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A collection of NixOS modules covering hardware quirks.

18 mentions on Hacker News by 16 people: 0 stories, 18 comments · first 2017-05-23 · latest 2026-09-15

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  1. …graphics card, wifi, audio, etc.). It did, I installed Mint on there, and she seems to like it. [1] https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware Even if you don't run NixOS, this is useful; if the laptop you're buying has very few or zero hacks…
    comment by tombert · 2026-09-15 · in Leaving Linux
  2. …or be managed through some community-supported overlay. (Great example of this is [nixos-hardware]( https://github.com/nixos/nixos-hardware ) which shares settings and fixes for specific laptop models and the like, or [emacs-overlay](…
    comment by tikhonj · 2026-08-30 · in Haiku R1/beta6 has been released
  3. There's actually a compatibility listing and the hacks required to make them work! https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware In the case of my ThinkPad, you can see there is literally no extra work required:…
    comment by tombert · 2026-03-04 · in Lenovo’s new ThinkPads score 10/10 for repairability
  4. Maybe related: - https://gist.github.com/felipelalli/6179aac72735fd35ea3a9854... - https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/issues/1039
    comment by felipelalli · 2025-11-23 · in $1900 Bug Bounty to Fix the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IAX10H's Speakers on Linux
  5. …loading drivers, and even refactoring/backporting modules for other InfinityBook versions. [1]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/tree/master/tuxedo/i...
    comment by j0hax · 2025-07-25 · in NixOS on a Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen9 AMD Laptop
  6. …Also NixOS has a nixos-hardware repository with configurations for some laptops: https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/tree/master/asus/zep... Reasonably legible if you ever programmed anything
    comment by oDot · 2024-02-25 · in Microsoft is driving users away
  7. …This exposes a declarative interface: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/nixos/modules https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/tree/master/modules This does not:…
    comment by lloeki · 2023-11-02 · in macOS Sonoma Broke Grep
  8. Excellent. Any custom modifications can go here: https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/tree/master/framewor... to make it easier to collaborate and distribute.
    comment by tomberek · 2023-03-26 · in Framework Laptop 16
  9. …NixOS has a repository where users can contribute general optimized settings for their hardware. https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware
    comment by pongo1231 · 2023-03-19 · in Ken Thompson's 75 year project: A century of popular music in a jukebox [video]
  10. The nixos-hardware module also upgrades your linux kernel for this model already: https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/blob/e2f9c6f7360f3e0...
    comment by Mic92 · 2022-12-30 · in Poll: What's the best laptop for Linux these days?
  11. Not yet. I checked that it exists in nixos-hardware already: https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/tree/master/lenovo/t... Haven't bought one yet, I'm still quite happy with this X1 from a few years back. You need a quite recent kernel…
    comment by pimeys · 2022-11-15 · in Ask HN: How ready for daily driving is Asahi Linux?
  12. …much, use NixOS-hardware and look into power configurations if you have specific requirements. 1: https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/blob/master/framewor...
    comment by carlhjerpe · 2022-05-19 · in The new and upgraded Framework Laptop
  13. …support for the framework to nixos-hardware. I appreciate any feedback or improvements anyone has! https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/blob/master/framewor...
    comment by emiller88 · 2022-05-19 · in The new and upgraded Framework Laptop
  14. https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/issues/323 Created an issue for this for anyone interested!
    comment by emiller88 · 2021-10-19 · in NixOS on Framework Laptop
  15. …type thing. But could see a PopOS like configuration, focused on on an “out the box experience” https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware
    comment by jeppesen-io · 2021-10-17 · in NixOS on Framework Laptop
  16. …) that is overwhelming to any beginner. Great example of such approach is nixos-hardware ( https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware ) which provides one-line configuration covering hardware quirks.
    comment by suchar · 2021-10-10 · in Nix-GUI: Make NixOS usable for non-technical users through settings / GUI
  17. Here's a fix! https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/blob/master/lenovo/t... .
    comment by ywei3410 · 2020-08-29 · in One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
  18. …with numerous tabs open.) Some details on running NixOS in Hyper-V, in case anyone's interested: https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/blob/master/microsof... EDIT: ah, yes: worth to note, the first specimen I bought had some kind of…
    comment by akavel · 2017-05-23 · in New Surface Pro