alien: configure proton vars and add steam big picture entry

refactor home/terminal

refactor home/apps

refactor home/services

refactor home/games

README.md

@@ -1,152 +0,0 @@
-# NixOS Configuration
-
-This repository contains the personal **NixOS** and **Home Manager** configuration for **Sean Kovacs** (`sckova`). It utilizes **Nix Flakes** to manage reproducible system states across disparate hardware architectures, specifically targeting high-performance x86_64 gaming desktops and Apple Silicon laptops.
-
-## 🖥️ Hosts
-
-The configuration defines three distinct system profiles via `flake.nix`:
-
-### 👽 `alien` (x86_64-linux)
-
-The primary high-performance desktop and gaming workstation.
-
-* **Kernel:** Uses the **CachyOS** kernel (`linux-cachyos-lts`) via `nix-cachyos-kernel` overlay for scheduler and performance optimizations.
-* **Graphics:** Nvidia proprietary drivers (Stable) with Open kernel modules disabled.
-#### Gaming Stack:
-* **Steam**: Enabled with Gamescope session and Proton-GE.
-* **Optimization**: `ananicy-cpp` enabled with specific rules for Gamescope (nice -20).
-* **Streaming**: Sunshine game streaming service enabled and auto-started.
-* **RGB**: OpenRGB and `ddcutil` for hardware lighting and display control.
-
-* **Virtualization:** Podman (Docker compatible) and Hyper-V guest support enabled.
-* **Hardware:** Specific monitor configuration defined in Niri settings (Dual 4K @ 144Hz + Portrait 1440p).
-
-### 🍑 `peach` (aarch64-linux)
-
-A configuration tailored for Apple Silicon hardware using **Asahi Linux**.
-
-#### **System-specific setup**:
-* GPU-accelerated desktop via Apple Silicon drivers.
-* Touchpad configuration with natural scrolling.
-* Specific notch handling and boot logo customization with plymouth & m1n1.
-* Configures docker in a rootless setup.
-
-* **Kernel**: Patched `linuxPackages_asahi` with Apple Mailbox and RTKit support.
-
-### 💻 `vm-generic`
-
-A generic template for virtual machines, supported on both `x86_64-linux` and `aarch64-linux`.
-
-## 🎨 Desktop Environment
-
-The system uses a highly customized Wayland environment centered around **Niri**.
-
-### Window Manager: **Niri**
-
-#### Type:
-* Scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.
-#### Style:
-* Tightly separated windows with 2px borders and 4px gaps.
-* Animations and window rounding (8px radius).
-#### **Input**:
-* Focus follows mouse
-* Adaptive acceleration
-* Natural scrolling enabled
-#### **Keybinds**:
-* Super+Shift+? preserved for showing the custom keybinds.
-
-### Shell & Widgets: **Noctalia**
-
-* **Bar**: Custom top bar with workspaces, system monitor, media controls, and tray.
-* **Notifications**: Integrated notification daemon with "Do Not Disturb" capabilities.
-* **Control Center**: Quick access to network, bluetooth, and power profiles.
-* **Launcher**: Fuzzel app launcher with clipboard history support.
-
-### Theming: **Base16/24**
-
-A centralized theme configuration module propagates and builds colors across the system's applications and toolkits.
-
-#### Scheme:
-* Can use any scheme declared in the [tinted-gallery](https://tinted-theming.github.io/tinted-gallery/).
-#### Accent:
-* Orange for peach
-* Blue for alien
-* Green for the VM
-#### Cursor:
-* Catppuccin Mocha Peach (Size 24).
-#### Fonts:
-* Sans: Noto Sans
-* Serif: Noto Serif
-* Mono: FiraMono Nerd Font
-
-## 📦 Software Stack
-
-### Terminal & Editors
-
-#### **Terminal**: **Kitty**
-* Fish shell integration
-* Scrollback buffering
-* Custom theme
-* Wayland-specific integrations
-#### **Shell**: **Fish**
-* Customized prompt
-* Modern alternatives to ls `eza`, cat `bat`, and gzip `pigz`.
-* `btop` is used as a system monitor.
-#### **Editor**: **Neovim** (via `nixvim`) configured with:
-* LSP support (`nixd`, `qmlls`).
-* `conform-nvim` for formatting (Prettier, Stylua, Black).
-* `cmp` for autocompletion.
-* `fzf-lua` for fuzzy finding.
-
-### Applications
-
-#### Browser: **Firefox** with extensive hardening
-* Telemetry, Pocket, and AI features disabled.
-* Custom userChrome theme.
-* Vertical tabs enabled.
-* Extensions managed via Nix (uBlock Origin, SponsorBlock, Bitwarden, etc.).
-* PWA support via `firefoxpwa`.
-* SearXNG metasearch engine set up and enabled as the default search engine and homepage.
-
-#### Social
-* **Vesktop**: Discord client.
-* Dynamically generated base16 theme.
-* Numerous plugins (MessageLogger, FakeNitro, etc.) enabled.
-* **Fractal**: Matrix client.
-* **Tuba**: Mastodon client.
-
-#### Media
-* **MPV** with `uosc` UI and `mpris` support.
-* **Spotify**: Custom `riff` package (Rust-based client) and `spotify-webapp`.
-* **Spicetify**: CLI Spotify client theming.
-* **Strawberry**: Music client.
-* **Audacity**, **Musescore**: Musical workstations.
-
-### Services
-
-* **Wallpaper**: Automated daily **Bing Wallpaper** downloader service.
-* **Storage**: **Synology NAS** mounting via Rclone systemd service.
-* **Network**: **Tailscale** mesh networking.
-
-## 🛠️ Usage
-
-### Rebuilding the System
-
-To apply the configuration for a specific host:
-
-```bash
-# Rebuild NixOS configuration and switch
-sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#systemName
-
-# Rebuild NixOS configuration for next boot
-sudo nixos-rebuild boot --flake .#systemName --install-bootloader
-```
-
-### VM Testing
-
-To build and run the generic VM:
-
-```bash
-nixos-rebuild build-vm --flake .#vm-generic
-./result/bin/run-vm-generic-vm
-```

