❄️ My NixOS configuration ❄️

📖 Table of Contents

• Installation
• Hosts
• Users
• To-Do Checklist
• Notes

⚙️ Installation

1. Enable the experimental features nix-command and flakes

   export NIX_CONFIG="experimental-features = nix-command flakes"

2. Run the install.sh script
   The script will install home-manager and generate a new hardware-configuration.nix file.
3. Rebuild the OS and the user environment

   sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#[host]
   home-manager switch --flake .#[user]

🖥️ Hosts

This section lists the specific configurations for each NixOS host.

• Fly: is a lightweight machine that isn’t super powerful but is perfect for development. Great for quickly testing ideas without the overhead of a full setup.

• Tower 🛠️ (WIP): is a more powerful machine. It packs a punch and is perfect for development as well as gaming.

👤 Users

This section includes the specific configurations for users.

• Michele: the go-to user for day-to-day tasks, handling everything from work to personal projects.

• Player 🛠️ (WIP): the dedicated gaming user, set up for an optimal gaming experience.

✅ To-Do Checklist

Since I tend to forget things, here’s a list of tasks. Some might seem trivial, but I’m writing them down to avoid forgetting!

• 🖥️ System Setup

  • 🔊 Audio & Display
    • Make sound work (including control keys)
    • Add brightness controls
    • Add bluetooth control packages and UI tool
    • Add notification manager
  • 🔋 Power Management
    • Add battery management
    • Add brightness and power management indicators to Waybar
  • ⚙️ Boot & User Accounts
    • Update bootloader configuration
    • Add second user and configure host
  • 🔒 Security & Access
    • Polkit setup
    • Lock screen

• 🎨 Interface & Display

  • 🖼️ Display Manager
    • Install and configure display manager
    • Add option to choose between GDM or SDDM
    • Customize GDM
    • Add option to choose SDDM theme
  • 🎭 Themes & Appearance
    • Customize Firefox theme (Textfox)
    • Update rofi theme
    • Change from rofi theme file to config
    • Customize Waybar
    • Set system theme to dark
    • Change cursor theme and add missing icons
    • Create custom grub theme

• 🛠️ Developer Tools & Environment

  • 📝 Editor & Shell
    • Complete VScode setup
    • Add NeoVim & tmux
    • Add NodeJS
    • Add powerlevel10k shell prompt theme
  • 📦 Optional Packages
    • Make installation of virt-manager optional
    • Nvidia drivers (optional)
    • Screenshot tool (hyprshot)
    • Idle tool (hypridle)

• 🧩 Configuration & Customization

  • 🏠 Home Manager Customizations
    • Add customization object in flake for easy theme and package management
    • Set up options for display manager and theme selection
  • 🌄 Background & Visuals
    • Add custom background

📝 Notes

• VS Code Extensions: Extensions are automatically installed during the home-manager build process. They are sourced from pkgs.vscode-extensions. For extensions not available in that repository, the mutableExtensionsDir option is enabled, allowing manual installation when needed.