Kiri's NixOS Flake

Hosts

Prequisites

• Flakes enabled

NixOS WSL

Installing

1. Run the following command:

   sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake github:ecarlson94/dotnix/main#nixos-wsl

NixOS Desktop

Installing

1. Run the following command:

   sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake github:ecarlson94/dotnix/main#nixos-desktop

Rebuilding

If you have the repo cloned locally at ~/gitrepos/dotnix, you can rebuild with the following:

nh os switch

User Module

Configures a user for the NixOS using a dynamic user name that can be configured in nixosConfiguration.

NixOS Modules

GUI

File Explorer

Configures a file explorer;

Gaming

Configures gaming for NixOS. Includes steam, protonup, and heroic.

Hyprland

Bare bones installation of the Hyprland dynamic tiling Wayland compositor.

This is the starting point for configuring a UI for NixOS.

Plymouth

Configures a customizable boot splash screen called Plymouth.

Sound

Configures sound for NixOS.

Home

Configures Home Manager to be managed by the system for the configured user.

Downside: Changes to home modules require full system rebuild.

Upside: ONE COMMAND TO RULE THEM ALL (nh os switch).

Home Modules

Home Manager configuration

CLI

Contains toggleable modules for the following:

• btop - Resource monitor
• dircolors - Folder colors for ls (and dir, etc.)
• direnv - Auto change dev environment on changing directory
• git - Version control
• neovim - Neovim terminal text editor using nixvim
• tmux - Terminal multiplexer
• fish - Shell

The cli module will enable all of the above.

imports = [ ./modules/home ];

modules.cli.enable = true;

Each module can be individually enabled as well.

imports = [ ./modules/home ];

modules.cli.git.enable = true;
modules.cli.fish.enable = true;
...

GUI

imports = [ ./modules/home ];

modules.gui.enable = true;

Enables CLI and Apps by default.

Apps

Contains GUI based app installations and configurations.

The following are also installed and configured:

• User settings for Hyprland
• Firefox - Browser
• kitty- Terminal emulator
• Slack - Teams communication
• Spotify - Music streaming client
• Teams for Linux - Teams communication
• Vesktop - Custom Discord client with Vencord preinstalled

imports = [ ./modules/home ];

modules.gui.apps.enable = true;

Each module can be individually enabled as well.

imports = [ ./modules/home ];

modules.gui.apps.firefox.enable = true;
modules.gui.apps.kitty.enable = true;
...

NixOS

Contains NixOS GUI user configurations.

Requires Hyprland configuration first.

The following are also installed and configured:

• Grimblast screenshot utility
• Hyprlock lock screen
• Hypridle idle daemon
• Hyprpaper wallpaper utility and selector
• fuzzel app launcher

imports = [ ./modules/home ];

modules.gui.nixos.enable = true; # Defaults to true

Each module can be individually enabled as well.

imports = [ ./modules/home ];

modules.gui.nixos.hyprland.enable = true;
modules.gui.nixos.fuzzel.enable = true;
...

Special Thanks

• nekowinston for the nixppuccin wallpaper
• redyf for the bar and some Hyprland configuration
• sioodmy for their NixOS and Hyprland configuration and badges
• IogaMaster for the most beautiful catppuccin nix flake, some Hyprland config, and the badges
• This reddit post for helping me figure out the bare minimum to get Hyprland running
  • AMD GPU minimum required config here