I just stumbled across Mobile NixOS , the project that makes NixOS run on mobile devices. Here’s a YouTube video that demoes a running NixOS on a mobile phone (I think it’s a OnePlus 6) and walks you through (re-)installing it from scratch. If you don’t know NixOS , it’s a community-driven free/libr…

Mobile NixOS on Librem 5

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FranklyFlawless July 10, 2025, 9:34am 2

Can someone with serial console access try NixOS kernel on Librem 5? Librem 5

I’m afraid I’m not using my Librem 5 at all. It is just too slow and too limited to spark joy. Sound in calls and the camera don’t work with NixOS. Although I expect both can work with some effort. All other software available for aarch64 works (currently running gnome). I do play with the Librem 5 now and then. I’ve just reinstalled on a single partition to see if is feasible, to eliminate the trouble of planning disk layout during installation. And it is: [ookhoi@librem5:~]$ sudo fdisk -l…

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