression-syntax.html) easier to distribute and reuse with convient [flake references](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/src/nix/flake.md#flake-references) for building or using packages, modules, and whole systems. +* Reproducibility is king, and the future is with declarative and functional + programming. Even if Nix does not turn out to be the end-all-be-all of + reproducible package management (Guix looks good), it has a plethora + of packages, a very active and helpful community, and very solid + software engineering practices. +* Because reproducibility is king, we're using nix flakes for locking flake + dependencies. [Digga](https://github.com/divnix/digga) is our flake + utility library, made by the wonderful people of the Divnix community. +* Physical devices are not shared anymore nowadays. Only seldomly will you + find shared devices that need more than one user account. For this + reason, only one user (excluding `root`) is assumed. +* Keyboard navigation wins where it matters; ergonomics, programmability, + efficiency, and speed. We use a tiling window manager (`sway`) and + prioritize cli-based solutions where sensible. The editor is `neovim` + configured to be just as opiniated as the operating system it is a part + of. For mailing, `neomutt` is the default, but we're more divided on + that part. +* We like new and shiny things, so we've moved to Wayland and pipewire. +* SICHERHEIT is written in capital letters at pub.solar, so we have first- + class disk-encryption support. Currently in the works is a paranoid + mode where the device can only hibernate (no more sleep or lockscreen) + so your data is locked any time you leave the device. +* Free software is better. If we can avoid it, nonfree software is avoided. + By default, `allowUnfree` is `false` so we don't ship non-free software + in a basic PubSolarOS ISO. However, nothing prevents you from using + as much non-free software as you like. +* Automation is better. The reproducibility of nix feels so much more + powerful once you're deploying your new configuration from your laptop + to all your other devices with one command. [We have an automated CI using drone](https://ci.b12f.io/pub-solar/os). +* Community is important. We just like working on this together, and it + feels really good to see our progress at the end of a + [hakken.irl](https://pub.solar/hakken) session. -## Getting Started -Check out the [guide](https://devos.divnix.com/start) to get up and running. -Also, have a look at [_flake.nix_](./flake.nix). If anything is not immediately -discoverable via "[`digga`][digga]'s [`mkFlake`][mk-flake], -please file a bug report. - -### Status: Beta -Although this project has already matured quite a bit, especially through -recent outfactoring of [`digga`][digga], a fair amount of api polishing is still -expected. There are unstable versions (0._x_._x_) to help users keep track -of changes and progress, and a [`develop`](https://github.com/divnix/devos/tree/develop) branch for the brave 😜 - -## In the Wild -* @Pacman99: [Personal](https://gitlab.com/coffeetables/lower), [Server](https://gitlab.com/coffeetables/myrdd) -* [@danielphan2003](https://github.com/danielphan2003/flk) and make sure to also check out [devos-ext-lib][devos-ext-lib] -* [PubSolarOS](https://git.sr.ht/~b12f/pub-solar-os) - -## Shoulders -This work does not reinvent the wheel. It stands on the [shoulders of the -following giants][giants]: - -### :onion: — like the layers of an onion -- [`divnix/digga`][digga] -- [`gytis-ivaskevicius/flake-utils-plus`][fup] -- [`numtide/flake-utils`][fu] - -### :family: — like family -- [`numtide/devshell`][devshell] -- [`serokell/deploy-rs`][deploy] -- [`berberman/nvfetcher`][nvfetcher] -- [`NixOS/nixpkgs`][nixpkgs] - -:heart: - -## Inspiration & Art -- [hlissner/dotfiles][dotfiles] -- [nix-user-chroot](https://github.com/nix-community/nix-user-chroot) -- [Nickel](https://github.com/tweag/nickel) -- [Awesome Nix](https://github.com/nix-community/awesome-nix) -- [devshell](https://github.com/numtide/devshell) - -## Divnix -The divnix org is an open space that spontaneously formed out of "the Nix". -It is really just a place where otherwise unrelated people work -together and get stuff done. - -It's a place to stop "geeking out in isolation" (or within company boundaries). -A place to experiment, learn together, and iterate quickly on best practices. -That's what it is. - -It might eventually become a non-profit if that's not too complicated or, if those -goals are sufficiently upstreamed into "the Nix", dissolved. - -# License -DevOS is licensed under the [MIT License][mit]. - -[community]: https://github.com/divnix/devos/tree/community -[core]: https://github.com/divnix/devos -[deploy]: https://github.com/serokell/deploy-rs -[devshell]: https://github.com/numtide/devshell -[digga]: https://github.com/divnix/digga -[dotfiles]: https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles -[flake-doc]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/src/nix/flake.md -[flakes]: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes -[fu]: https://github.com/numtide/flake-utils -[fup]: https://github.com/gytis-ivaskevicius/flake-utils-plus -[giants]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of_giants -[home-manager]: https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager -[mit]: https://mit-license.org -[mk-flake]: https://github.com/divnix/digga/tree/main/src/mkFlake -[nix]: https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable -[nixos]: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable -[nixpkgs]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs -[nvfetcher]: https://github.com/berberman/nvfetcher -[please]: https://github.com/nrdxp/devos/tree/nrd -[matrix]: https://matrix.to/#/#devos:nixos.org -[devos-ext-lib]: https://github.com/divnix/devos-ext-lib +To get started, take a look at the quick start guide in our docs.