Do things for fresh install automatically

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My NixOS config

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Do things for fresh install automatically #8

Open llakala opened 4 months ago

llakala commented 4 months ago

Several things should be done automatically when installing to a new system. These include:

chown nixos directory so it can be properly edited
If home-manager is still standalone, activate it
Put firefox extension settings in (see #7)

A shell script seems like the most approachable way to do this, but people smarter than me recommend

activationScript
systemd service
tmpfiles

llakala commented 4 months ago

For cloning the repo on a new system, use this:

nix run nixpkgs#git clone git@github.com:quatquatt/nixos.git

llakala commented 3 months ago

Alternative solutions for doing this include:

Installing my system automatically via #6
Moving to home-manager as both standalone and a module via #16

This only leaves chowning, which could be done by moving my config from /etc/nixos to .config, or just putting that as an activationScript, which seems nice and small in scope