David,
I will look into going the vm route.
This is my config.scm:
; This is an operating system configuration template
;; for a "desktop" setup with GNOME and Xfce.
(use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
(use-service-modules desktop)
(use-package-modules certs)
(operating-system
(host-name "penguinwee")
(timezone "Europe/Paris")
(locale "en_US.UTF-8")
;; Assuming /dev/sdX is the target hard disk, and "my-root"
;; is the label of the target root file system.
(bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sda")))
(file-systems (cons* (file-system
(device "my-root")
(title 'label)
(mount-point "/")
(type "ext4"))
(file-system
(device "my-boot")
(title 'label)
(mount-point "/boot")
(type "ext4"))
%base-file-systems))
(users (cons (user-account
(name "Marc")
(comment " ")
(group "users")
(supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev"
"audio" "video"))
(home-directory "/home/marc"))
%base-user-accounts))
;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
(packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access
%base-packages))
;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in
;; screen with F1. Use the "desktop" services, which
;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with Wicd,
;; and more.
(services (cons* (gnome-desktop-service)
(xfce-desktop-service)
%desktop-services))
;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS.
(name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss))
Respectfully,
Marc
