From b5c4565519c2e662139375417ae7dbce8f0a54a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DannyDannyDanny <dth@taiga.ai>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 12:02:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] merge README from WSL branch

---
 README.md | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 060241f..9ee0315 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 # dotfiles
 
-[`nixos`](https://nixos.org/) + [`tmux`](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/?tab=readme-ov-file#welcome-to-tmux) + [`fish`](https://fishshell.com/) + [`neovim`](https://neovim.io/)
-
 This repo is an extension of [dannydannydanny/methodology](https://github.com/DannyDannyDanny/methodology/)
 
+1. Debian Setup (+ customizations)
+  * pure see [issue 3]([url](https://github.com/DannyDannyDanny/dotfiles/issues/3))
+  * [wsl](#wsl)
+  * codespaces
+  * github actions
+2. Core Tool Chain (fish, tmux, nvim, fzf)
+3. Customizations (github via ssh, ...)
+
 ## Roadmap:
 
 * ~post OS install~ remove [ubuntu.md](ubuntu.md)
@@ -54,19 +60,35 @@ This repo is an extension of [dannydannydanny/methodology](https://github.com/Da
 
 ### WSL
 
-Install via [nix-community/NixOS-WSL Quickstart](https://github.com/nix-community/NixOS-WSL?tab=readme-ov-file#quick-start) :white_check_mark:
-Setup dotfiles / config via github:
-```bash
-# git and github CLI tool in a temp shell
-nix-shell -p gh git
-# authenticate
-gh auth login
-# clone dotfiles
-gh repo clone dannydannydanny/dotfiles
-# checkout the appropriate branch
-git checkout feat/wsl-neovim-update
-# rebuild system with
-sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/dotfiles/nixos/
+```
+wsl --install --web-download -d Debian
+# <set username>
+# <set password
+# debian launches automatically
+
+# set Debian as default (equivalent to `wsl -s Debian`)
+wsl --set-default Debian
+
+# update wsl
+wsl --update --web-download
+
+# launch debian in the home directory
+wsl ~
+
+# stabilize wsl.conf (so it doesn't overwrite `resolv.conf` in next step)
+sudo touch /etc/wsl.conf
+echo [network] | sudo tee -a /etc/wsl.conf > /dev/null
+echo generateResolvConf = false | sudo tee -a /etc/wsl.conf > /dev/null
+
+# fix WSL nameserver
+echo 'nameserver 8.8.8.8' | sudo tee -a /etc/resolv.conf > /dev/null
+sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
+
+# install dependencies for dotfiles installation
+sudo apt install -y git curl
+
+# install dependencies for tmux
+sudo apt install -y build-essential ncurses-dev
 ```
 
 ### Clone repo SSH method
@@ -97,6 +119,8 @@ cd dotfiles
 git config user.name "DannyDannyDanny"
 git config user.email "dth@taiga.ai"
 git config pull.rebase false
+git config push.autoSetupRemote true
+# more git config: https://blog.gitbutler.com/how-git-core-devs-configure-git/
 
 # install dotfiles
 bash install.sh