Here’s a short summary on what I’ve been working on since the last 21.11 NixOS release. There are some new programs and modules in the repository which are worth noting. New apps and drivers The script orjail let you easily run any application in an isolated network which will tunnel all traffic through tor. Simply […]

Using the linux-wifi-hotspot script and package makes it possible to easily share a wired internet connection via wifi hotspot with a single command. The upcoming NixOS 22.05 repository will include this program. You can install and use it like this: wlan0 is the interface name of your wifi card and eth0 the name of your […]

The python script wl-togglescreens will help you to quickly switch monitor modes on Wayland. You can execute it directly or via keybindings to turn the internal or external screen on and off. The script will detect any external monitor and switches between 3 states: Only main screen enabled, only external screen enabled or both enabled […]

The upcoming NixOS 22.05 release will feature a new module to easily setup a invoicing web app called Invocieplane. Here’s a short introduction on the app and how to use it on NixOS. Invoiceplane is an open-source web application for managing clients, invoices and product sets. You can use it to easily create invoices as […]

By chance I got a used Samsung Galaxy S5 which already has good Linux mainline support. I was able to install postmarketOS with Phosh user interface enabled. Here’s a short summary on the usability of various apps. Considering the device is an older phone from 2014, the overall user experience is already quite good. Sometimes […]

The Linux application firewall OpenSnitch will be easier to setup with the upcoming NixOS 22.05 release. Only a few configuration lines are needed to get the daemon and client running. The OpenSnitch daemon service was already merged with the 21.11 release and could theoretically be enabled with a simple configuration like this: Unfortunately there was […]

I decided to migrate my home server from ArchLinux ARM to NixOS to have a reproducible system based on a single configuration. My goal is to have more web services run with the new system. The hardware setup of the server is quite simple: ARM board Rock64 (4×1,5 GHz, 4 GB memory) 256 GB SD […]

The upcoming NixOS 21.11 release will include new packages, modules and some exciting technological changes under the hood. Here is a list of some updates I’m waiting for and some contributions I made in the last few months. New apps The modern and simple looking Gtk app fragments 1.5 got merged. I also tried to […]