I am pretty happy with my configs now, with home manager but no flakes so far. I am, however, annoyed by all the dotfiles that I didn't define, and I'm worried how many other files are laying around without getting imperatively defined.
I'm sort of picturing a kiosk mode, where every time I reboot everything is wiped and I only have what I defined. Any files I want to keep are on other partitions or network locations mapped in my config. If a new config file is created by changing a setting in an application, I want to be notified so I can add it to my Nix configs.
Is this possible? Is it a terrible idea?
The biggest challenge I see is in installing games, because it looks like they often leave bits all over the place.
THAT'S the word I was looking for!
Thank you.
Now I can hit the wiki. https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Impermanence
Be careful, backup regularly.
Thank you for the caution!