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# Home Manager's Linux Submodules
1. `base`: The base module that is suitable for any NixOS environment.
2. `desktop`: Configuration for desktop environments, such as Hyprland, I3, etc.
3. `server.nix`: Configuration which is suitable for both servers and desktops. It import only
`base` as its submodule.
1. used by all my nixos servers.
4. `desktop.nix`: the entrypoint of desktop's configuration, it import both `base` and `desktop` as
its submodules.
1. used by all my nixos desktops.
This directory contains Linux-specific Home Manager configurations organized for different use
cases.
## Configuration Modules
### Core Configurations
- **core.nix**: Essential Linux-specific configurations and settings
- **base/**: Base Linux configurations including shell, tools, and utilities
- `shell.nix`: Shell configurations and aliases
- `tools.nix`: Essential command-line tools and utilities
### Desktop Configurations
- **gui/**: Desktop environment configurations
- **hyprland/**: Hyprland window manager with custom keybindings and settings
- **niri/**: Niri compositor configuration
- **base/**: Common desktop applications and services
- **editors/**: Text editor configurations for desktop environments
### Available Entry Points
- **core.nix**: Core Linux configuration, suitable for basic setups
- **tui.nix**: Terminal-based interface configuration for lightweight environments
- **gui.nix**: Graphical user interface configuration entry point, imports desktop environments
## Usage
- **Lightweight/Terminal**: Use `core.nix` or `tui.nix` for terminal-focused setups
- **Desktops**: Use `gui.nix` for full desktop environments with window managers like Hyprland or
Niri
- **Custom**: Mix and match configurations as needed for your specific use case

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# Desktop Related
# Desktop Environment Configurations
3. `base`: all common configurations for all desktops.
4. `hyprland`: Hyprland's configuration.
This directory contains desktop environment and window manager configurations managed by Home
Manager.
## Why install I3/Hyprland in Home Manager instead of a NixOS Module?
## Available Configurations
1. I3 & Hyprland's configuration file is located in `~/.config`, which can be easily managed by Home
Manager.
2. I have many user-specific systemd services, such gammastep, wallpaper-switcher, etc. Which can be
easily managed by Home Manager, but if we add i3/hyprland in a NixOS Module, those user-level
services may failed to start automatically. With i3/hyprland in a Home Manager Module, we can
control their systemd service's dependent order more easily, so we can avoid issues like this.
3. By install packages as less as possible in NixOS Module, we can:
1. Make the NixOS system more secure and stable.
2. Make this flake more portable to other non-NixOS systems, as home-manager can be installed on
any Linux system.
### Window Managers
- **hyprland**: Hyprland compositor configuration with custom keybindings, settings, and window
rules
- **niri**: Niri compositor configuration with custom settings, keybindings, spawn-at-startup rules,
and window rules
### Base Desktop Environment
- **base**: Common desktop configurations shared across all environments, including:
- Desktop applications (anyrun, mako, waybar, wlogout)
- Creative tools and media applications
- Development tools
- Eye protection utilities (gammastep)
- Fcitx5 input method framework
- Games and gaming utilities
- GTK theme configurations
- Immutable file handling
- Note-taking applications
- Wallpaper management with auto-switcher
- Wayland applications
- XDG desktop configurations
### Editor Configurations
- **editors**: Text editor configurations and integrations
## Why install Desktop Environments in Home Manager instead of NixOS Module?
1. **Configuration Location**: Desktop environment configuration files are located in `~/.config`,
which can be easily managed by Home Manager.
2. **User-specific Services**: Many user-specific systemd services (gammastep, wallpaper-switcher,
etc.) can be easily managed by Home Manager. If desktop environments were configured via NixOS
Module, these user-level services might fail to start automatically. With Home Manager modules,
we can control systemd service dependency order more effectively.
3. **System Benefits**: By minimizing package installation through NixOS Module:
- Makes the NixOS system more secure and stable
- Increases portability to non-NixOS systems, as Home Manager can be installed on any Linux
system
- Allows for easier switching between different window managers without system-level changes