I have written a lot about NixOS, so it’s no surprise that when I went to go dust off my old Raspberry Pi 4, I looked to rebrand it as a new NixOS machine. Before I event went to play with my Pi, I was unhappy with my current home-networking setup and looked to give it a refresh. I have had always a positive experience with Ubiquiti line of products. I installed two new AP (access points) and setup a beautiful home rack server that is completely unecessary since my Internet provider is Comcast with top upload speeds of 35 Mbps 🥲.

Farid Zakaria’s Blog

The post details the author's experience rebranding an old Raspberry Pi 4 with NixOS. Besides discussing improvements to their home networking setup using Ubiquiti products, the author shares a minimal configuration.nix file, highlighting the challenges faced, especially with cross-compiling. The post ends with a call for feedback and improvements for cross-compiling solutions.

NixOS, Raspberry Pi & Me