NixOS in UTM with Host Ollama and Hyprland Clipboard Passthrough

Installation

1. Install UTM from: https://mac.getutm.app
2. Download Arm64 image from https://nixos.org/download/#download-nixos
3. Settings > Input > Caputre input automatically when entering full screen
4. Settings > Display > Render Backend > ANGLE (OpenGL)
6. Create new VM:
   1. Virtualize
   2. Linux
   3. Attach ISO
   4. Provide 8GB+ of RAM
   5. 2+ Cores
   6. Enable Hardware OpenGL acceleration
   7. 64GB+ of space
   8. Open VM Settings (on last before clicking 'Save')
7. Edit VM Settings:
   1. Change Network Settings from 'Shared' to 'Bridged' mode.
   2. Add a new Network Controller
   3. Host Only
   4. Advanced Settings
   5. Guest Network must be: 192.168.128.0/24
   6. DHCP Start range must be: 192.168.128.1
   7. DCHP End range can be anything higher than 192.168.128.4 for safety.
   8. Save
8. Start the VM:
   1. ad-hoc install git: nix-shell -p git
   2. download the flakes! git clone https://github.com/celesrenata/nix-flakes-demo
   3. cd nix-flakes-demo
   4. setup the partitions for yourself without a fight sudo ./setup.sh
   5. add "compress=zstd" to btrfs options lines in vim /mnt/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix
   6. install the system! sudo nixos-install --root /mnt --flake /mnt/etc/nixos#nixberry
   7. reboot
   8. Login with demo:demo
   9. System will reboot and configure itself
   10. Login again.
   11. Open foot command + control + h or command + space and type 'foot'
   12. ip addr
   13. get the host only IP and remember it for the next steps.
9. Setup the Host system:
   1. install homebrew: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
   2. Install uniclip: brew install quackduck/tap/uniclip
   3. uniclip 192.168.128.2:53701 Your IP may vary, your port will not.
   4. Install Ollama: brew install ollama
   5. Start Ollama
   6. install model, system is designed for the codellama:13b-instruct model, you can change it when you are wise enough in this environment under: .config/ags/services/gpt.js
   7. ollam run codellama:13b-instruct
   8. /bye
   9. Stop Ollama
   10. launchctl setenv OLLAMA_HOST "192.168.128.1" change host to 0.0.0.0 if you want it local and remote.
   11. Start Ollama
   12. Test Ollama connectivity from VM
10. Yeah, but no gestures!?
    1. That is a current limitation of UTM, sorry! BUT! if you attach your apple touchpad to your macbook and then pass the touchpad to the VM as a USB device, you will a great time, I promise!