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Tool to automate Linux reinstall? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by staircase@programming.dev 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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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago

all configuration management languages do this and have forums where people share their code so that you copy/paste and then tweak them to your own needs. ansible galaxy comes to mind.

if you want pure linux, there's also kickstart or preseed.