From e9fd64a7cdfd0a39fbb8b0b66ef164ac576d8184 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DannyDannyDanny <dth@taiga.ai>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 14:20:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: heading + NixOS WSL (restore from history) :memo:

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 README.md | 52 +++++++++++++++-------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ee0315..88086be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 # dotfiles
 
-This repo is an extension of [dannydannydanny/methodology](https://github.com/DannyDannyDanny/methodology/)
+[`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/)
 
-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, ...)
+This repo is an extension of [dannydannydanny/methodology](https://github.com/DannyDannyDanny/methodology/)
 
 ## Roadmap:
 
@@ -60,35 +54,19 @@ This repo is an extension of [dannydannydanny/methodology](https://github.com/Da
 
 ### WSL
 
-```
-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
+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/
 ```
 
 ### Clone repo SSH method