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 # Deinonyxus   [![bluebuild build badge](https://github.com/randogoth/deinonyxus/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/randogoth/deinonyxus/actions/workflows/build.yml)
 
-*Deinonyxus* is a personal spin of the UBlue Bluefin DX image with the 🍦[Lix](https://lix.systems/) flavored Nix package manager baked in and a first-login bootstrap for simple declarative package management using [curator](https://codeberg.org/randogoth/curator).
-
-The Nix store is seeded into `/usr/share/nix-store` in the image and bind-mounted from `/var/lib/nix-store` to `/nix` on boot to avoid overlay stacking limits on composefs/ostree.
+*Deinonyxus* is a personal spin of the UBlue Bluefin DX image with the 🍦[Lix](https://lix.systems/) flavored Nix package manager baked in.
 
 ## What’s inside
 - Base: `ghcr.io/ublue-os/bluefin-dx:latest` without Cockpit, Docker, Firefox, VS Code
-- Lix: multi-user install baked in with persistence at `/var/home/nix`; `nix-daemon.service` enabled.
-(D) - First-login bootstrap: installs Lix/nix packages `devbox`, `mc`, and `micro` via `curator`
 - System packages added: `syncthing`, `uv`, `vscodium`, `waydroid`;
-- System flatpaks added: Telegram Desktop, Zen Browser
-
-## First login
-- Triggers for each non-root user on their first session.
-- Writes state to `~/.local/state/deinonyxus/curator-init.done`; delete it to rerun.
-- Bootstraps `~/.config/curator/inventory.toml` and runs `curator switch` with the packages set above.
+- System flatpaks added: Telegram Desktop, Waterfox browser
 
 ## Just Recipes
 - `upgrade-nix`: upgrades to the latest version of Lix via the user profile. Replaces `nix upgrade-nix` which does not work with an immutable lowerdir `/nix/store` folder
diff --git a/files/scripts/ensure-plugdev-defaults.sh b/files/scripts/ensure-plugdev-defaults.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# Ensure new users are added to plugdev by default so OpenRazer udev rules work.
-useradd_defaults=/etc/default/useradd
-plugdev_group=plugdev
-
-touch "$useradd_defaults"
-
-if ! grep -q "^GROUPS=" "$useradd_defaults"; then
-  printf 'GROUPS=%s\n' "$plugdev_group" >>"$useradd_defaults"
-elif ! grep -Eq "^GROUPS=.*\\b${plugdev_group}\\b" "$useradd_defaults"; then
-  # Append plugdev to any existing GROUPS setting.
-  sed -i "s/^GROUPS=\\(.*\\)/GROUPS=\\1 ${plugdev_group}/" "$useradd_defaults"
-fi
diff --git a/files/system/usr/lib/systemd/user/default.target.wants/deinonyxus-curator-init.service b/files/system/usr/lib/systemd/user/default.target.wants/deinonyxus-curator-init.service
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-/var/home/randogoth/Projects/code/randofin-os/files/system/usr/lib/systemd/user/deinonyxus-curator-init.service
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diff --git a/files/system/usr/lib/systemd/user/deinonyxus-curator-init.service b/files/system/usr/lib/systemd/user/deinonyxus-curator-init.service
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-[Unit]
-Description=Install Nix Home Manager and packages on first login
-ConditionUser=!root
-ConditionPathExists=!%h/.local/state/deinonyxus/curator-init.done
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/usr/libexec/deinonyxus/curator.sh
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/mkdir -p %h/.local/state/deinonyxus
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/touch %h/.local/state/deinonyxus/curator-init.done
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=default.target
diff --git a/files/system/usr/lib/sysusers.d/10-openrazer.conf b/files/system/usr/lib/sysusers.d/10-openrazer.conf
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-# Ensure plugdev exists for OpenRazer udev permissions
-g plugdev - -
diff --git a/files/system/usr/libexec/deinonyxus/curator.sh b/files/system/usr/libexec/deinonyxus/curator.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -oue pipefail
-
-curator_git="--from git+https://codeberg.org/randogoth/curator/"
-
-uvx $curator_git curator init
-uvx $curator_git curator add nix:mc nix:micro nix:devbox
-uvx $curator_git curator switch
-uv tool install $curator_git curator
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diff --git a/recipes/recipe.yml b/recipes/recipe.yml
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   - type: script
     scripts:
       - install-lix.sh
-      - ensure-plugdev-defaults.sh
 
   - type: systemd
     system: