# How to use nixos systemd user service definiton in non-nixos system via home manager?
**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/how-to-use-nixos-systemd-user-service-definiton-in-non-nixos-system-via-home-manager/19042
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**Created:** [May 8, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/how-to-use-nixos-systemd-user-service-definiton-in-non-nixos-system-via-home-manager/19042 "2022-05-08T17:49:34Z")
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### Author:  [@myguidingstar](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/myguidingstar)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/how-to-use-nixos-systemd-user-service-definiton-in-non-nixos-system-via-home-manager/19042/1 "2022-05-08T17:49:34Z")
I know not every nixos-defined systemd service can run in a non-nixos system (that has systemd), But what about user services that should just work?
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### Author:  [@mattchrist](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/mattchrist)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/how-to-use-nixos-systemd-user-service-definiton-in-non-nixos-system-via-home-manager/19042/2 "2022-05-09T16:40:07Z")
I’m using systemd user services provided by home-manager on Ubuntu. It “just works”.
On older systems, I had issues. Centos 7 for example, has systemd, but didn’t provide user services, so they wouldn’t work there.
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### Author:  [@TLATER](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/TLATER)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/how-to-use-nixos-systemd-user-service-definiton-in-non-nixos-system-via-home-manager/19042/3 "2022-05-09T21:22:45Z")
I don’t think it will “just work” for nixos systemd services, but yes home-manager ones work.