How to Use NixOS Home Manager (2026 Edition) | NixOS Guide Part 2

Video Description

This is a quick and painless tutorial on how to install and configure Home Manager in NixOS, which is a way to manage your dotfiles using The Nix Philosophy. *Home Manager Manual:* https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/ *MyNixos Documentation:* https://mynixos.com/ *Bash Prompt Generator:* https://bash-prompt-generator.org/ *Dotfiles:* https://github.com/tonybanters/home-manager-dotfiles/ *Part 1:* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUB2rwDUm5A *Music:* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPrgNFnbAhQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy7FMagiTFk Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:56 Install Home Manager 3:32 Configure Home Manager Settings 4:21 Create home.nix File 6:32 Rebuild and Demonstrate Bash Alias 7:04 Install User Specific Programs 7:54 Customize Bash Prompt 10:09 Alacritty Config 12:43 Manage Bat Config 15:05 Version Control Qtile Config 16:19 Demonstrate Symlink 17:09 Obligatory Neofetch #linux #nixos #install