Call for Content: 2018/08

[domenkozar]

Hi all,

please add Nix news item in form of:

- Example news item title `with link`_

  News item description in one or two sentences.

.. _`with link`: http://example.com

preferably as a PR against master branch or a comment below. Thank you <3

[teh]

Nix overlay to program and use a tomu U2F token: https://github.com/teh/tomu-u2f-overlay

[Mic92]

you can add your repository to NUR so it is easier to use: @teh

[domenkozar]

Not enough content, moving to next week.

[samueldr]

Oof, this'll be hard to condense in a sentence or two, given that I don't have a "post" summarizing this.

New installer bootloader: #33686 updates the bootloader, shedding one of the few remaining old logos, while also adding new features. Mainly, HiDPI options under a new sub-menu, allowing modesetting the console to a readable size!

• (Installation media) Bootloader artwork refresh nixpkgs#33686

[Mic92]

#33686 adds nicer themes and HiDPI support to our bootloader in the installer iso.

[dezgeg]

• RFC 32: Tweak the process of executing phases in the stdenv for better nix-shell UX_

  A proposal for making it easier to manually run phases of a build inside a nix-shell.

.. _RFC 32: Tweak the process of executing phases in the stdenv for better nix-shell UX: NixOS/rfcs#32

(I don't know if I got the formatting right)

[zimbatm]

https://github.com/musnix/musnix - Real-time audio in NixOS

[a-schaefers]

• Bootstrap a zfs-on-root NixOS installation using only one command with Themelios. with link_

Themelios automates the entire installation process of a NixOS zfs-on-root system using any NixOS livedisk with an internet connection and your git repository. Themelios is flexible with many configuration options and allows for unique, per-machine customization.

.. _with link: https://github.com/a-schaefers/themelios

[domenkozar]

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-2-1-released/875

[ryantm]

Zero Hydra Failures for 18.09 NixOS/nixpkgs#45960

[ryantm]

19.03 to be called "Koi" NixOS/nixpkgs@e144899#diff-09da2f18ff6731224a67af7f0081d111R6

[domenkozar]

https://domenkozar.com/2018/09/04/recent-cachix-downtime/