❄️ NixOS Config

Anybody is free to use, modify or look into the code!

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Structure
• Installed Software
• Shortcut Cheatsheet
• Wallpapers

Overview

Organized through the power of Home Manager, flakes plus modules, and GitHub referencing.

Bookmarks are declared. Stylix takes care of a cohesive theming. Vi mode on fish is enabled on Home Manager. And these things are just the tip of the iceberg.

Structure

By design, the code has no hardware configuration since it is for a single machine; remember to generate it. The dendritic pattern is important but not an absolute. It is contained to where it fits.

• nixos: all declared configurations.
  • flake.nix: import-tree and flake-parts dendritic flake
    • modules: mostly dendritic configuration.
      • core: essential files for the installation.
        • audio.nix: pipewire
        • boot.nix: limine with secure boot, latest vanilla kernel
        • locale.nix: pt-br, America/Sao_Paulo timezone
        • network.nix: systemd-networkd, ethernet only
        • pkgmgr.nix: unfree packages enabled
        • sourcing.nix: sources nixos modules, configure systems
        • swap.nix: same zram amount as ram
        • users.nix: mutable, sudo-rs
      • global: non-essential files for all users.
        • loginmgr.nix: gtkgreet with cage and stylix theming
        • services.nix: global services
        • stylix.nix: cohesive theme for all users
      • homemgr: home manager.
        • home.nix: sources hm modules, configure xdg
        • mangowc: wayland compositor configuration.
          • mango-core.nix: better mangowc ux with tofi menu, waybar
          • mango.nix: flake-added options, personal keybindings, autostart binaries
        • pkgs: user installed packages.
          • cli.nix: e.g., custom alacritty shell, colors for terminal
          • gui.nix: many desktop applications
          • zen-browser.nix: heavily tweaked browser: ublock origin, security improvements by default

Installed Software

The majority of the packages are declared in homemgr and global. Cherry picking them might save some bandwidth and time when rebuilding NixOS.

The directory pkgs contain mostly software I find non-essential. Though it still has a few important ones. Most of them if not all follow:

• IT

  • VSCodium
  • git
  • Alacritty as a terminal emulator
  • VirtualBox
  • Vim
  • htop
  • fish (as in Home Manager)

• FUN

  • FreeTube
  • Spotify

• GENERAL

  • mpv (uosc gui)
  • fastfetch
  • KolourPaint
  • Zen Browser
  • Qalculate!'s GTK version
  • featherpad
  • pcmanfm-qt
  • pavucontrol-qt
  • lxqt-archiver
  • sioyek (a pdf viewer)
  • swayimg to view images

Shortcut Cheatsheet

The Windows or the Super key is used as Mod (modifier). The following keys are the most important.

• Arrow keys: press during boot to select generations
• Mod+b: opens browser
• Mod+w: launches tofi menu (an app chooser alternative to dmenu)
• Mod+t: opens the alacritty terminal
• Mod+q: closes the currently focused window
• Mod+number: changes the workspace
• Ctrl+Alt+Space: quits mangowc back to gtkgreet
• Mod+Shift+u: powers off
• Mod+Shift+r: reboots

Wallpapers

The file stylix.nix references one. So change the line. The built-in code fetches my wallpaper repo and copies some really nice images to the /nix/store. If you're interested, take a look.