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Sécurix is a NixOS-based secure operating system developed by the French digital department (DINUM) for hardened environments with strong isolation, reproducibility, and policy-driven configurations, currently in alpha.
NixOS 26.05 'Yarara' is released, featuring systemd in initrd, GNOME 50, deprecation of x86_64-darwin, and thousands of package updates.
The NNN Stack combines NixOS, Niri compositor, and Noctalia shell to create a declarative, scrollable, and reproducible desktop environment, inviting users to contribute their dotfiles.
A developer shares a technique for symlinking dotfiles on NixOS using systemd-tmpfiles, without relying on home-manager or additional tools.
This article introduces Lanzaboote, a UEFI UKI stub written in Rust that enables Secure Boot support for NixOS. It solves NixOS-specific boot challenges by deferring signature checking to UEFI while keeping kernels and initrds separate from the UKI binary.
A tutorial explaining secrets management options for NixOS, comparing tools like sops-nix, agenix, and ragenix, with practical examples of using sops-nix for encrypted secrets management.
The article advocates for mandatory version stamping in all software programs to improve incident response, using the i3 window manager's version reporting system as a case study, and covers implementation details with Go and NixOS.
A technical guide on using microvm.nix on NixOS to create ephemeral VMs for safely running coding agents without access to personal files.
The author re-evaluates the usability of Wayland on Linux in 2026, noting improvements but persistent issues with NVIDIA drivers and 8K monitor support, making it still not ready for their setup.
A guide to setting up Immich, a self-hosted photo management tool, to replace Google Photos, covering hardware, installation on NixOS, and secure access via Tailscale.
A trip report from NixCon 2025 in Rapperswil, Switzerland, detailing talks and experiences from the conference.
A guide on managing secrets in NixOS configurations using sops-nix, covering setup, encryption, and integration with services like Samba.
Michael Stapelberg details his migration of a NAS from CoreOS/Flatcar Linux to NixOS, covering the step-by-step transition from Docker containers to native NixOS modules with practical examples.
A guide on declaratively installing NixOS over the network using tools like nixos-anywhere, with an emphasis on managing configuration files under version control.