| 22 Mar 2024 |
 fricklerhandwerk | In reply to @ibizaman:matrix.org
hi 👋 I had an idea, what do you all think about "translating" the Archlinux install wiki to NixOS? Would be called something like "Arch Install Guide for NixOS". Essentially https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide but with all commands and instructions replaced by their NixOS equivalent?
I think it's a good idea because I always found the Arch wiki pretty complete. I don't have a timeline to work on this but was already wondering if ppl found this to be a good idea. We had a similar questions about a year ago, and I think there's no doubt that NixOS installation instructions are much behind Arch on many levels. Back then the main concern was: Sure, please port whatever, but who's gonna maintain it? That's the main difference between Nix* documentation and the Arch wiki: They have multiple highly active maintainers, and the docs team right now barely managed to extend its reach to the Nixpkgs manual. If you want to take responsibility for a chunk of NixOS documentation, please go ahead! | 09:00:07 |
 @olafklingt:matrix.org | In reply to @ibizaman:matrix.org
hi 👋 I had an idea, what do you all think about "translating" the Archlinux install wiki to NixOS? Would be called something like "Arch Install Guide for NixOS". Essentially https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide but with all commands and instructions replaced by their NixOS equivalent?
I think it's a good idea because I always found the Arch wiki pretty complete. I don't have a timeline to work on this but was already wondering if ppl found this to be a good idea. A agree that a good installation guide is the most important missing bit in nixos documentation. So every step into that direction is great. Please don't feel scared away by maintainance, that should not be a problem. | 09:55:33 |
 ibizaman | Awesome, I’m glad for the positive feedback! 😊 What takes me a long time usually when writing is figuring out all the ideas and how they should fit in what order. I’m hoping that time will be reduced drastically by copying another great example which served me well a bunch of times already. | 14:22:21 |
 Eli Flanagan | danielsidhion: howdy! here is that docs cleanup PR I mentioned last week but couldn't submit: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/298127
Turns out, one cannot sign up for a GitHub profile using aliased emails for initial configuration. I then tried with a work email, managed by Microsoft Office 365, and it they believed I am human. | 18:16:29 |
 danielsidhion | Thank you! Glad you figured out the issue with GitHub! | 21:37:10 |
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| 24 Mar 2024 |
 Dominic Mills | Here's my first draft for the Google Season of Docs proposal: https://github.com/DMills27/Nix-Google-Season-of-Docs. I'm continuously working on it. Any criticisms/feedback is welcomed! | 14:35:00 |
 Robert Hensing (roberth) | Just wrote a testers helper to check links, if you're interested: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/298665 | 15:52:38 |
| Dominic Mills | * Here's my first draft for the Google Season of Docs proposal: https://github.com/DMills27/Nix-Google-Season-of-Docs. I'm continuously working on it. Any criticisms/feedback are welcomed! | 17:15:34 |
