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Nixos

My NixOS setup with niri and noctalia-shell

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/learn @ctknightdev/Nixos
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0/100

Supported Platforms

Universal

README

NixOS Configuration

Click on the image to see the demo.

⚠️ Important: This repository includes my personal hardware-configuration.nix, which is specific to my hardware setup. You must replace it with one generated for your system using nixos-generate-config to avoid compatibility issues.

NixOS Configuration

This repository contains my personal NixOS configuration for a customized desktop and development environment. 🎨💻

Directory Structure

  • assets/ 🎨 Contains custom icons and wallpapers.

    • icons/: Custom icon set.
    • wallpapers/: Collection of wallpapers.
  • hosts/ 🖥️ Host-specific configurations.

  • home/ 🏠 Home Manager modules for niri, editors, browsers, and more.

    • niri/: Configuration for niri and related tools.
    • programs/editors/: Helix, VSCode, Zed, etc. configurations.
    • programs/browsers: Firefox, chromium, zen, vivaldi, etc. configurations.
    • programs/gamedev: Godot, Unity configurations.
    • programs/terminal: Zoxide configurations.
    • programs/: Other misc. configurations (Discord, fastfetch, ghostty, mangohud, etc.).
  • pkgs/ 📦 Custom packages not in nixpkgs or flakes

    • jackify.nix: Mod manager that uses Wabbjack modlists and downloads from Nexus
  • scripts/ ⚙️ Custom scripts to make system management a little easier

    • disable_usb_wakeup.sh: Disables a few annoying USB devices from waking the computer from suspend
    • eso-trade-update.sh: Updates pricing data for add-ons in the game Elder Scrolls Online
    • fetch-addon.sh: Gets extension IDs for Firefox given the extension's URL
    • proton-wine.sh: Fixes a rarely reoccuring issue where Proton and Wine would disagree
    • rdo-private.sh: Manages firewall rules in order to force a private lobby in Red Dead Online (occassionally breaks)
    • restart-noctalia.sh: Restarts the Noctalia Shell process, commonly needed after updating flakes and packages
  • system/ 🔧 System-wide configurations.

    • greeter/: Greetd configuration for login.
    • programs/: System wide program configurations (Steam, nix-ld, stylix, etc.).
    • services/: System wide program configurations (ssh, tailscale, docker, flatpak, *arr, sops, etc.).
    • shell/: Shell configurations for zsh
    • environment.nix: Global environment settings.
    • packages.nix: System wide package installations.
    • xdg.nix: XDG settings.

Getting Started

Clone this repository and adjust the configurations based on your system. Modify the host-specific files and modules to suit your needs.

Don't forget to change usernames and secrets management if applicable

Feel free to customize and contribute!

See Also

  • NixOS: The declaritive operating system used to make this all possible
  • NixOS & Flakes Book: Incredible written learning resource for getting started
  • Vimjoyer: Video resources for getting started with Nix concepts
  • Niri: Window manager used for this setup. Offers infinite horizontal scrolling
  • Noctalia-shell: Incredible desktop shell built on Quickshell. Provides too much functionality to list
  • Catppuccin: Lovely theme for nearly any application at this point. Allows for cohesive and cozy styling
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Updated18h ago
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Nix

Security Score

75/100

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