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* Download [NixOS ISO](https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html)
* Write the ISO to a USB drive using `dd`
* Boot machine from ISO
* Install git: `nix-env -i git`
* Clone configuration: `git clone https://github.com/eliasrenman/nixos-config.git`
* Follow the [installation guide](https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#sec-installation) up to `nixos-generate-config`
* Copy nixos configuration files to `/mnt`: `cp nixos-config/* /mnt/etc/nixos`
* Generate hardware config: `nixos-generate-config`
* Install system: `nixos-install` (set root password)
* Reboot
* Login as root
* Set password for `elias`: `passwd elias`
* Log out and login as `elias` setting `hyprland` as desktop session
* Generate an SSH key for the new machine: `ssh-keygen`
* [Add SSH key to github profile](https://github.com/settings/ssh/new)
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## Virtualbox setup
- System -> Motherboard -> Enable EFI
- System -> Processor -> Enable PAE
- Display -> Graphics Controller -> VBoxVGA
- Storage -> Controller: SATA -> Use Host I/O Cache
## Cheatsheet
### Nix
* Install a package: `nix-env -i packageName`
* List all available packages: `nix-env -qa` (take a while to run, best of dumping this and grepping the listing)
### NixOS
* Configuration file: `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix`