From 45ad6da23c1faa6b88e9ca6cbe0e31a3f442dbdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emile Clark-Boman <eclarkboman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 17:19:21 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] VC setup hook now runs during initrd init phase

---
 hosts/lolcathost/default.nix | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 hosts/myputer/default.nix    |  3 +--
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hosts/lolcathost/default.nix b/hosts/lolcathost/default.nix
index e9805da..b788661 100755
--- a/hosts/lolcathost/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/lolcathost/default.nix
@@ -59,12 +59,32 @@ in {
 
   # Select internationalisation properties.
   i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  # Enable initrd hook for virtual console customisation
+  # aka cool colours when bootting yay!!
   console = {
-    font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
+    enable = true;
+    earlySetup = true; # initrd pre hook
     keyMap = "us";
-    #packages = with pkgs; [
-    #  nerdfonts
-    #];
+    font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
+    # ANSI 24-bit color definitions (theme: dracula)
+    colors = [
+      "21222c"
+      "ff5555"
+      "50fa7b"
+      "f1fa8c"
+      "bd93f9"
+      "ff79c6"
+      "8be9fd"
+      "f8f8f2"
+      "6272a4"
+      "ff6e6e"
+      "69ff94"
+      "ffffa5"
+      "d6acff"
+      "ff92df"
+      "a4ffff"
+      "ffffff"
+    ];
   };
 
   # ----- NETWORKING SECTION -----
diff --git a/hosts/myputer/default.nix b/hosts/myputer/default.nix
index 27b6799..a666027 100755
--- a/hosts/myputer/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/myputer/default.nix
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ in {
     doggo
     tldr
     viddy
-    #btop
 
     tesseract # for my work with Agribit
 
@@ -289,7 +288,7 @@ in {
       '';
     };
 
-    # Thunar also users: `services.tumbler` & `services.gvfs`
+    # Thunar also (optionally) requires: `services.tumbler` & `services.gvfs`
     thunar = {
       enable = true;
       plugins = with pkgs.xfce; [