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Install Latest NixOS on a Virtual Machine

Want to try NixOS? Get started by installing it on a virtual machine. I recommend using NixOS on a VM before you want to replace it as your primary operating system. This holds for anything new that you want to try, but specifically for advanced Linux distributions like NixOS.



Links:
NixOS official download page – https://nixos.org/download.html
VirtualBox – https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
How to Enlarge a Virtual Machine’s Disk in VirtualBox or VMware




Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:23 Step 1: Get the ISO image of NixOS
3:01 Step 2: Create a virtual in VirtualBox
4:18 Step 3: Installing NixOS
6:51 Step 4: Boot from NixOS install
7:46 End screen



What you will learn:
1. Install NixOS in the VM Using VirtualBox
2. Step 1: Get the ISO image of NixOS
a. How to downloadn ISO with GNOME and KDE desktops
3. Step 2: Create a virtual in VirtualBox
a. How to add a new virtual machine
b. How to name your VM
c. How to choose the Base memory (RAM), processors you want to allocate to this VM, and storage space
d. How to create a NixOS virtual machine
4. Step 3: Installing NixOS
a. How to choose your region and zone
b. How to set the keyboard layout
c. How to create a user and set a password for that user
d. How to Select your favorite Desktop Environment
e. How to Use non-free software on NixOS
f. How to enable non-free packages
g. How to partition the disk automatically
h. How to change boot sequence
i. How to Change the boot order in VirtualBox
j. How To change the boot order in the NixOS VM
k. How to make hard disk the first option to boot
5. Step 4: Boot from NixOS install
a. How to start your NixOS VM
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