Merge pull request #1157 from Enzime/read-me

readme: small improvements

README.md

@@ -2,16 +2,23 @@
 
 # nix-darwin
 
-![Test](https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/workflows/Test/badge.svg)
+[![Test](https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/actions/workflows/test.yml)
 
 Nix modules for darwin, `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix` for macOS.
 
 This project aims to bring the convenience of a declarative system approach to macOS.
 nix-darwin is built up around [Nixpkgs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs), quite similar to [NixOS](https://nixos.org/).
 
-## Installing
+## Prerequisites
+
+The only prerequisite is a Nix implementation, both Nix and Lix are supported.
 
-To install nix-darwin, a working installation of [Nix](https://github.com/NixOS/nix#installation) is required.
+As the official Nix installer does not include an automated uninstaller, and manual uninstallation on macOS is a complex process, we recommend using one of the following installers instead:
+
+- The [Nix installer from Determinate Systems](https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer?tab=readme-ov-file#determinate-nix-installer) is only recommended for use with flake-based setups. **Make sure you use it without the `--determinate` flag**. The `--determinate` flag installs the Determinate Nix distribution which does not work out of the box with nix-darwin.
+* The [Lix installer](https://lix.systems/install/#on-any-other-linuxmacos-system) supports both flake-based and channel-based setups.
+
+## Installing
 
 If you wish to use nix-darwin with flakes, please refer to the [flakes](#flakes) section.
 
@@ -20,13 +27,6 @@ nix-build https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/archive/master.tar.gz -A installer
 ./result/bin/darwin-installer
 ```
 
-> NOTE: the system activation scripts don't overwrite existing etc files, so files like `/etc/bashrc` and `/etc/zshrc` won't be
-> updated by default. If you didn't use the installer or skipped some of the options you'll have to take care of this yourself.
-> Either modify the existing file to source/import the one from `/etc/static` or remove it. Some examples:
-
-- `mv /etc/bashrc /etc/bashrc.before-nix-darwin`
-- `echo 'if test -e /etc/static/bashrc; then . /etc/static/bashrc; fi' | sudo tee -a /etc/bashrc`
-
 ## Updating
 
 The installer will configure a channel for this repository.

pkgs/darwin-installer/default.nix

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     echo >&2 "    Open '$config' to get started."
     echo >&2 "    See the README for more information: https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/blob/master/README.md"
     echo >&2
-    echo >&2 "    Don't forget to start a new shell or source /etc/static/bashrc."
+    echo >&2 "    Please log out and log in again to make sure nix-darwin is properly loaded."
     echo >&2
     exit
   '';