From c6554c72fbebe45698fada7f65a42422169b5bea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Yuen <joshuayuen99@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:38:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Improve live installation ISO

---
 flake.nix                                |  6 +++---
 hosts/installation-iso/default.nix       | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 hosts/installation-iso/hardware.nix      |  3 +++
 hosts/installation-iso/host-packages.nix | 10 ++++++++++
 modules/core/network.nix                 |  2 +-
 modules/core/user.nix                    |  6 ++++--
 6 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 hosts/installation-iso/default.nix
 create mode 100644 hosts/installation-iso/hardware.nix
 create mode 100644 hosts/installation-iso/host-packages.nix

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d31f704..281ed14 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@
           inherit system;
           specialArgs = {
             inherit inputs;
-            inherit host;
-            inherit profile;
+            host = "installation-iso";
+            profile = "desktop";
             inherit username;
           };
           modules = [
             (nixpkgs + "/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix")
             { environment.systemPackages = [ install-system.packages.${system}.default ]; }
-            ./hosts/${host}
+            ./hosts/installation-iso
           ];
         };
       };
diff --git a/hosts/installation-iso/default.nix b/hosts/installation-iso/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec5a949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/installation-iso/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  imports = [
+    ../../modules/core
+    ../../modules/options
+
+    ./hardware.nix
+    ./host-packages.nix
+  ];
+
+  modules.hyprland = {
+    enable = true;
+    terminal = "kitty";
+  };
+
+  modules.plasma.enable = false;
+  modules.displayManager.displayManager = "gdm";
+
+  modules.zsh.enable = true;
+  modules.shell.defaultShell = "zsh";
+
+  modules.pipewire.enable = true;
+}
diff --git a/hosts/installation-iso/hardware.nix b/hosts/installation-iso/hardware.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0db3279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/installation-iso/hardware.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/hosts/installation-iso/host-packages.nix b/hosts/installation-iso/host-packages.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e293f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/installation-iso/host-packages.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    parted
+    unixtools.fdisk
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/core/network.nix b/modules/core/network.nix
index aff9449..fce7b48 100644
--- a/modules/core/network.nix
+++ b/modules/core/network.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   networking = {
     hostName = "${host}";
     networkmanager.enable = true;
-    wireless.enable = false;
+    wireless.enable = true;
   };
 
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ networkmanagerapplet ];
diff --git a/modules/core/user.nix b/modules/core/user.nix
index ebd2438..49678a7 100644
--- a/modules/core/user.nix
+++ b/modules/core/user.nix
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ in
   # Set /etc/shells so GDM will show our user when ZSH is selected
   environment.shells = [ pkgs.${shellCfg.defaultShell} ];
 
-  # Needed to get completion for system packages (e.g. systemd)
   environment.pathsToLink =
-    [ ]
+    # Since Home Manager is installed via its NixOS module, we need to add this so that
+    # the portal definitions and DE provided configurations get linked
+    [ "/share/applications" "/share/xdg-desktop-portal" ]
+    # Needed to get completion for system packages (e.g. systemd)
     ++ (if zshCfg.enable then [ "/share/zsh" ] else [ ]);
 }