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Tool to automate Linux reinstall? (programming.dev)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I frequently reinstall Linux. Is there a tool to say what to install and configure that I can just run once after OS install? Things like

  • Install neovim, signal, steam
  • Configure firefox, desktop environment

I'm using this for just me, on my personal machine.

I don't anticipate it's possible between different distros, so assume I'm reinstalling the same distro.

EDIT: thanks for replies. I'm mostly seeing Ansible and NixOS. I'll start looking at those.

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[–] 4 points 3 months ago

GuixSD is another distro that allows you to keep a reproducible config file from which reinstall everything from base to apps to dotfiles.

The con is that it can feel a bit alien compared to other distros.

There are communities on Lemmy about it:

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