How to Organize Your Guix Configuration

In this video, I'll show you the strategy I use to organize my Guix configuration files so that I can manage multiple system configurations, home configurations, and custom package and service definitions. We'll use the power of Guile to turn the whole configuration into Scheme modules!

#guix #guile #scheme #configuration #dotfiles

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SHOW NOTES:

https://systemcrafters.net/craft-your-system-with-guix/how-to-organize-your-config/

CHAPTERS:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:54 Establishing the folder structure
• 05:30 Migrating existing configuration files
• 06:04 Migrating the system configurations
• 13:17 Migrating the home-environment configuration
• 14:16 Splitting out the package definition
• 15:52 Splitting out the service definition
• 18:48 Using your dotfiles with Guix
• 20:28 Adding shell shortcuts
• 21:58 Testing your changes
• 27:29 Conclusion

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