begin migration to dendritic pattern

old-config/modules/desktop-environments/gnome.nix

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+{
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}: {
+  services.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
+
+  # To disable installing GNOME's suite of applications
+  # and only be left with GNOME shell.
+  services.gnome = {
+    core-apps.enable = true;
+    core-developer-tools.enable = false;
+    games.enable = false;
+    gnome-browser-connector.enable = true;
+  };
+
+  environment.gnome.excludePackages = with pkgs; [
+    gnome-tour
+    gnome-user-docs 
+  ];
+}