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# Base Desktop Environment Configuration
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This directory contains base configurations for Linux desktop environments.
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## Overview
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The configuration is split into modules:
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- Desktop shell: Noctalia Shell
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- Applications: desktop tools, browsers, editors, media players
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- Development tools: IDEs and development utilities
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- System integration: input methods, theming, XDG specifications, GPU settings
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## Noctalia
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**Noctalia** (v5) is a native C++/Wayland desktop shell that replaces multiple separate tools. It is
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installed through the upstream
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[`programs.noctalia`](https://docs.noctalia.dev/noctalia/getting-started/nixos/) Home Manager
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module.
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### Configuration
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Noctalia merges **every `*.toml` in the config directory** (`~/.config/noctalia/`), sorted
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alphabetically, and then layers the state directory's `settings.toml` on top:
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| Layer | Location | Notes |
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| ------ | --------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Config | `~/.config/noctalia/*.toml` | Merged alphabetically; `[include]` supported; host-specific overrides |
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| State | `~/.local/state/noctalia/settings.toml` | Written by the Settings UI; loads last and wins |
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The shared baseline (`noctalia/config/config.toml`) is deployed as an **out-of-store symlink**, so
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manual edits hot-reload without a `home-manager switch`. Noctalia never rewrites files in the config
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layer, so volatile runtime data (wallpaper rotation, widget geometry) stays in the state file and
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out of the repository.
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`noctalia config export` prints the merged user config and `noctalia config validate` checks a file.
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Application theming stays with `catppuccin/nix`, so Noctalia's theme templates are disabled.
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### Component Replacement
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Noctalia consolidates functionality that previously required multiple tools:
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| Traditional Component | Purpose | Noctalia counterpart |
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| ---------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------- |
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| **gammastep** | Blue light filter | `[nightlight]` |
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| **swaylock** | Screen locker | built-in lock screen (`[lockscreen]`) |
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| **anyrun** | Application launcher | launcher panel (`[shell.launcher]`) |
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| **mako** | Notification daemon | `[notification]` |
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| **waybar** | Status bar | `[bar]` + `[widget.*]` |
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| **wallpaper-switcher** | Wallpaper management | `[wallpaper]` |
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| **wlogout** | Session menu | `[shell.session]` |
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| **wl-clipboard** | Clipboard management | built-in clipboard (encrypted history) |
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| **grim/slurp/satty** | Screenshots + annotation | built-in `[shell.screenshot]` + annotation editor |
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## Configuration Modules
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### Desktop Shell
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- **[`noctalia/default.nix`](./noctalia/default.nix)**: enables the upstream `programs.noctalia`
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module and symlinks the baseline out of store
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- **[`noctalia/config/config.toml`](./noctalia/config/config.toml)**: declarative baseline (v5
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TOML), tracked in the repo and hot-reloaded
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Covers the bar and widgets, control center, desktop widgets, night light, wallpaper, session
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panel, screenshots with annotation, system monitor, audio/volume, brightness, calendar/weather,
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color schemes, dock, notifications, OSD, and clipboard.
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- **[`hypridle/`](./hypridle/)**: Idle management
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### Desktop Environment
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- **[`gtk.nix`](./gtk.nix)**: GTK theme configuration
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- **[`xdg/`](./xdg/)**: XDG specifications
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### Input & Localization
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- **[`fcitx5/`](./fcitx5/)**: Fcitx5 input method with Rime (Chinese), Mozc (Japanese), and Hangul
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(Korean) engines
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- **[`vinput/`](./vinput/)**: Voice input on `ai` (OpenVINO) and `shoukei` (CPU)
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### Applications
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- **[`desktop-tools.nix`](./desktop-tools.nix)**: Wayland session tools (clipboard, brightness,
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screen recording, auto-mount, virt-manager/virt-viewer, `wlogout` emergency fallback)
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- **[`browsers.nix`](./browsers.nix)**: Web browsers
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- **[`media.nix`](./media.nix)**: Audio control, mpv, go-musicfox, an image viewer, GPU video
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diagnostics, Zoom (x86_64 only), and EasyEffects loudness normalization
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- **[`gaming.nix`](./gaming.nix)**: Gaming applications
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- **[`creative.nix`](./creative.nix)**: Creative software
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- **[`note-taking.nix`](./note-taking.nix)**: Note-taking apps
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### Development
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- **[`dev-tools.nix`](./dev-tools.nix)**: Android platform tools (`android-tools`)
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### System Utilities
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- **[`misc.nix`](./misc.nix)**: Misc GUI apps (e-book reader, remote desktop, hardened IM clients)
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## Related Documentation
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- Noctalia Shell: https://docs.noctalia.dev/noctalia/
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- Parent: [`../README.md`](../README.md)
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