Week 05 of 2026

Add an administrator account for Hans

On Tuesday, 2026-01-27 by Tad Lispy

index 263075b..de5a152 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
=    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
=  };
=
+  users.users.hans = {
+    isNormalUser = true;
+    description = "Hans";
+    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
+  };
+
=  # Install firefox.
=  programs.firefox.enable = true;
=

Change the keyboard to US / NL

On Tuesday, 2026-01-27 by Tad Lispy

index de5a152..b23ae0e 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@
=
=  # Configure keymap in X11
=  services.xserver.xkb = {
-    layout = "gb";
-    variant = "";
+    layout = "nl";
+    variant = "us";
=  };
=
=  # Configure console keymap
-  console.keyMap = "uk";
+  console.keyMap = "nl";
=
=  # Enable CUPS to print documents.
=  services.printing.enable = true;

Setup automatic NixOS configuration synchronization

On Friday, 2026-01-30 by Tad Lispy

All BiebOS laptops will automatically switch to whatever configuration is in the remote repository.

For now I set the schedule on every quarter so I can test if and how it works. Eventually we want to only run it daily.

new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a010d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config-sync.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# This module enables periodic synchronization of the configuration.
+#
+# Once in a while, each laptop will switch to the configuration from the remote
+# repository, so when we change it, we don't have to manually switch them.
+
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  system.autoUpgrade = {
+    enable = true;
+    flake = "git+https://codeberg.org/foss-for-normies/biebos";
+    dates = "*:0/15"; # Every quarter - just for testing. Comment out this line to switch to a daily schedule.
+    runGarbageCollection = true;
+  };
+
+  nix.gc.options = "--delete-older-than 14d";
+}

index 3a0fc7d..dcf358d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
=        ./configuration.nix
=        ./guest-session.nix
=        ./flatpak.nix
+        ./config-sync.nix
=      ];
=    };
=  };

Add Emacs

On Friday, 2026-01-30 by Tad Lispy

Mostly to check if config-sync works, but also because I want it. x

index b23ae0e..5d6f014 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
=    bat
=    httpie
=    jq
+    emacs
=  ];
=
=  # Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are

Switch config synchronization to a daily schedule

On Friday, 2026-01-30 by Tad Lispy

It seems to be working fine on all laptops, including the garbage collection and wiping of profile history.

index 3a010d5..d10eee6 100644
--- a/config-sync.nix
+++ b/config-sync.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
=  system.autoUpgrade = {
=    enable = true;
=    flake = "git+https://codeberg.org/foss-for-normies/biebos";
-    dates = "*:0/15"; # Every quarter - just for testing. Comment out this line to switch to a daily schedule.
+    # dates = "*:0/5"; # Every 5 minutes. Useful for testing. Comment out this line to switch to a daily schedule.
=    runGarbageCollection = true;
=  };
=