How to Install and Customize NixOS Linux (2026 Edition) | Part 1
This is a quick and painless tutorial on how to install NixOS, which some view as the end-game of Linux, in many respects.
NixOS Download: https://nixos.org/download/
NixOS Official Install Manual: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/
MyNixos Documentation: https://mynixos.com/
Alacritty Config: https://alacritty.org/config-alacritt...
Dotfiles: https://github.com/tonybanters/nixos-...
Part 2 (Home Manager): • How to Use NixOS Home Manager (2026 Editio...
Part 3 (Flakes): • How to Use NixOS Flakes (2026 Edition) | F...
Music:
• Shingeki no Kyojin - EYE WATER - Soft Pian...
• Succession Main Theme - Piano (Advance dif...
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:32 Download
1:00 Begin Installation
1:54 Create Partitions
3:10 Make Filesystems
3:40 Mount Drives
4:34 Generate NixOS Config
5:36 Modify NixOS Config File
9:59 Install NixOS
10:44 Login and Post Install Config
11:43 How to Install Programs
12:11 Btop Stats
13:00 Setup Wallpaper
16:26 Begin Alacritty Rice
19:20 Install Rofi and File Manager
21:07 Qtile Config + Keybinds
23:31 Upgrade Packages (-Syu)
23:52 Using Git to Version Control Configs
25:56 Obligatory Pfetch
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