This is a fork of the original nixbook to add my own cusom COSMIC desktop config, specifically to provide out of box wifi support for older Macbooks. Thanks to the original project and cosmix-saigon.

Convert your old computer (even chromebook) to a user friendly, lightweight, durable, and auto updating operating system build on top of NixOS.

The goal is to create a "chromebook like" unbreakable computer to give to basic users who know nothing about Linux and won't need to ever worry about updates / upgrades.

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nix-channel --add https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-unstable nixos
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade

cd /etc/
nix-shell -p git

sudo git clone https://github.com/cappsyco/nixbook

cd nixbook
./install_cosmic.sh

You can always manually run updates by running Update and Reboot in the menu.

If you want to completely reset this nixbook, wipe off your personal data to give it to someone else, or start fresh, run Powerwash from the menu.

Notes:

• The Nix channel will be updated from this git config once tested, and will auto apply to your machine within a week
• Simply reboot for OS updates to apply.
• Don't modify the .nix files in this repo, as they'll get overwritten on update. If you want to customize, put your nix changes directly into /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

If at any point you're having issues with your nixbook not updating, check the auto-update-config service by running

sudo systemctl status auto-update-config

If it shows any errors, go directly to /etc/nixbook and run

sudo git pull --rebase

Then you can start the autoupdate service again by running

sudo systemctl restart auto-update-config