From b41d5f53ada93f0b0c5fc367fb8cf4a788ab77e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Gagarin Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 05:01:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] update recommended videos the good stuff was historically hard to discover. so hard that I found a new one just today... - add Nixology - remove the Nix Fundamentals, because it's better covered by Nixology - add The Nix Hour - add NixCon - collapse Jon Ringer's videos into one link - link to all of Wil Taylor's videos - re-order the "other" articles to roughly match nix.dev contents --- source/recommended-reading.md | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/recommended-reading.md b/source/recommended-reading.md index a3fc544..832fb95 100644 --- a/source/recommended-reading.md +++ b/source/recommended-reading.md @@ -24,35 +24,47 @@ ## Other articles -- [NixOS and Flakes - An unofficial book for beginners](https://nixos-and-flakes.thiscute.world) (2023) - - This tutorial is an introduction to {term}`NixOS` using the experimental Nix [Flakes](flakes) functionality. - -- [Customizing packages in Nix](https://bobvanderlinden.me/customizing-packages-in-nix/) (2022) - - An overview of different methods to customize Nix packages. - -- [Manage your dot files with Home Manager](https://ghedam.at/24353/tutorial-getting-started-with-home-manager-for-nix) (Mattia Gheda, 2021) - - [Nix Pills](https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills/index.html) A low-level tutorial on building software packages with Nix, showing in detail how Nixpkgs is constructed. +- [Customizing packages in Nix](https://bobvanderlinden.me/customizing-packages-in-nix/) (2022) + +- [Manage your dot files with Home Manager](https://ghedam.at/24353/tutorial-getting-started-with-home-manager-for-nix) (Mattia Gheda, 2021) + + An overview of different methods to customize Nix packages. + - [Nix Shorts](https://github.com/justinwoo/nix-shorts) A series of posts on basics of how packaging with Nix works. -- [awesome-nix](https://nix-community.github.io/awesome-nix/) +- [NixOS and Flakes - An unofficial book for beginners](https://nixos-and-flakes.thiscute.world) (2023) - A collection of Nix resources. + This tutorial is an introduction to {term}`NixOS` using the experimental Nix [Flakes](flakes) functionality. ## Other videos -- [Nix Fundamentals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4sv2M9jRLg) (Jakub Grzegorz Sokolowski, 2020) -- [Nix Shell Overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGekN4pDExY) (Wil Taylor, 2021) -- [How to update a package](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_IZ2EfW_8U) (Jon Ringer, 2020) -- [How to create a patch for any package](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K_2RSjbdXc) (Jon Ringer, 2020) -- [Overlays](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGAL3gMXvug) (Jon Ringer, 2020) -- [Adding a module to NixOS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkDYmvKINm8) (Jon Ringer, 2022) -- [Upgrade kernel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_vbddNXtg) (Jon Ringer, 2020) +- [Nixology](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRGI9KQ3_HP_OFRG6R-p4iFgMSK1t5BHs) (Burke Libbey, 2020) + + Video series introducing fundamental Nix concepts. + +- [The Nix Hour](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyzwHTVJlRc8yjlx4VR4LU5A5O44og9in) (Silvan Mosberger, since 2022) + + Weekly series exploring topics and answering questions from all around the Nix ecosystem. + +- [Nixpkgs](https://www.youtube.com/@jonringer117/videos) (Jon Ringer, 2020-22) + + Video series with tutorials on various activities around Nixpkgs. + +- [NixOS](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-saUBvIJzOkjAw_vOac75v-x6EzNzZq-) (Wil Taylor, 2021) + + Series of tutorials on getting started with NixOS. + - [NixOS Foundation on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@NixOS-Foundation/playlists) + + The official NixOS Foundation channel. + +- [NixCon on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@NixCon) + + Recordings of NixCon talks and discussions. +