[!WARNING] The pam_shim is POC code, so be careful with using it on your own machine. Use it at your own risk. The problem At work I have to use Ubuntu but I want to share my nix config between all my devices i.e. desktop and work laptop. On my home setup I have been using Niri with Noctalia shell (quickshell) on NixOS. Everything works fine I can use the Noctalia shell lock screen and can authenticate fine. ...
TIL: How to Set the Path Variable When Using Ubuntu With Nix (Home Manager) As per some of my recent articles, you will be aware I am using Hyprland (tiling manager) on Ubuntu and managing the config using nix (home-manager). I was having issues where for some reason it wouldn’t set the PATH variable correctly. On my NixOS machine, the following would be fine: bind=,XF86AudioRaiseVolume,exec, volume --inc bind=,XF86AudioLowerVolume,exec, volume --dec However, on Ubuntu I needed to provide the full path: ...
As you may know from my previous articles, my work laptop is an Ubuntu (22.04) laptop. However, on the rest of my devices I use NixOS with Hyprland as my tiling window manager. I wanted to be able to use Hyprland on my laptop as well, I tried using Sway and, it worked mostly pretty well, but it was yet another to manage and there were some slight differences. Also, I like the animations on Hyprland 😅. ...