Infinidoge's Universe

An Essay on the Overengineering of Dotfiles

Notes

This repository is not a general purpose configuration. It is tailored specifically to my uses, and while you may find inspiration from it, do not expect it to be your productivity silver bullet. Additionally, I WILL FORCE PUSH TO THIS REPOSITORY WITHOUT NOTICE.

Structure

flake.nix

The root of everything, the place where it all comes together. This configuration was based on the DevOS template, and is in turn built upon the Digga library. I have hopes to rewrite it without using Digga some day. Eventually. Maybe. Hopefully.

/hosts

Each of the devices that my configuration is setup to target. Each host is a directory under /hosts, with the default.nix file defining the host. In each of the hosts that I particularly care for is a readme.org file containing source blocks. These source blocks are tangled to the respective bash scripts, which are used for provisioning a device with that configuration.

Summary of what the scripts do

• prep.bash /path/to/dev/disk: Partitions and formats the given disk.
• install.bash /path/to/dev/disk: Mounts the file systems, then runs all commands for an installation, including cloning the configuration into /etc/nixos and installing Doom Emacs to .config/emacs
• bare_install.bash: Just runs nixos-install
• mount.bash /path/to/dev/disk: Mounts the file systems as in install.bash.
• data_setup.bash /path/to/dev/disk: Partitions the disk as a separate data storage; Used for Infini-SERVER.

/lib

Nix library components. Also contains a somewhat vestigial flake-compat setup which is pending removal.

/modules

The real meat of the configuration, defines a bunch of NixOS modules that all get recursively imported;

/modules/devos

This is the somewhat-boilerplate part of the configuration that was mostly inherited from the DevOS template that I originally used.

• Each file in the cachix folder is a definition for a binary cache.
• hm-system-defaults.nix defines default home-manager configurations that apply to all users
• nix.nix defines Nix settings, like allowed users, garbage collection, etc. Also installs some Nix-related packages
• options.nix defines shortcut options used throughout the configuration.

/modules/functionality

Modules that create some sort of new functionality.

• ensure.nix: Takes a list of directories, and ensures they exist after boot.
• soft-serve.nix: Runs the soft-serve git server.
• ssh-tunnel.nix: Runs an SSH session for opening ports.

/modules/global

Definitions that apply globally across all devices.

• general.nix: Broad general things that apply globally.
• networking.nix: Networking related settings, such as setting up tailscale, avahi, and DNS.
• packages.nix: Packages that should be installed on everything.
• security.nix: Various security related settings.
• shell.nix: Shell-related settings like aliases.

/modules/modules

Modules that simplify the setup of things between devices. Differs from global in that they are gated behind options rather than applying globally.

• boot.nix: Defines bootloader setups. Ensures that at least 1 of GRUB or systemd boot is selected
• locale.nix: Sets up various locale-related things like keymap, compose key, timezone, etc.
• virtualization.nix: Sets up things required for virtualization, namely libvirtd and docker.
• desktop: Things related to the desktop experience
  • gaming.nix: Sets up gaming related software
  • wm.nix: Sets up my window manager of choice: Qtile
• hardware: Modules that setup hardware
  • audio.nix: Sets up audio by enabling sound and enabling pipewire and related software.
  • form.nix: Settings that are form-specific. Forms are desktop, laptop, portable, raspberry pi, and server.
  • gpu.nix: GPU-specific settings, primarily with regards to setting up drivers and installing software necessary for hardware acceperation.
  • wireless.nix: Sets up wireless communication, namely WiFi and Bluetooth.
  • peripherals: Modules that setup peripherals like mice or printers.
    • fprint-sensor.nix: Sets up a finger print sensor.
    • printing.nix: Sets up printing with the printing service.
    • razer.nix: Sets up razer products via openrazer.
• services: Sets up services.
  • apcupsd.nix: Sets up apcupsd to manage my UPS.
  • foldingathome.nix: Sets up the Folding@Home service.
  • nix-ssh-serve.nix: Sets up Nix ssh serve for serving the Nix store over SSH.
• software: Sets up software things
  • console.nix: Sets up the console, primarily using kmscon.
  • minipro.nix: Sets up the minipro tool for using MiniPro brand EEPROM writers. This module has been upstreamed to Nixpkgs, pending merge.
  • steam.nix: Sets up Steam, with extra libraries or hacks for getting things running smoothly.

