From c9b976f0ae0685ec48bb7b40b5811f4e62bd6afd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Fainberg <mail@daniel.fainberg.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:25:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(nixos): default regional settings to neutral values
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The public baseline hard-coded a German keymap and Europe/Berlin time
zone — personal values a consumer would have to override. Default them to
region-agnostic values instead (`us` keymap, `UTC`, `en_US` locale), all
`mkDefault`, so a private inventory sets the real regional values on top
without needing `mkForce`.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 modules/nixos.nix | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/nixos.nix b/modules/nixos.nix
index fa85331..864d2a3 100644
--- a/modules/nixos.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos.nix
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@
     ];
   };
 
-  # Time zone. Template default — override per host/region.
-  time.timeZone = "Europe/Berlin";
-
-  # Internationalisation properties. Template defaults — override per region.
+  # Neutral template defaults for regional/localized settings. All are
+  # mkDefault: set the real values (time zone, keymap, locale categories) in your
+  # own config so this public baseline stays region-agnostic.
+  time.timeZone = lib.mkDefault "UTC";
   i18n.defaultLocale = lib.mkDefault "en_US.UTF-8";
   console = {
-    font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
-    keyMap = "de";
+    font = lib.mkDefault "Lat2-Terminus16";
+    keyMap = lib.mkDefault "us";
   };
 
   # Programs.