flake.lock

@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
     "cachyos-kernel": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1773425695,
+        "lastModified": 1773637879,
-        "narHash": "sha256-O5Fr6f+iS+IVKdB59yqkCaWfkr1SSHD5BLDDlZO7RwU=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-hFKu2SaRoqt6+zbmcFW6A0AbBENIX8XooJLXQWa3sLc=",
         "owner": "CachyOS",
         "repo": "linux-cachyos",
-        "rev": "3b9ae1ae5d4ee95e1509d350b65c0777dde97628",
+        "rev": "fa09a5bc69d3e7feeed9b1402c7df06c8170402a",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@
     "cachyos-kernel-patches": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1773430072,
+        "lastModified": 1773635524,
-        "narHash": "sha256-0X47YCF1CUnLiQ1M6Lh4hc3ax9aV5DX/wCmMfuMyM1o=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-JErpxWTdoHq4JuDerfsbPA60FmWOxK4oX9UL9CcsP/Q=",
         "owner": "CachyOS",
         "repo": "kernel-patches",
-        "rev": "ac70453c25200f0a30ad38b3caa63020869f0f8a",
+        "rev": "5544a0679fd6f6fb714e275514449c4ab9db2a53",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1773681856,
+        "lastModified": 1774007980,
-        "narHash": "sha256-+bRqxoFCJFO9ZTFhcCkzNXbDT3b8AEk88fyjB7Is6eo=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-FOnZjElEI8pqqCvB6K/1JRHTE8o4rer8driivTpq2uo=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "57d5560ee92a424fb71fde800acd6ed2c725dfce",
+        "rev": "9670de2921812bc4e0452f6e3efd8c859696c183",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -229,17 +229,17 @@
     "niri-blur": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1772514470,
+        "lastModified": 1773732451,
-        "narHash": "sha256-nSrfHwbjg8/Rfx5pqDqU8bL5IWh99MsvxfjNZYxqEFw=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-ky0eBF/zoiJTIoLSpV1EmupVCEZMSp9pQIlHOpvDoMU=",
         "owner": "niri-wm",
         "repo": "niri",
-        "rev": "c837d944f0cc08580ee86574dd0c3a68ca9379a4",
+        "rev": "17577e7db0e530d56e74ec244a185cdd1b9ad6cc",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "niri-wm",
+        "ref": "wip/branch",
         "repo": "niri",
-        "rev": "c837d944f0cc08580ee86574dd0c3a68ca9379a4",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
@@ -269,11 +269,11 @@
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1773597464,
+        "lastModified": 1773804995,
-        "narHash": "sha256-3SVrc1AMkY1UE36MD4qvmTkY/ZToK2F55Afut5Qm5F8=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-LL6EG35pbxgjsqYIpwUnpHGDmKFYttE+BILBNhsEaJk=",
         "owner": "xddxdd",
         "repo": "nix-cachyos-kernel",
-        "rev": "30468236d5cdd9cb5dea6e757159e04816439146",
+        "rev": "3286b7ecf1d864e2be050af78aa633d4e3ae8fdb",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -316,11 +316,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs-stable": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1773610124,
+        "lastModified": 1773814637,
