attempt to fix home-manager standalone (not working)

modules/common/default.nix

@@ -194,7 +194,18 @@
       nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages = config.insecurePackages;
 
       # Pin a state version to prevent warnings
-      home-manager.users.${config.user}.home.stateVersion = stateVersion;
       home-manager.users.root.home.stateVersion = stateVersion;
+
+      # Fix for running home-manager against the repo directly
+      # See: https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/issues/2033
+      home-manager.users.${config.user} = {
+        home.stateVersion = stateVersion;
+        news = {
+          display = "silent";
+          entries = lib.mkForce [ ];
+          json = lib.mkForce { "output" = { }; };
+        };
+      };
+
     };
 }

modules/nixos/system/timezone.nix

@@ -8,22 +8,14 @@
 
   config = lib.mkIf pkgs.stdenv.isLinux {
 
+    services.tzupdate.enable = true;
+
     # Service to determine location for time zone
+    # This is required for redshift which depends on the location provider
     services.geoclue2.enable = true;
     services.geoclue2.enableWifi = false; # Breaks when it can't connect
     location = {
       provider = "geoclue2";
     };
-
-    # Enable local time based on time zone
-    services.localtimed.enable = true;
-
-    # Required to get localtimed to talk to geoclue2
-    services.geoclue2.appConfig.localtimed.isSystem = true;
-    services.geoclue2.appConfig.localtimed.isAllowed = true;
-
-    # Fix "Failed to set timezone"
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/68489#issuecomment-1484030107
-    services.geoclue2.enableDemoAgent = lib.mkForce true;
   };
 }