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Over the years I have scripted my arch linux setup. https://github.com/prabirshrestha/simple-arch-installer https://github.com/prabirshrestha/simple-arch-instal

• overbytecode 3y ago
  i wish there was a way to do this declaratively, like: “here is the partition structure i want, here is the filesystem, the users, the packages i need installed and the services i need running” Setting up machines and customizing installations would be a breeze.
  • whalesalad 3y ago
    I believe this is the goal of nixos but I haven’t been able to get beyond the syntax.
  • bravetraveler 3y ago
    Ansible is pretty good at this. A huge library of Python-fu that takes declarative statements on how things should be Doing some things idempotently can be an interesting challenge
  • grudg3 3y ago
    You can, I'm going through this exercise now. Look at nixos-anywhere and disko. It's not easy though, NixOS is a rabbit hole.