this is rae's nixOS config meow
- **display manager**: SDDM (BUT YUO NEVER SEE IT BLEHHHH)
- **window manager**: openbox
- **status bar**: yambar
# installation
theoretically:
```sh
nix-shell -p git
git clone https://git.sr.ht/~roxwize/.dotfiles
cd .dotfiles/
nixos-install --flake './nixos#[hostname]'
```
from my experience the process is more involved, but it ultimately boils down to those three commands above (the first command is only for bootstrapping). youll need to make a configuration for your host which involves creating default configurations with `nixos-generate-config`, copying it to your host's folder in `nixos/hosts/[host]/`, editing it, and then adding it to `flake.nix`. after that you should clone the repo inside of `/home/rae/` on your filesystem
## raspberry PI devices
[raspberry-pi-nix](https://github.com/nix-community/raspberry-pi-nix) is used to build PI sd card images. have yur lil sd card on hand (paw) and run in the root of the repository:
```sh
nix build './nixos#nixosConfigurations.[hostname].config.system.build.sdImage'
```
and then Wait................... output will be in `result/` NYA!!
### ermm???
O.K., just take the image in `result/sd-image/[whatever]`, decompress it with zstd, then run `dd if=[decompressed image] of=[sd card device WITHOUT partition number] status=progress`
the system will automatically resize the root partition to match the size of the SD card, and from there any changes in post should likely be made over ssh...
```sh
nixos-rebuild switch --flake './nixos#[hostname]' --target-host root@[hostname]
```
ssh isnt automatically setup in a way that lets you do this from the start, you should define it in your host configuration beforehand. near has a decent example of this that you can look over if yu want...
# usage
the system should boot into openbox and from there you'll have your statusbar and a lot of keybinds to learn x3
## openbox hotkeys
```
Menus
A-d
Main menu
A-/
Passwords
A-? (SA-/)
Application menu
A-.
ssh menu
A-c
Client (window) menu
Window actions
A-Return
Iconify
A-Up
Raise
A-Down
Lower
A-[hjkl]
Move
CA-x
Close
CA-f
Fullscreen
CA-m
Maximize
SA-Left
Switch focus to previous window
SA-Right
Switch focus to previous window
A-Tab
Cycle focus to windows in all workspaces
Workspace management
A-Left
Switch to previous workspace
A-Right
Switch to next workspace
A-[123456]
Switch to specific workspace
Miscellaneous
A-F12
Take screenshot
CA-Return
Open terminal (kitty)
CAS-r
Restart
```
or:
**Alt+Left click** and drag over a window to move it
**Alt+Right click** and drag over a window to resize it
**Ctrl+Right click** on titlebar to open its window's menu
**Alt+C** over a window to do the same thing
**Double click titlebar** to maximize its window completely
**Left click maximize button** to maximize completely
**Middle click maximize button** to maximize vertically
**Right click maximize button** to maximize horizontally
**Right click** on desktop to open menu
**Alt+Right click** over a window to do the same thing
**Alt+D** to open the application launcher
**Alt+Left arrow** to go to the previous desktop
**Alt+Right arrow** to go to the next desktop
**Alt+[1-6]** to go to a specific desktop
**Alt+Shift+Left arrow** to go to the previous desktop window
**Alt+Shift+Right arrow** to go to the next desktop window
**Alt+Tab** to cycle windows in all desktops
# (history)
here is the very first finalized version of this config that was originally tested on a qemu vm. it took 14 hours to set up. after running it on the machine itself and switching over to the configuration in its entirety i realized that it was complete and utter HORSESHIT. making things look nice again took another like four hours.
