From 3fd51428c3933da5fa300f22a8c2dfc064693015 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Kovacs <kovacsmillio@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:11:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add unstable nixpkgs

---
 flake.lock                   | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 flake.nix                    | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 home/hosts/alien/default.nix |  7 +++++--
 system/default.nix           |  2 --
 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 09248a8..b8a15fd 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -373,6 +373,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixpkgs-unstable": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1768127708,
+        "narHash": "sha256-1Sm77VfZh3mU0F5OqKABNLWxOuDeHIlcFjsXeeiPazs=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "ffbc9f8cbaacfb331b6017d5a5abb21a492c9a38",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1767799921,
@@ -509,6 +525,7 @@
         "niri": "niri",
         "nix-cachyos-kernel": "nix-cachyos-kernel",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
+        "nixpkgs-unstable": "nixpkgs-unstable",
         "nixvim": "nixvim",
         "noctalia": "noctalia",
         "nur": "nur",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 7884e0e..8f09afe 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11";
+    nixpkgs-unstable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
 
     nix-cachyos-kernel.url = "github:xddxdd/nix-cachyos-kernel";
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
 
   outputs = {
     nixpkgs,
+    nixpkgs-unstable,
     nix-cachyos-kernel,
     catppuccin,
     catppuccin-palette,
@@ -73,9 +75,15 @@
     ...
   }: let
     # All systems we want to support for the generic VM
-    supportedSystems = ["x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux"];
     # to run the vm:
     # nixos-rebuild build-vm --flake ~/nix#$(nix eval --raw --impure --expr 'builtins.currentSystem')
+    supportedSystems = ["x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux"];
+
+    # Shared config for all package sets
+    pkgConfig = {
+      allowUnfree = true;
+    };
+
     mkNixosSystem = {
       hostname,
       system,
@@ -87,11 +95,16 @@
         specialArgs =
           {
             inherit catppuccin system;
+            pkgs-unstable = import nixpkgs-unstable {
+              inherit system;
+              config = pkgConfig;
+            };
           }
           // extraSpecialArgs;
         modules =
           [
             {
+              nixpkgs.config = pkgConfig;
               nixpkgs.overlays = [
                 catppuccin-palette.overlays.default
                 niri.overlays.niri
@@ -142,6 +155,10 @@
               ];
               home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = {
                 inherit spicetify-nix;
+                pkgs-unstable = import nixpkgs-unstable {
+                  inherit system;
+                  config = pkgConfig;
+                };
               };
             }
           ]
@@ -156,6 +173,7 @@
       home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
         pkgs = import nixpkgs {
           inherit system;
+          config = pkgConfig;
         };
         home.username = user;
         home.homeDirectory = "/home/${user}";
@@ -169,6 +187,12 @@
           noctalia.homeModules.noctalia
           nixvim.homeModules.nixvim
         ];
+        extraSpecialArgs = {
+          pkgs-unstable = import nixpkgs-unstable {
+            inherit system;
+            config = pkgConfig;
+          };
+        };
       };
   in
     {
diff --git a/home/hosts/alien/default.nix b/home/hosts/alien/default.nix
index 2022182..7d17545 100644
--- a/home/hosts/alien/default.nix
+++ b/home/hosts/alien/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   config,
   pkgs,
+  pkgs-unstable,
   spicetify-nix,
   ...
 }: {
@@ -9,9 +10,11 @@
     flavor = "mocha";
   };
 
-  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+  home.packages = [
     # steam gtk theming
-    adwsteamgtk
+    pkgs.adwsteamgtk
+
+    pkgs-unstable.ckan
   ];
 
   programs.noctalia-shell.settings.brightness = {
diff --git a/system/default.nix b/system/default.nix
index f8be213..95c2342 100755
--- a/system/default.nix
+++ b/system/default.nix
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@
     hashedPassword = "$6$bvwRUFaJNMpH8rm3$FGDWFN6tBScJ/2DynAjnlZE8JRfyADN78d6c4GawxpAjyNLNE/AjQzMA09tLRqpKX7WnN5PIUZLAm2bT9/RbG0";
   };
 
-  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
-
   environment = {
     systemPackages = with pkgs; [
       git