If you use #NixOS or #nix and want to contribute with the new release (22.05), please check one of the failing builds from https://zh.fail/ and throw a PR at https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs by following the instructions from this issue https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/172160.
Thank you!
In 2013, someone requested a guided/graphical installer for #NixOS for the first time. There have been at least 6 attempts so far that all failed. Now, 9 years later, we have finally merged an implementation based on the #Calamares framework. It will be part of the stable release at the end of this month and is already available in unstable.
https://github.com/NixOS/nixos/issues/99
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/100475
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/21662
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/161788
https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/nixos.iso_gnome.x86_64-linux
https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/nixos.iso_plasma5.x86_64-linux
Next up is hardware video decoding using VA-API on Wayland in #Firefox. The RDD sandbox in Firefox restricts which paths the process can access and since we don't adhere to the FHS our paths are currently missing.
Now: We patch these in downstream
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/165964
Soon: Hopefully upstream inclusion
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1761692
Nix Survey Results post is out! Thank you to everyone who contributed
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/2022-nix-survey-results/18983
NixFlakes on WSL - Xe: https://christine.website/blog/nix-flakes-4-wsl-2022-05-01
Want to help this cool effort? This PR can benefit from testers!
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/161788
In case you missed the March Nix MacOS monthly! https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-macos-monthly/12330/18#march-2022-1
Attention Clojure users 🤍
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/clj-nix-nix-helpers-for-clojure-applications/18473
Nix 2.8.0 is out!
https://nixos.org/blog/announcements.html#nix-2.8.0
Update on the Nix Community Survey! More coming on May 3rd.
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-community-survey-2022-update/18733
#nixos is getting a graphical installer https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/161788
Finally a new post on our blog. This time: Easily configure wifi hotspots on #NixOS #Linux https://blog.project-insanity.org/2022/04/14/easily-configure-a-wifi-hotspot-on-nixos
Create static Rust binaries, and Docker images with Nix
https://blog.sekun.dev/posts/create-static-binaries-and-docker-images-with-nix/
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://blog.sekun.dev/posts/create-static-binaries-and-docker-images-with-nix/
Pretty cool article by Josh Pearce:
“DIY Home Router with NixOS”
Nix Flakes: Exposing and using NixOS Modules
Summer of Nix is back in 2022! ❤️
It will happen from 15th of July to 30th of September!
Summer of Nix is a paid summer program where you can learn, meet, and work with the Nix community.
Read more about it in the announcement:
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/summer-of-nix-2022/18479
Feature Freeze day is approaching for NixOS 22.05, please raise your concerns in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/167025
Release schedule: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/165792
Release manager for 22.05 is Janne Heß (aka dasJ).
Let's have a great 22.05 release cycle!
A podcast about #Nix and #NixOS with https://blog.croughan.sh and fixxxxxxer.
A reasonable way to start developing a reproducible #Rust project with #Nix by https://robertwpearce.com
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