Maybe this

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# User-specific configuration (generated by make init)
-settings.nix
-hardware-configuration.nix

Makefile

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-.PHONY: init install link unlink rebuild update purge edit help
+.PHONY: install link unlink rebuild update purge help
 
 NIXOS_DIR := /etc/nixos
 REPO_DIR := $(shell pwd)
-SETTINGS := settings.nix
-
 # Colors for output
 GREEN := \033[0;32m
 YELLOW := \033[0;33m
@@ -13,19 +11,11 @@ NC := \033[0m # No Color
 help:
 	@echo "NixOS Config"
 	@echo ""
-	@echo "  make init     - first time setup"
 	@echo "  make rebuild  - rebuild nixos"
 	@echo "  make update   - upgrade + rebuild"
 	@echo "  make purge    - garbage collect"
 	@echo "  make link     - symlink to /etc/nixos"
 	@echo "  make unlink   - remove symlink"
-	@echo "  make edit     - edit settings.nix"
-
-init:
-	@./scripts/init.sh
-	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory link
-	@echo ""
-	@echo "done. run 'make rebuild' when ready"
 
 link:
 	@if [ -L "$(NIXOS_DIR)" ]; then \
@@ -59,6 +49,3 @@ purge:
 
 check:
 	nixos-rebuild build --flake . --dry-run
-
-edit:
-	@$${EDITOR:-nano} $(SETTINGS)

flake.nix

@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
 
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, hyprland, stylix, ... }@inputs:
     let
-      settings = import ./settings.nix;
       system = "x86_64-linux";
       lib = nixpkgs.lib;
     in
     {
       nixosConfigurations = {
-        "${settings.hostname}" = lib.nixosSystem {
+        "lavitz" = lib.nixosSystem {
           inherit system;
           specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
           modules = [
@@ -32,8 +31,8 @@
             {
               home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
               home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
-              home-manager.users."${settings.username}" = {
+              home-manager.users."atridad" = {
-                home.stateVersion = "24.05";
+                home.stateVersion = "25.11";
               };
               home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
             }

modules/locale.nix

@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 
-let
-  settings = import ../settings.nix;
-in
 {
   # Time zone
-  time.timeZone = settings.timezone;
+  time.timeZone = "America/Edmonton";
 
   # Internationalization properties
-  i18n.defaultLocale = settings.locale;
+  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_CA.UTF-8";
 }

modules/networking.nix

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 
-let
-  settings = import ../settings.nix;
-in
 {
-  networking.hostName = settings.hostname;
+  networking.hostName = "lavitz";
 
   networking.networkmanager = {
     enable = true;

modules/packages.nix

@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 
-let
-  settings = import ../settings.nix;
-in
 {
   # Enable unfree globally
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
 
   environment.variables.BROWSER = "librewolf";
-  environment.variables.SSH_AUTH_SOCK = "/home/${settings.username}/.bitwarden-ssh-agent.sock";
+  environment.variables.SSH_AUTH_SOCK = "/home/user/.bitwarden-ssh-agent.sock";
 
   environment.systemPackages =
     with pkgs; [
@@ -71,9 +68,9 @@ in
     enable = true;
     config = {
       user = {
-        name = "${settings.gitName}";
+        name = "User Name";
-        email = "${settings.gitEmail}";
+        email = "user@email.com";
-        signingkey = "${settings.gitKey}";
+        signingkey = "ssh-ed25519 ...";
       };
       gpg.format = "ssh";
       commit.gpgsign = true;

modules/users.nix

@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 
-let
-  settings = import ../settings.nix;
-in
 {
   users.groups.plugdev.gid = 69420;
 
-  users.users.${settings.username} = {
+  users.users.user = {
     isNormalUser = true;
-    description = settings.userDescription;
+    description = "Atridad";
-    extraGroups = settings.userGroups;
+    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "docker" "plugdev" ];
   };
 
   # Security

scripts/init.sh

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-SETTINGS="settings.nix"
-REPO_DIR=$(pwd)
-GREEN='\033[0;32m'
-YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
-RED='\033[0;31m'
-NC='\033[0m' # No Color
-
-# 1. Generate settings.nix
-if [ -f "$SETTINGS" ]; then
-    echo -e "${YELLOW}settings.nix exists. overwrite? [y/N]${NC}"
-    read -r confirm
-    if [[ "$confirm" != "y" && "$confirm" != "Y" ]]; then
-        echo "keeping existing settings"
-    else
-        GENERATE=true
-    fi
-else
-    GENERATE=true
-fi
-
-if [ "$GENERATE" = true ]; then
-    username=$(whoami)
-    userdesc=$(getent passwd "$username" | cut -d: -f5 | cut -d, -f1)
-    userdesc=${userdesc:-$username}
-
-    echo "user: $username ($userdesc)"
-    echo ""
-
-    echo "hostname:"
-    read -r hostname
-
-    echo "timezone [America/Edmonton]:"
-    read -r tz
-    tz=${tz:-America/Edmonton}
-
-    echo "locale [en_CA.UTF-8]:"
-    read -r locale
-    locale=${locale:-en_CA.UTF-8}
-
-    echo ""
-    echo "{" > "$SETTINGS"
-    echo "  hostname = \"$hostname\";" >> "$SETTINGS"
-    echo "  username = \"$username\";" >> "$SETTINGS"
-    echo "  userDescription = \"$userdesc\";" >> "$SETTINGS"
-    echo "  timezone = \"$tz\";" >> "$SETTINGS"
-    echo "  locale = \"$locale\";" >> "$SETTINGS"
-    echo "  userGroups = [ \"networkmanager\" \"wheel\" \"docker\" \"plugdev\" ];" >> "$SETTINGS"
-    echo "}" >> "$SETTINGS"
-    echo "wrote $SETTINGS"
-fi
-
-# 2. Copy hardware-configuration.nix
-if [ -f "/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix" ]; then
-    cp /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix "$REPO_DIR/hardware-configuration.nix"
-    echo "copied hardware-configuration.nix"
-else
-    echo -e "${YELLOW}no hardware-configuration.nix found - run nixos-generate-config first${NC}"
-fi

settings.example.nix

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-  hostname = "nixos";
-  username = "user";
-  userDescription = "User";
-  timezone = "America/Edmonton";
-  locale = "en_CA.UTF-8";
-  userGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "docker" "plugdev" ];
-  gitName = "User Name";
-  gitEmail = "user@email.com";
-  gitKey = "ssh-ed25519 ...";
-}