User Profiles

A user profile defines the Home Manager 🡕 environment of an account: applications, desktop, settings. It is chosen via profile: in etc/config.yaml. Like hosts, profiles can inherit from one another.

Inheritance

Profiles

Profile	For whom	Inherits from
`minimal`	Base of every profile
`normal`	Standard user (desktop)	`minimal`
`advanced`	Developers, IT professionals	`normal`
`admin`	Network administrator	`advanced`
`nix-admin`	Fleet administrator (Nix tools)	`admin`
`student`	Student	`advanced`
`teenager`	Teenager	`minimal`
`gamer`	Gamer	`minimal`
`child`	Child (technical icons hidden)	`minimal`
`baby`	Toddler	`minimal`

Assigning a profile

users:
  alice:
    uid: 1000
    name: "Alice"
    profile: "nix-admin"
    groups: ["global"]