-        "narHash": "sha256-EpC7ELOKmb+xXaqpK5ZRpJ5g9fxxg6tWny7/rUBfrwk=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-GNU+ooRmrHLfjlMsKdn0prEKVa0faVanm0jrgu1J/gY=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "9fe1300f4360e13f39d6d1d006e54fd5093e9ad5",
+        "rev": "fea3b367d61c1a6592bc47c72f40a9f3e6a53e96",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -332,11 +332,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs-unstable": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1773646010,
+        "lastModified": 1773821835,
-        "narHash": "sha256-iYrs97hS7p5u4lQzuNWzuALGIOdkPXvjz7bviiBjUu8=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-TJ3lSQtW0E2JrznGVm8hOQGVpXjJyXY2guAxku2O9A4=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "5b2c2d84341b2afb5647081c1386a80d7a8d8605",
+        "rev": "b40629efe5d6ec48dd1efba650c797ddbd39ace0",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -348,11 +348,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1773563071,
+        "lastModified": 1773738184,
-        "narHash": "sha256-p4f6smYpck1hw6gYsT2omq01gnlZ1E7HTpssDQ0fP+g=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-zWRjT5oPabNCiC1A3QkFXpfnsgUjyg6fUZWC+IiiZH0=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "1c6f50e5b62030a50799682b6babc9dcc5a271ae",
+        "rev": "41a2715cc472025a19bc0eb9dc4ee8b7406bfa6f",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -408,11 +408,11 @@
         "noctalia-qs": "noctalia-qs"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1773694650,
+        "lastModified": 1774029401,
-        "narHash": "sha256-3AhKBhSuHxH9COGAfdZSTWdoJxI9wyI1wiq3DEcS1j8=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-pM4U3rRPs+QUh/qfPFhcpmN2g9Nb91eIro1xcLdEYnA=",
         "owner": "noctalia-dev",
         "repo": "noctalia-shell",
-        "rev": "b647e385a8e0a02a413a6e584d53e615191276e4",
+        "rev": "56457b140047e96a7a1e3bae6cf00cb9485d49a1",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -431,11 +431,11 @@
         "treefmt-nix": "treefmt-nix"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1773514555,
+        "lastModified": 1773842483,
-        "narHash": "sha256-XNmLf4HqUM6/he/eJiHT+Mvxmt7QuwgGU14jB4Ha+pM=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-oRqz+5AbNKfUWWwN5c83CsSOsUWVGITh0HZg+wX5Q/8=",
         "owner": "noctalia-dev",
         "repo": "noctalia-qs",
-        "rev": "8aa9d8ce86ef018fb442c585ad7fbb2a15a4f822",
+        "rev": "3962ff1e0b59ef067c57199d31271ddbf23b29cd",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -452,11 +452,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1773693904,
+        "lastModified": 1774025645,
-        "narHash": "sha256-4etCbDwnQ5EzdSiflzSistWwDZYqO0t3RVQOw6FcaTI=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-JotdqxIxeLhCxwDlciC8nvwABpJF/b5MQd2O16cjd7A=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "NUR",
-        "rev": "fb1b5883b41bd32d27591004478ad8e32ea6ba5f",
+        "rev": "c01705bad7cf4d0c6838e7e46de8d4accc9c2f89",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {

