;; This is an operating system configuration template ;; for a "desktop" setup without full-blown desktop ;; environments. (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss) (srfi srfi-1)) (use-service-modules desktop lightdm xorg) (use-package-modules bootloaders certs) (operating-system (host-name "antelope") (timezone "Europe/Paris") (locale "en_US.utf8") ;; Use the UEFI variant of GRUB with the EFI System ;; Partition mounted on /boot/efi. (bootloader (bootloader-configuration (bootloader grub-efi-bootloader) (target "/boot/efi"))) ;; Assume the target root file system is labelled "my-root", ;; and the EFI System Partition has UUID 1234-ABCD. (file-systems (append (list (file-system (device (file-system-label "my-root")) (mount-point "/") (type "ext4")) (file-system (device (uuid "1234-ABCD" 'fat)) (mount-point "/boot/efi") (type "vfat"))) %base-file-systems)) (users (cons (user-account (name "alice") (comment "Bob's sister") ;; Password is "q" (without quotes) (password "a2l/LaE8AKHIY") (group "users") (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev" "audio" "video"))) %base-user-accounts)) ;; Add a bunch of window managers; we can choose one at ;; the log-in screen with F1. (packages (append (list ;; for HTTPS access nss-certs) %base-packages)) ;; Use the "desktop" services, which include the X11 ;; log-in service, networking with NetworkManager, and more. (services (cons* (service lightdm-service-type) (service xfce-desktop-service-type) (modify-services (remove (lambda (service) (eq? (service-kind service) gdm-service-type)) %desktop-services)))) ;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS. (name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss))