chroot: failed to run command ‘/bin/bash’: No such file or directory

You can specify different shell, e.g.: sudo chroot /mnt/nixos /bin/sh

nixos: enable nvidia in distrobox container using Nvidia Container Toolkit

What worked for me on nixos with docker (check nixos wiki on Nvidia and Nvidia Container Toolkit) was:

distrobox create -i archlinux -n archbox --additional-flags "--device=nvidia.com/gpu=all"
Then in the distrobox container you can check if nvidia is detected, using for example glxinfo. It should show: name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
Put the following in nixos configuration file: hardware.nvidia-container-toolkit.enable = true;
virtualisation.docker.daemon.settings.features.cdi = true;

shell.nix for golang programming with vscodium

If you use Nix and want a reproducible Go development environment with VSCodium as your editor, a shell.nix file is the cleanest way to get there. The configuration below sets up a full Go toolchain — including the gopls language server, the delve debugger, linters, and code-generation utilities — alongside VSCodium pre-loaded with the official Go extension, GitLens, error highlighting, and a REST client. CGO is enabled together with gcc and sqlite, so packages like go-sqlite3 that rely on C bindings compile without issues. A step-by-step status log is printed during initialisation so you always know what the shell is doing while it loads. All dependencies are pinned to your nixpkgs channel, so every team member or machine gets an identical environment simply by running nix-shell. Once inside the shell, open your project with codium . and everything is ready to go.

{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {
# Required to allow extensions with non-free licenses (e.g. gitlens)
config.allowUnfree = true;
}
}:

let
vscodiumWithExtensions = pkgs.vscode-with-extensions.override {
vscode = pkgs.vscodium;
vscodeExtensions = with pkgs.vscode-extensions; [
# Go language support (official Go team extension)
golang.go

# Git integration
# Note: mhutchie.git-graph is unfree and has been intentionally removed.
# Use VSCodium's built-in git view or install git-graph manually.
eamodio.gitlens

# General productivity
streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker
usernamehw.errorlens

# REST client for API testing
humao.rest-client
];
};

in pkgs.mkShell {
name = "golang-dev";

buildInputs = [
# ── Go toolchain ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
pkgs.go # Go compiler & standard tooling (go build, go test…)
pkgs.gopls # Official Go language server (used by the extension)
pkgs.delve # Go debugger
pkgs.gotools # Extra tools: goimports, godoc, etc.
pkgs.golangci-lint # Fast, multi-linter runner
pkgs.gomodifytags # Struct tag editor (used by vscode-go)
pkgs.gotests # Auto-generate table-driven tests
pkgs.impl # Generate method stubs for interfaces
pkgs.go-outline # JSON representation of Go file outline
pkgs.gotestsum # Prettier `go test` output

# ── Editor ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
vscodiumWithExtensions

# ── C toolchain (required for CGO / go-sqlite3) ───────────────────────────
pkgs.gcc
pkgs.sqlite

# ── Shell / system utilities ──────────────────────────────────────────────
pkgs.git
pkgs.curl
pkgs.jq # Handy for JSON output while developing APIs
];

# ── Environment variables ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
shellHook = ''
echo ""
echo "● Initialising golang-dev shell…"
echo ""

# ── Environment ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
echo " [1/4] Setting up environment variables…"
export GOPATH="$HOME/go"
export PATH="$GOPATH/bin:$PATH"
export GOTELEMETRY=off
export CGO_ENABLED=1
echo " GOPATH=$GOPATH"
echo " CGO_ENABLED=$CGO_ENABLED (sqlite3 / cgo support)"
echo " GOTELEMETRY=$GOTELEMETRY"

# ── Go toolchain ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
echo ""
echo " [2/4] Verifying Go toolchain…"
echo " go $(go version 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $3, $4}')"
echo " gopls $(gopls version 2>/dev/null | head -1 || echo 'not found')"
echo " delve $(dlv version 2>/dev/null | head -1 || echo 'not found')"
echo " golangci $(golangci-lint --version 2>/dev/null | head -1 || echo 'not found')"
echo " gcc $(gcc --version 2>/dev/null | head -1 || echo 'not found')"
echo " sqlite3 $(sqlite3 --version 2>/dev/null | head -1 || echo 'not found')"

# ── GOPATH bin ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
echo ""
echo " [3/4] Checking GOPATH bin directory…"
if [ -d "$GOPATH/bin" ]; then
BIN_COUNT=$(ls "$GOPATH/bin" 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
echo " $GOPATH/bin ($BIN_COUNT tools installed)"
else
mkdir -p "$GOPATH/bin"
echo " $GOPATH/bin created (empty — tools will appear after go install)"
fi

# ── Editor ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
echo ""
echo " [4/4] Checking VSCodium…"
if command -v codium &>/dev/null; then
echo " $(codium --version 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's/^/codium /')"
else
echo " codium not found in PATH"
fi

# ── Ready ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
echo ""
echo "┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐"
echo "│ golang-dev shell ready ✓ │"
echo "│ │"
echo "│ Run 'codium .' to open VSCodium │"
echo "└─────────────────────────────────────────┘"
echo ""
'';
}


Fix: Firefox in Distrobox "Show in Folder" Opens the Wrong App on Linux

In Distrobox, install thunar if using xfce4 and add inode/directory=thunar.desktop into ~/.config/mimeapps.list: [Default Applications]
inode/directory=thunar.desktop

Start libreoffice in dark theme from distrobox on nix os through .desktop file

On Host, after exporting the libreoffice from distrobox, edit e.g. ~/.local/share/applications/abox-libreoffice-calc.desktop and add "env GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark": Exec=env GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark /run/current-system/sw/bin/distrobox-enter -n abox -- libreoffice --writer %U

NixOS: Libreoffice in distrobox does not use Adwaita dark theme

GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark libreoffic
or set in fish config:
set -x GTK_THEME Adwaita:dark

NixOS: Firefox in distrobox does not use Adwiata theme (no hand mouse cursor)

NixOS injects its Nix store paths into XCURSOR_PATH so the host system finds cursors in /nix/store/..., and distrobox inherits that variable. Inside the Arch container those paths don't exist, so libxcursor found nothing and silently fell back to the default arrow for every cursor change.
vim .config/fish/config.fish
set -e XCURSOR_PATH
set -x XCURSOR_PATH /usr/share/icons ~/.icons


When creating launcher for firefox in xfce4, have to reset `XCURSOR_PATH`:
/run/current-system/sw/bin/distrobox-enter -n abox -- bash -c 'XCURSOR_PATH=/usr/share/icons /usr/lib/firefox/firefox %u '

NixOs: Can't start terminator from distrobox on nixos

TypeError: unknown signal name: changed::font-name

The error TypeError: unknown signal name: changed::font-name occurs because Terminator is trying to connect to a GSettings signal for org.gnome.desktop.interface (font settings), but the required GSettings schemas are missing or inaccessible inside the distrobox container.
distrobox-enter -n abox -- bash -c 'unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH GI_TYPELIB_PATH GIO_MODULE_DIR GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR; terminator'