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Oh yeah I use nvidia so it’s pretty unsurprising. How much coding is required? I know how to code so it’s not a very big deal but I’d like to have an idea.
I wouldn’t call it coding. It’s more about writing configurations. You have to provide a list of packages you need and some configuration for them like configuring default desktop environment. I recommend searching for dotfiles repos with configuration.nix on github to get an idea.
As someone elase said, it's not really coding but more like writing a configuration. If you need an example (I'm using AMD so there will be some changes required) you can check out my own config at https://gitlab.com/theshatterstone/nix-conf
Edit: Also, the note on shebangs applies to all scripts within NixOS.
Thank you so much for your example, I'm new to NixOS coming from arch and these are all very helpful.
nvidia-open-dkms usually doesn't break when updating.
Well something broke ¯\(ツ)/¯