Generic Goals Install Linux on the Netgear ReadyNAS Duo v1. Install and expose some file sharing capabilities that allow me to utillize the storage bays as I have 2 x 1 TB drives waiting to be installed. Why Newer nicer hardware that would be much easier to use is more expensive -- I was given this item free of charge This is a learning experience. Installing a new OS on this somewhat constrained hardware will be a new experience from me. Recycling! Reuse what you've got instead of throwin...

Background I've recently fallen down the rabbit whole of exploring Nix and it's ecosystem of projects. That includes NixOS; however, since my nomad machine is a Macbook Pro from 2016 (MBP 13,1), I've hit a wall with the hardware compatability of installing a Linux distro as the primary OS on my machine (actually, the support is improving everyday -- my biggest issues are with A2DP for bluetooth headphones and sleep/hibernate/resume on a dual boot of Fedora 32 running the latest kernel). I've kn...