flake.nix

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     };
 
     niri-blur = {
-      url = "github:niri-wm/niri/c837d944f0cc08580ee86574dd0c3a68ca9379a4";
+      url = "github:niri-wm/niri/wip/branch";
       flake = false;
     };
 

home/apps/firefox.nix

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
           "{446900e4-71c2-419f-a6a7-df9c091e268b}".installation_mode = "allowed";
           "CanvasBlocker@kkapsner.de".installation_mode = "allowed";
           "shinigamieyes@shinigamieyes".installation_mode = "allowed";
+          "deArrow@ajay.app".installation_mode = "allowed";
         };
         DisableTelemetry = true;
         DisableFirefoxStudies = true;
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@
               bitwarden
               canvasblocker
               shinigami-eyes
+              dearrow
             ];
             settings = {
               "{7a7a4a92-a2a0-41d1-9fd7-1e92480d612d}".settings = {
@@ -231,6 +233,7 @@
                   "_446900e4-71c2-419f-a6a7-df9c091e268b_-browser-action"
                   "_aecec67f-0d10-4fa7-b7c7-609a2db280cf_-browser-action"
                   "_7a7a4a92-a2a0-41d1-9fd7-1e92480d612d_-browser-action"
+                  "dearrow_ajay_app-browser-action"
                 ];
                 nav-bar = [
                   # "sidebar-button"
@@ -257,6 +260,7 @@
                 "_aecec67f-0d10-4fa7-b7c7-609a2db280cf_-browser-action"
                 "_7a7a4a92-a2a0-41d1-9fd7-1e92480d612d_-browser-action"
                 "sponsorblocker_ajay_app-browser-action"
+                "dearrow_ajay_app-browser-action"
                 "developer-button"
               ];
               dirtyAreaCache = [

home/games/default.nix

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
 {
   imports = [
     ./minecraft.nix
     ./morrowind.nix
   ];
+
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    dolphin-emu
+  ];
 }

home/games/morrowind.nix

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   ...
 }:
 {
-  home.packages = with pkgs; [ openmw-unstable ];
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [ openmw ];
   home.sessionVariables.SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER = "wayland";
 
   programs.firefox.profiles.default.search.engines.uesp = {

home/hosts/alien/default.nix

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 {
-  config,
   pkgs,
-  lib,
-  pkgs-unstable,
   ...
 }:
 {
@@ -12,8 +9,7 @@
   };
 
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    pkgs-unstable.ckan
+    ckan
-
     spotify
     adwsteamgtk
     daggerfall-unity
@@ -21,6 +17,27 @@
     gamemode
   ];
 
+  # PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_DLSS_UPGRADE=1 PROTON_ENABLE_NGX_UPDATER=1  DXVK_NVAPI_DRS_SETTINGS=NGX_DLSS_SR_MODE=balanced MANGOHUD_CONFIG="fps_limit=144,gamemode,ram,vram" mangohud gamemoderun %command%
+  xdg.desktopEntries.steam-big-picture = {
+    name = "Steam (Big Picture)";
+    icon = "steam";
+    exec = "gamescope -e --force-grab-cursor -s 2 -- steam -tenfoot";
+    terminal = false;
+    categories = [
+      "Network"
+      "FileTransfer"
+      "Game"
+    ];
+  };
+
+  home.sessionVariables = {
+    PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI = 1;
+    PROTON_DLSS_UPGRADE = 1;
+    PROTON_ENABLE_NGX_UPDATER = 1;
+    DXVK_NVAPI_DRS_SETTINGS = "NGX_DLSS_SR_MODE=balanced";
+    MANGOHUD_CONFIG = "fps_limit=144,gamemode,ram,vram";
+  };
+
   programs.noctalia-shell.settings.brightness.enableDdcSupport = true;
   programs.noctalia-shell.settings.bar = {
     position = "top";

home/hosts/peach/default.nix

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 }:
 {
   colors = {
-    scheme = "material-dark";
+    scheme = "catppuccin-frappe";
     accent = "base09";
   };
 

home/services/default.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  osConfig,
   config,
   pkgs,
   ...
@@ -27,22 +28,89 @@
     };
   };
 
