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+{pkgs, ...}: {
+  boot.tmp.useTmpfs = true;
+
+  time.timeZone = "Europe/Berlin";
+
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    age
+    compsize
+    duf
+    eza
+    file
+    htop
+    btop
+    jq
+    yq
+    du-dust
+    ranger
+    ripgrep
+    sops
+    wget
+    wireguard-tools
+    zip
+  ];
+
+  environment.pathsToLink = ["/share/zsh"];
+
+  system.stateVersion = "24.11";
+}