From fd64337d1a72c6c7a47970d8505f4dfdaf4e4149 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Henrik Lissner Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:59:14 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Reformat & revise readme --- README.md | 34 +++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b26405a8..13ae44e0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ # Mein dotfiles -A tidy `$HOME` is a tidy mind. +There are a few, special computers in my life; local and remote. Maintaining +them was busywork no sane individual wants to do. NixOS tempted me with the +promise of glorious reproducibility, and declared its declarative-ness with +enough chutzpah to make anime real again. + +XDG conventions in hand, I set out to conquer my white whale and annihilate what +vestiges of my social life remain. ![Me looking busy](/../screenshots/fluorescence/fakebusy.png?raw=true) @@ -10,14 +16,13 @@ A tidy `$HOME` is a tidy mind.

-It takes a touch of madness to use nixOS. I arrived here because there are a few -special computers in my life, local and remote, and maintaining them was -busywork I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. - -Nix, with its luscious tendrils, drew me in with a promise of glorious -reproducibility and declared its declarative-ness with enough chutzpah to make -anime real again. So, with XDG conventions in hand, I set out to conquer my -white whale and annihilate what vestiges of my social life remain. ++ **Operating System:** NixOS 19.09 ++ **Shell:** zsh + zgen ++ **DE/WM:** bspwm + polybar ++ **Editor:** [Doom Emacs][doom-emacs] (and occasionally [vim][vimrc]) ++ **Terminal:** st ++ **Launcher:** Rofi ++ **Browser:** Firefox ## Quick start @@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ white whale and annihilate what vestiges of my social life remain. curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hlissner/dotfiles/nixos/deploy | sh ``` -This is equivalent to: +Which is equivalent to: ```sh DOTFILES=/home/$USER/.dotfiles @@ -59,15 +64,6 @@ nixos-install --root /mnt -I "my=/etc/dotfiles" $PREFIX` + `make gc` = `nix-collect-garbage -d` (use sudo to clear system profile) -## Overview - -+ OS: NixOS 19.09 -+ Shell: zsh -+ DE/WM: bspwm + polybar -+ Editor: [Doom Emacs][doom-emacs] (and occasionally [vim][vimrc]) -+ Terminal: st -+ Browser: firefox (waiting for qutebrowser to mature) - [doom-emacs]: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs [vimrc]: https://github.com/hlissner/.vim