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+hello there, stranger! quintessence is an opinionated flake-based config, built from the ground up for newer users, using KDE Plasma as desktop manager.
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+### feature list ###
+-- stable-repo based, with a module for unstable packages.
+-- easy environment variable management, from `flake.nix` and `modules/vars.nix`.
+-- rebuild script and remote sync script.
+-- fairly thorough comments throughout.
+
+### getting started ###
+begin with the NixOS graphical install medium. make sure to set the hostname and username as you'll want them, then reboot into that system.
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+open up `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix` in a text editor of your choice, then add ```programs.git.enable = true;``` right below the `time.timeZone` line. save out, then run `nixos-rebuild switch`. 
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+in a text editor of your choice, make some changes to the provided files.
+-- in `flake.nix`, change the variables section as instructed.
+-- if you set up disk encryption, copy your `boot.initrd.luks.devices` line from `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix` to `/home/USERNAME-GOES-HERE/dotfiles/configuration.nix`.

flake.nix

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 {
-  description = "Barebones version of Morgan Mayday's v1.0b config, for newer users";
+  description = "quintessence, a nixos config for newer users, with KDE Plasma";
 
   inputs = {
     nixos-hardware.url = "github:NixOS/nixos-hardware/master";