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  • 6th June 2025

How to Run Nix on Qubes Without Crying (Much)

Nix is great for keeping your system clean and your sanity slightly intact. But thanks to how QubesOS handles templates and persistence, it’s not quite plug-and-play.

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  • 4th June 2025

Learn to use Nix (not NixOS) in 10 minutes (it's easy)

After this guide, you will be able to:

  • replace apt or pacman with the nixpkgs package repository, even if you don’t care about declarativity
  • use home-manager to set up all your configs and apps declaratively with just one config file and use it on any machine
  • use any nixpkgs package one time only and without bloat, fix dependency hell and weird dependencies
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  • 6th February 2025

The best way to use Windows on Qubes OS

Installing Windows on Qubes OS can be tricky due to its closed-source nature. Unlike Linux templates designed for Qubes OS, Windows requires the installation of Qubes Windows Tools to function correctly (network, audio, etc.). This guide uses the qvm-create-windows-qube tool, which is the recommended and most secure method.

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