usability improvements

hosts/mobile-usb/usb_config.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    config,
+    pkgs,
+    ...
+}:
+{
+    boot.loader.grub.enable = true;
+
+    boot.loader.grub.efiSupport = true;
+    # location at install time. Since the drive is a USB drive this is expcected to change on each device
+    boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sdb";
+    boot.loader.grub.efiInstallAsRemovable = true;
+    boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = false;
+
+    boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = false;
+    boot.tmp.useTmpfs = true;
+}

hosts/yoga-7-pro/README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Installed using
 > sudo nixos-install --root /tmp/new-install/ --flake .#nyx --impure --no-root-passwd
 ```
 
-where `/tmp/new-install` was the moint point of the target FS.
+where `/tmp/new-install` was the mount point of the target FS.
 
 The root user is effectively deactivated, hence the additional setup:
 - users are part of the `wheel` group

hosts/yoga-7-pro/hardware-configuration.nix

@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
   boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-amd" ];
   boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
+  boot.kernelParams = [
+    "quiet"
+    "splash"
+  ];
+
+  # https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89/issues/240
+  boot.extraModprobeConfig = ''
+    options rtw89_pci disable_aspm_l1ss=y disable_aspm_l1=y disable_clkreq=y
+    options rtw89_core disable_ps_mode=y
+  '';
+
+
+  services.fwupd.enable = true;
 
   fileSystems."/" =
     { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/1ea0784c-4eeb-46f1-a0ae-f6b311b27bd1";
@@ -37,23 +51,26 @@
     };
 
   # TODO - only enable this if the user remy exists
-  fileSystems."/home/${config.nix-config.userName}/scratch" =
+  fileSystems."/scratch/${config.nix-config.userName}" =
     { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/1ea0784c-4eeb-46f1-a0ae-f6b311b27bd1";
       fsType = "btrfs";
-      options = [ "subvol=@scratch" ];
+      options = [
+        "subvol=@scratch"
+        # Even though the mount point is not in home, we still want to show it in gnome-related file managers
+        "x-gvfs-show"
+        "x-gvfs-name=scratch"
+        "x-gvfs-icon=view-refresh"
+        ];
       # TODO make it owned by the user
     };
 
   swapDevices = [ ];
 
-  # Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
-  # (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's
-  # still possible to use this option, but it's recommended to use it in conjunction
-  # with explicit per-interface declarations with `networking.interfaces.<interface>.useDHCP`.
+  # Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface.
   networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
-  # networking.interfaces.wireguard-home.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
-  # networking.interfaces.wlp192s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+
 
   nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
   hardware.cpu.amd.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
+
 }