/overlays

Overlays onto the main package set.

• overrides.nix: The overlay used for pinning packages to different versions, generally different 'channels' of Nixpkgs.
• patches: An overlay for patching software. Currently patches coreutils for a joke.

/pkgs

Packages that I've packaged for myself for one reason or another. Some may be upstreamed in the future, however some don't generally belong in Nixpkgs.

• default.nix: Collects the packages and applies callPackage. Acts as an overlay. These packages are also exported by digga
• mcaselector.nix: A wrapper around the MCASelector jar so it runs on Nix.
• olympus.nix: The olympus mod manager/installer for Celeste
• qtile.nix: A clone from the Qtile package in Nixpkgs, which I repin to the latest git commit occasionally.
• sim65.nix: The Sim65 65c02 simulator and debugger. Not well tested.
• unbted.nix: An NBT editor for Minecraft.
• sources.toml: The nvfetcher sources, currently just for Qtile.
• patches: Any patches necessary for packages go here.

/profiles

'Optional' sets of definitions. This has broadly been replaced with the modules, and is somewhat pending being refactored out. I may use a similar concept for some broad-stroke setups, but likely not in this form.

/profiles/develop/programming

Defines what is necessary for using the respective programming language, such as installed packages

• haskell.nix
• java.nix
• nim.nix
• python.nix
• racket.nix
• rust.nix
• zig.nix

/profiles/services

Profiles for running services.

• proxy.nix: Sets up a local Privoxy instance that routes through an SSH SOCKS5 tunnel.

/secrets

Contains and handles all secrets for the configuration. Managed using agenix.

/shell

Things related to the shell environment for this configuration. Most notably, the bud CLI tool, and the devshell. This section really needs a refactor, considering bud is a dead project, and the setup for the devShell is poorly organised. Dig through at your own peril.

/users

The real meat behind my personal configuration. Defines users of the system, including me.

/users/modules

Mirrors /modules in that it defines modules for use with home-manager.

• bindmounts.nix: A home-manager module modified from impermanence's home manager module to setup bind mounts.

/users/profiles

Mirrors /profiles. Should really be refactored since broadly, all of the things here will be universally included. Most of the modules are self-explanatory from their names.

• direnv.nix
• emacs.nix
• flameshot.nix
• git.nix
• gpg.nix
• htop.nix
• keychain.nix
• kitty.nix
• nnn.nix
• pass.nix
• rofi.nix
• ssh.nix
• starship.nix
• stretchly.nix
• theming.nix
• tmux.nix
• vim.nix
• xdg.nix
• shells: Per-shell settings
  • all.nix: Imports all other shells
  • common.nix: Common things for all shells, imported by each shell
  • bash.nix
  • fish.nix
  • ion.nix
  • nushell.nix
  • zsh.nix

/users/root

The root user on all of my devices. Setup is sparse, pretty much just sets the password, authorized keys, and imports some of the common setup stuff so the root user doesn't differ too much from my main user if I need to be in root for a while. ssh-keys.nix defines the SSH keys accepted for the root user.

/users/infinidoge

That's me!

My setup is pretty extensive, but reading it isn't too particularly difficult.

• default.nix: The main part, installs some packages I want, sets up my SSH keys, pulls in the dotfiles that aren't written in Nix, etc.
• ssh-keys.nix: My SSH public keys.
• config: The parts of my dotfiles that I can't write in Nix. Mainly uses home manager to put files in the right place
  • default.nix: Pulls in the configuration files and puts them where they belong. Also defines my neofetch output.
  • doom: My Doom Emacs configuration. Doom Emacs is my editor and home, and I use it extensively.
  • qtile: My Qtile configuration. Qtile is my home of homes, the environment I am pretty literally always in while on my computers.
  • bluegon: Changes screen color temperature for the benefit of my eyes. Pretty sure my setup is currently broken.
  • stretchly.json: Configuration for stretchly, which is supposed to remind me to stretch. Not currently in use