What's on my Home Server 2025 – NixOS Edition

Wolfgang's Channel April 27, 2025
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Hi! My name is Wolfgang and I make videos about tech, Linux and computers. Angaben gemäß § 5 TMG: Wolfgang's Channel c/o IP-Management 24231 Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 18 20459 Hamburg

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Click this link https://sponsr.is/bootdev_Wolfgang and use my code WOLFGANG to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev. My NixOS configuration: https://github.com/notthebee/nix-config Follow me: Mastodon https://tilde.zone/@notthebee GitHub https://github.com/notthebee Twitch https://twitch.com/notthebeee Support the channel: Patreon https://patreon.com/WolfgangsChannel YouTube Members https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsnGwSIHyoYN0kiINAGUKxg/join Ko-fi (one time donation) https://ko-fi.com/wolfgangschannel Videos are edited with Davinci Resolve Studio. I use Affinity Photo for thumbnails and Ableton Live for audio editing. Video gear: Camera https://geni.us/IdnhpP (Amazon) Main lens https://geni.us/MF3Ej (Amazon) Secondary camera https://geni.us/aQ3l (Amazon) Secondary lens https://geni.us/jh0Oy7Y (Amazon) Microphone https://geni.us/tgiSqL (Amazon) Key light https://geni.us/Gi1zE2 (Amazon) Softbox https://geni.us/F86pM (Amazon) Secondary light https://geni.us/aciv (Amazon) Other stuff that I use: Monitor https://geni.us/Ybk1UL (Amazon) Monitor arm https://geni.us/4NY4tHK (Amazon) Laptop stand https://geni.us/PNviHa (Amazon) Mouse https://geni.us/JpQG (Amazon) Audio interface https://geni.us/sdhWsC (Amazon) As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases 00:00 Intro 02:24 Boot.dev 03:49 Homepage 04:55 Arr stack 05:14 Downloaders 06:05 Audiobookshelf 06:23 Immich 07:01 Jellyfin 07:36 Microbin 08:36 Miniflux 09:02 Nextcloud 09:49 Paperless-ngx 10:44 Uptime Kuma 11:31 Vaultwarden 12:12 Home Assistant 12:40 RaspberryMatic 13:41 Miscellaneous 14:08 Is my hardware under-utilized? 15:13 Why no clustering/HA? 15:41 How is my server set up? 17:16 Is NixOS lazy? 17:57 Configuration walkthrough 19:41 Why I don’t use containers 23:55 Writing my own NixOS modules 25:22 NixOS vs. Ansible 28:26 More cool NixOS features 29:33 NixOS drawbacks 31:40 Why I still use NixOS

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