Silveere / nixfiles

Personal NixOS and Home Manager configuration

NullBite's NixOS Config

This is my personal NixOS config. Right now, it's just a basic extremely overengineered flake which imports a (mostly) normal stock NixOS configuration.

Now that I have used NixOS for a month, I have learned a fair bit and have made some organizational changes. Currently, the repository is organized as such (I am in the process of migrating my config to this format, some stuff may not match yet):

• Like any other Nix flake, flake.nix is the entrypoint for this repository.
  • The flake output has the following attributes, among others:
    • nixosModules: standard flake output
    • homeManagerModules: standard flake output
    • nixosConfigurations: standard flake output
    • inputs: all specified flake inputs
    • vars: attrset of variables that are passed to modules
  • The flake also has multiple helper functions:
    • eachSystem :: (system -> attrset) -> attrset: Generate an attrset of default systems (used for packages)
    • homeManagerInit: Generate a NixOS Module that initializes home-manager for a given user(s).
    • mkSystem: Generate a nixosConfiguration definition with some preset options
    • mkWSLSystem: generate a system using mkSystem that has WSL related options and modules enabled
  • The flake also defines a few options in the let clause that should be shared and updated among multiple hosts.
• The repository is split into several directories:
  • The hosts directory contains configurations for each host, with a layout similar to that of a flake-less /etc/nixos/. Additionally, each host's unique modules can be placed in here however desired. There is also a home.nix which specifies the home-manager configuration for the main user.
  • The system and home directories respectively specify NixOS and home-manager modules that are not portable. The default module for each directory does not change any configuration by default, it just introduces options, most of which configure larger sets of options.
    • Each directory may also contain smaller module "fragments"; small chunks of config not worth creating an entire option for, and which will not automatically be imported by default.nix.
  • The pkgs directory contains standard Nix packages which can be used in any other configuration.
  • The modules directory contains portable modules which can be used in any other configuration.
  • The extras directory contains random odds and ends which are not directly related to the flake, but may come in handy when setting up a new system or a non-NixOS system
• Custom options will be organized as follows:
  • All options apply to both NixOS and home-manager, unless otherwise specified.
  • This seection is not extremely strict, but more of a general suggestion. These option names may be subject to change.
  • "Private" options (non-portable options defined in home/ and system/) will be in the nixfiles "namespace", and will be divided into several categories:
    • nixfiles.desktopSession.<name>: configuration for a desktop session display (e.g., KDE Plasma, Hyprland, GNOME, Xfce)
    • nixfiles.program.<name>: configuration for a specific program
    • nixfiles.profile.<name>: general config sets
  • "Public" options (those for portable flake modules) follow standard nixpkgs option naming conventions (e.g., services..enable). These options are not namespaced.

TODO

• Reorganize repo to use a more "standard" module layout.
  • github:Misterio77/nix-config might be a good reference for a better module layout.
• Select entire desktop configuration via a single option and make bootable with specialisation.
  • Give each desktop a modularized configuration that can be enabled with an option.
  • figure out nixpkgs.lib.options.mkOption and add a string option that picks a desktop to use.
  • add Plasma, Hyprland, and maybe GNOME if I'm feeling silly (I'd probably never actually use it).
• make more things configurable as options once I figure out the above, it's probably cleaner than importing modules.
• Reorganize README bullets into headings
• make system ephemeral/stateless
  • The following command is able to successfully show any accumulated state on my system:

    sudo find  / -xdev ( -path /home -o -path /nix -o -path /boot )  -prune -o ( -name flatpak -o -name boot.bak -o -path /var/log -o -name .cache ) ( -prune -print ) -o ( -type f ) -print

  • everything on my system should be declared in this repository or explicitly excluded from the system state
  • caches should probably be excluded, they exist for a reason and are essentially harmless compared to other forms of state
    • /var/cache
    • ~/.cache
  • logs should also be excluded (/var/log)
  • network configuration (wireguard, networkmanager, bluetooth) should be excluded
  • ssh host keys
  • print configuration
  • tailscale keys
  • coredumps
  • /root user and /home
  • /etc/machine-id
• configure /etc/supergfxd.conf with a oneshot systemd unit on boot bsaed on selected specialisation (should still be modifiable with supergfxctl but should be ephemeral)