nixos-config/README.org

#+title: NixOS Config
#+author: Emmet

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[[https://github.com/librephoenix/nixos-config][Mirror Repo Link (GitHub)]]

** What is this repository?
These are my dotfiles (configuration files) for my NixOS setup(s).

Here is my main setup:
[[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/librephoenix/nixos-config-screenshots/main/hyprland/uwunicorn.png]]

** My 55+ Themes
[[https://github.com/danth/stylix#readme][Stylix]] (and [[https://github.com/SenchoPens/base16.nix#readme][base16.nix]], of course) is amazing, allowing you to theme your entire system with base16-themes.

Using this I have [[./themes][55+ themes]] (I add more sometimes) I can switch between on-the-fly. Visit the [[./themes][themes directory]] for more info and screenshots!

** Install
I wrote some reinstall notes for myself [[./install.org][here (install.org)]].

** Modules
Separate Nix files can be imported as modules using an import block:
#+BEGIN_SRC nix
imports = [ import1.nix
            import2.nix
            ...
          ];
#+END_SRC

This conveniently allows configurations to be (*cough cough) /modular/ (ba dum, tssss).

I have my modules separated into two groups:
- System-level - stored in the [[./system][system directory]]
  - System-level modules are imported into configuration.nix, which is what is sourced into [[./flake.nix][my flake (flake.nix)]]
- User-level - stored in the [[./user][user directory]] (managed by home-manager)
  - User-level modules are imported into home.nix, which is also sourced into [[./flake.nix][my flake (flake.nix)]]

More detailed information on these specific modules are in the [[./system][system directory]] and [[./user][user directory]] respectively.

** Patches
In some cases, since I use =nixpgs-unstable=, I must patch nixpkgs. This can be done inside of a flake via:
#+BEGIN_SRC nix
    nixpkgs-patched = (import nixpkgs { inherit system; }).applyPatches {
      name = "nixpkgs-patched";
      src = nixpkgs;
      patches = [ ./example-patch.nix ];
    };

    # configure pkgs
    pkgs = import nixpkgs-patched { inherit system; };

    # configure lib
    lib = nixpkgs.lib;
#+END_SRC

Patches can either be local or remote, so you can even import unmerged pull requests by using =fetchpatch= and the raw patch url, i.e: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/example.patch.

I currently curate patches local to this repo in the [[./patches][patches]] directory.

** Profiles
I separate my configurations into [[./profiles][profiles]] (essentially system templates), i.e:
- [[./profiles/personal][Personal]] - What I would run on a personal laptop/desktop
- [[./profiles/work][Work]] - What I would run on a work laptop/desktop (if they let me bring my own OS :P)
- [[./profiles/homelab][Homelab]] - What I would run on a server or homelab
- [[./profiles/wsl][WSL]] - What I would run underneath Windows Subystem for Linux

My profile can be conveniently selected in [[./flake.nix][my flake.nix]] by setting the =profile= variable.

More detailed information on these profiles is in the [[./profiles][profiles directory]].