Add initial config for tower

nixos/modules/common.nix

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ in
       };
 
       time.timeZone = mkDefault "Europe/Dublin";
+      i18n.defaultLocale = "en_IE.UTF-8";
 
       boot = {
         # Use latest LTS release by default

nixos/modules/tmproot.nix

@@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ in
           "/var/lib/cni"
         ];
       })
+      (mkIf config.networking.networkmanager.enable {
+        my.tmproot.persistence.config.directories = [ "/var/lib/NetworkManager" ];
+      })
       (mkIf config.my.build.isDevVM {
         fileSystems = mkVMOverride {
           # Hijack the "root" device for persistence in the VM

nixos/modules/user.nix

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ in
   options.my.user = with lib.types; {
     enable = mkBoolOpt' true "Whether to create a primary user.";
     passwordSecret = mkOpt' (nullOr str) "user-passwd.txt" "Name of user password secret.";
+    tmphome = mkBoolOpt' true "Whether to persist home directory files under tmproot";
     config = mkOption {
       type = options.users.users.type.nestedTypes.elemType;
       default = { };
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ in
             _module.args.name = lib.mkForce user'.name;
           };
         };
-        tmproot = {
+        tmproot = mkIf cfg.tmphome {
           unsaved.ignore = [
             # Auto-generated (on activation?)
             "/home/${user'.name}/.nix-profile"