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+{ pkgs, lib, config, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+{
+  # Set default shell to be dash for speed
+  # Apparently this is bad because a lot of nix relies on bash
+  # environment.binsh = "${pkgs.dash}/bin/dash";
+
+  environment.homeBinInPath = true;
+  programs.fish.enable = true;
+  programs.zsh.enable = true;
+}