-  services = {
+  services.spotifyd.enable = true;
-    spotifyd = {
+  # comments taken from https://docs.spotifyd.rs/configuration/index.html
-      enable = true;
+  services.spotifyd.settings.global = {
-      settings = {
+    #---------#
-        global = {
+    # GENERAL #
-          device_type = "computer";
+    #---------#
-          dbus_type = "session";
+
-          disable_discovery = true;
+    # The name that gets displayed under the connect tab on
-          use_mpris = true;
+    # official clients.
-          bitrate = 320;
+    device_name = "daemon@${osConfig.system.name}";
-          initial_volume = 100;
+
-          volume_normalisation = true;
+    # The displayed device type in Spotify clients.
-          normalisation_pregain = 0;
+    # Can be unknown, computer, tablet, smartphone, speaker, t_v,
-        };
+    # a_v_r (Audio/Video Receiver), s_t_b (Set-Top Box), and audio_dongle.
-      };
+    device_type = "computer";
-    };
+
+    # The bus to bind to with the MPRIS interface.
+    # Possible values: "session", "system"
+    # The system bus can be used if no graphical session is available
+    # (e.g. on headless systems) but you still want to be able to use MPRIS.
+    # NOTE: You might need to add appropriate policies to allow spotifyd to
+    # own the name.
+    dbus_type = "session";
+
+    # If set to true, `spotifyd` tries to bind to dbus (default is the session bus)
+    # and expose MPRIS controls. When running headless, without the session bus,
+    # you should set this to false, to avoid errors. If you still want to use MPRIS,
+    # have a look at the `dbus_type` option.
+    use_mpris = true;
+
+    # The directory used to store credentials and audio cache.
+    # Default: infers a sensible cache directory (e.g. on Linux: $XDG_CACHE_HOME)
+    # Note: The file path does not get expanded. Environment variables and
+    # shell placeholders like $HOME or ~ don't work!
+    # cache_path = "";
+
+    # If set to true, audio data does NOT get cached.
+    # In this case, the cache is only used for credentials.
+    no_audio_cache = false;
+
+    # The maximal size of the cache directory in bytes
+    # The value below corresponds to ~ 10GB
+    max_cache_size = 10000000000;
+
+    #-----------#
+    # DISCOVERY #
+    #-----------#
+
+    # If set to true, this disables zeroconf discovery.
+    # This can be useful, if one prefers to run a single-user instance.
+    disable_discovery = true;
+
+    #-------#
+    # AUDIO #
+    #-------#
+
+    # The audio backend used to play music. To get
+    # a list of possible backends, run `spotifyd --help`.
+    backend = "alsa"; # use portaudio for macOS [homebrew]
+
+    # The alsa audio device to stream audio. To get a
+    # list of valid devices, run `aplay -L`,
+    device = "default"; # omit for macOS
+
+    # If set to true, enables volume normalisation between songs.
+    volume_normalisation = true;
+
+    # The normalisation pregain that is applied for each song.
+    normalisation_pregain = 0;
+
+    # The audio bitrate. 96, 160 or 320 kbit/s
+    bitrate = 320;
+
+    # Volume on startup between 0 and 100
+    initial_volume = 100;
+
+    #-------ä
+    # OTHER #
+    #-------#
+
+    # After the music playback has ended, start playing similar songs based on the previous tracks.
+    # By default, `spotifyd` infers this setting from the user settings.
+    autoplay = false;
   };
 
   dconf.settings = {
@@ -81,6 +149,8 @@
     QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME = "qt6ct";
     # this makes electron apps work per the wiki
     NIXOS_OZONE_WL = "1";
+    # allow non-free packages in shells
+    NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE = 1;
   };
 
   gtk = {

home/terminal/neovim.nix

@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@
               option.get_bufnrs.__raw = "vim.api.nvim_list_bufs";
               keywordLength = 3;
             }
-            { name = "copilot"; }
             {
               name = "path"; # file system paths
               keywordLength = 3;