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NixOS VM on Mac Setup

Mitchell Hashimoto · tutorial · Watch on YouTube

Linux & open-source ecosystemsOperating systems & kernelsTesting, debugging & developer tools

What it is

Mitchell Hashimoto walks through his setup for running a NixOS virtual machine on a Mac as his development environment, with a config repo on GitHub.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a practical reference for the Linux-VM-on-Mac workflow and as an entry point to NixOS.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Just run Linux in a VM! It's my preferred workflow nowadays.”

    Shows running NixOS in a VM on a Mac as dev workflow.

    indiv0, 2022-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at around $2k?”

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Topics: nixos, macos, virtual machines, dev environment, mitchell hashimoto

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