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How switch to NixOS

Install NixOS in VM (VMWare, VirtualBox)
get to know NixOS without compromising your machine

Gradually

reuse the same configuration you've created for your VM
only provide needed drivers for your leptop

Configure your VIM

vim_configurable.customize {
  name = "vim-garbas";
  vimrcConfig = {
    customRC = ''
      set hidden
    '';
    vam.knownPlugins = pkgs.vimPlugins;
    vam.pluginDictionaries = [
      { names = [
          "youcompleteme"
          "ctrlp"
        ];
      }
    ];
  };
}

Testing your application other platforms

with import <nixpkgs> { };

map (diskImageName:
  vmTools.runInLinuxImage (
    stdenv.mkDerivation (
      { name = "release-test-${diskImageName}";
        diskImage = (builtins.getAttr diskImageName vmTools.diskImageFuns) {
          extraPackages = [ "python" ];
        };
        installPhase = ''
          python --version
        '';
      }
    )
  )
) [ "ubuntu1404i386" "ubuntu1404x86_64" "debian7i386" "debian7x86_64" "fedora20i386"
    "fedora20x86_64" "centos66i386" "centos66x86_64" "opensuse111i386" "opensuse111x86_64" ]