tracteurblinde/dotfiles

Tracteur's nix flakes based dotfiles

Tracteur's dotfiles

Auxolotl/Lix flake based dotfiles. This configuration has been cobbled together from a variety of sources. It's a beautiful mess.

Hosts

• aurora - Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2021
• spartanfall - Desktop PC (Intel i9-12900K + AMD 6900XT)

Setup

dotfiles-private

The dotfiles-private flake separates out the private configuration from the public configuration. This is useful for things like usernames, emails, and other private information. Don't use it for secrets like passwords or keys.

A minimalist example dotfiles-private

{
  description = "Private dotfiles";
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    dotfiles-utils = {
      url = "github:tracteurblinde/dotfiles-utils";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };
  outputs = { ... } :
  let
    pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
  {
    users = {
      "<userA>" = {
        nixosConfig = {
          isNormalUser = true;
          description = "<Display Name>";
          extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "video" "audio" "wheel" "adbusers" "libvirtd" ];
        };
        homeConfig = {
          home.username = "<username>";
          home.homeDirectory = "/home/<username>";
        };
      };
      # Or use dotfiles-utils.generateUser which will also initialize git
      #   and setup the account picture and desktop background.
      "<userB"> = dotfiles-utils.generateUser rec {
        inherit pkgs;
        name = "<Display Name>";
        username = "<username>";
        email = "<email>";
        groups = [ "wheel" ];
        hosts = [ "<host>" ];
        face = ./face.png;
        background = ./background.png;
      };
    };
    hosts = {
      "<host>" = {
        role = "desktop";
        config = import ./hardware_configuration.nix;
      };
    }
    homeCommon = {};
    nixosCommon = {};
  };
}

nixos

Root will need to be able to login to private repos.

sudo ln -s <path/to>/dotfiles /etc/nixos 
sudo nix run nixpkgs#sbctl create-keys
sudo nixos-rebuild boot --flake '.#<host>'

home-manager

Home manager uses the same flake but is not configured as a nixos module.

ln -s <path/to>/dotfiles ~/.config/home-manager 
home-manager switch --flake '.#<user>@<host>'

Manual Theming

In general, everything is themed with the Mocha Catppuccin theme using the Mauve accent.

• Prismalauncher: https://github.com/catppuccin/prismlauncher
• Librewolf
  • Browser themed using firefox color: https://github.com/catppuccin/firefox
  • Sites themed using Stylus: https://github.com/catppuccin/userstyles/tree/main
    • Edit stylus config to add custom Forgejo (Codeberg), Mastodon, and SearxNG domains.
    • Since Librewolf will lightmode everything, some sites will require dark mode configured in the site's settings. Alternatively, the stylus settings for that site/theme can be used to set mocha as the light theme. In either case, Stylus settings should be modified to set mauve as the accent color. Suggested sites:
      • Codeberg
      • Github
      • Gmail / Google
      • Mastodon
      • Nitter
      • NixOS Search
      • NixOS Wiki
      • Proton
      • SearXNG
      • Twitch
      • YouTube
  • Anything else themed with Dark Reader: https://github.com/catppuccin/dark-reader
    • Don't download anything, use the instructions to enable the built-in catppuccin theme since that's mocha
    • Then set Dark Reader to detect dark themes.
• Vesktop: https://catppuccin.github.io/discord/dist/catppuccin-mocha-mauve.theme.css

Manual Configuration

• Use protonup-qt to configure Proton-GE with Steam.
• chatterino requires manual configuration of the auth token and tab layout for the streamers you follow.
• talon requires pulling the community config, following the instructions from talonhub/community.

Usage

nix flake update # Update the flake
sudo nixos rebuild switch # Build and switch to the new configuration
home-manager switch # Switch the user configuration

Todo:

Known Issues

• Missing Shortcuts. These must be run manually. (alt+f2)
  • Cura cura
  • Path of Building pobfrontend

Missing Configuration

• chatterino
  • Auth isn't separated into another file
• input-leap
• Fluent Reader
• Librewolf
  • Steal ideas from https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/sensible-firefox-setup/
• streamlink
  • this setup might just be the chatterino setup to embed the auth token. May end up as a manual step.
• Talon Voice
  • Talon wants write access to the configuration files :/
• Vencord configuration
  • Theme: https://catppuccin.github.io/discord/dist/catppuccin-mocha-mauve.theme.css
  • Currently using cloud sync, but it'd be nice to codify it in nix

Scratch

• Use a real overlay to override packages instead of doing it manually
  • https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Overlays
• Gnome -> Hyprland
  • TBH, Gnome has been waaay more our style than KDE so far
  • But we're still intrigued by Hyprland
  • https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Example-configurations/
• Try KDE Plasma 6
• deadnix - "Scan .nix files for dead code (unused variable bindings)." Although, I'm pretty sure we are intentionally keeping some dead code around.
• statix - "Lints and suggestions for the Nix programming language."