From eb74b94f026bca264ed69db9983d971fe3300238 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _cry64 <them@dobutterfliescry.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:15:31 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] nixfmt

---
 configuration.nix          | 124 +++++++++++++++++++------------------
 flake.nix                  |  18 +++---
 hardware-configuration.nix |  42 +++++++------
 home.nix                   |   8 ++-
 4 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 3780044..fa38077 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -1,38 +1,40 @@
-{ config, inputs, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-let
-  nvidiaPackage = config.hardware.nvidia.package;
-in
-
 {
-  imports =
-    [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
-      ./hardware-configuration.nix
-    ];
+  config,
+  inputs,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}: let
+  nvidiaPackage = config.hardware.nvidia.package;
+in {
+  imports = [
+    # Include the results of the hardware scan.
+    ./hardware-configuration.nix
+  ];
 
-    # Allow unfree packages
+  # Allow unfree packages
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
 
   # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
   boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
   programs.silentSDDM = {
-        enable = true;
-        theme = "rei";
-        settings = {
-        "LoginScreen.LoginArea.Avatar" = {
-          shape = "circle";
-          active-border-color = "#ffcfce";
-        };
-        "LoginScreen" = {
+    enable = true;
+    theme = "rei";
+    settings = {
+      "LoginScreen.LoginArea.Avatar" = {
+        shape = "circle";
+        active-border-color = "#ffcfce";
+      };
+      "LoginScreen" = {
         background = "hana.jpg";
-        };
-        "LockScreen" = {
+      };
+      "LockScreen" = {
         background = "kokomi96024.png";
-        };
-        };
+      };
+    };
   };
-   networking.hostName = "girlCore"; # Define your hostname.
+  networking.hostName = "girlCore"; # Define your hostname.
   # Configure network connections interactively with nmcli or nmtui.
   networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
   # Set your time zone.
@@ -41,31 +43,31 @@ in
   # networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
   # networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";
   # Select internationalisation properties.
-   i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
-   console = {
-     font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
-     keyMap = "us";
-   };
+  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  console = {
+    font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
+    keyMap = "us";
+  };
   services.displayManager.sddm = {
-      enable = true;
+    enable = true;
     wayland.enable = true;
-};
+  };
   services.displayManager.defaultSession = "hyprland";
   programs.hyprland.enable = true;
   programs.hyprland.package = inputs.hyprland-git.packages."x86_64-linux".hyprland;
 
-      programs.steam = {
-      enable = true;
-      remotePlay.openFirewall = true; # optional
-      dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true; # optional
-      localNetworkGameTransfers.openFirewall = true; # optional
-      gamescopeSession.enable = true; # optional
-    };
+  programs.steam = {
+    enable = true;
+    remotePlay.openFirewall = true; # optional
+    dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true; # optional
+    localNetworkGameTransfers.openFirewall = true; # optional
+    gamescopeSession.enable = true; # optional
+  };
 
-    # nvidia drivers
+  # nvidia drivers
   hardware.graphics.enable = true;
   hardware.graphics.enable32Bit = true;
-  services.xserver.videoDrivers = lib.mkDefault [ "nvidia" ];
+  services.xserver.videoDrivers = lib.mkDefault ["nvidia"];
   hardware.nvidia = {
     modesetting.enable = true;
     # Nvidia power management. Experimental, and can cause sleep/suspend to fail.
@@ -82,38 +84,38 @@ in
     nvidiaSettings = true;
     package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable;
   };
-     services.pipewire = {
-     enable = true;
-     pulse.enable = true;
-   };
+  services.pipewire = {
+    enable = true;
+    pulse.enable = true;
+  };
 
   # Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
-   services.libinput.enable = true;
+  services.libinput.enable = true;
   # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
-   users.users.ashley = {
-     isNormalUser = true;
-     extraGroups = [ "wheel" ]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user.
-     packages = with pkgs; [
-       tree
-     ];
-   };
+  users.users.ashley = {
+    isNormalUser = true;
+    extraGroups = ["wheel"]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user.
+    packages = with pkgs; [
+      tree
+    ];
+  };
   # List packages installed in system profile.
   # You can use https://search.nixos.org/ to find more packages (and options).
-   nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
-   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-     git
-     neovim
-     wget
+  nix.settings.experimental-features = ["nix-command" "flakes"];
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    git
+    neovim
+    wget
   ];
-   environment.variables.EDITOR = "nvim";
+  environment.variables.EDITOR = "nvim";
   # Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
   # started in user sessions.
   # List services that you want to enable:
   # Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
   # Open ports in the firewall.
-   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ];
-   networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ];
-   networking.firewall.enable = true;
+  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [];
+  networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [];
+  networking.firewall.enable = true;
   # This option defines the first version of NixOS you have installed on this particular machine,
   # and is used to maintain compatibility with application data (e.g. databases) created on older NixOS versions.
   #
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 1bb731b..a5c86b2 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-description = "NixOS configuration";
+  description = "NixOS configuration";
 
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
@@ -15,17 +15,21 @@ description = "NixOS configuration";
     silentSDDM = {
       url = "github:uiriansan/SilentSDDM";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
-   };
+    };
 
     nixcats.url = "github:BirdeeHub/nixCats-nvim";
 
-        hyprland-git = {
+    hyprland-git = {
       url = "github:hyprwm/Hyprland/25250527793eb04bb60f103abe7f06370b9f6e1c";
     };
-
   };
 
-  outputs = inputs@{ nixpkgs, home-manager, nixcats, ... }: {
+  outputs = inputs @ {
+    nixpkgs,
+    home-manager,
+    nixcats,
+    ...
+  }: {
     nixosConfigurations = {
       girlCore = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
         specialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
@@ -40,8 +44,8 @@ description = "NixOS configuration";
             home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
             home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
 
-            home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
-             
+            home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
+
             home-manager.users.ashley = import ./home.nix;
 
             # Optionally, use home-manager.extraSpecialArgs to pass arguments to home.nix
diff --git a/hardware-configuration.nix b/hardware-configuration.nix
index 1f129f7..a938f5c 100644
--- a/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,34 @@
 # Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
 # and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
 # to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
-{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
-
 {
-  imports =
-    [ (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
-    ];
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  modulesPath,
+  ...
+}: {
+  imports = [
+    (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
+  ];
 
-  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "nvme" "ahci" "usbhid" ];
-  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
-  boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-amd" ];
-  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = ["xhci_pci" "nvme" "ahci" "usbhid"];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [];
+  boot.kernelModules = ["kvm-amd"];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [];
 
-  fileSystems."/" =
-    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/10c61ccc-e175-4cfd-bd6a-08a57dbdb0b5";
-      fsType = "btrfs";
-    };
+  fileSystems."/" = {
+    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/10c61ccc-e175-4cfd-bd6a-08a57dbdb0b5";
+    fsType = "btrfs";
+  };
 
-  fileSystems."/boot" =
-    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/24E3-BA29";
-      fsType = "vfat";
-      options = [ "fmask=0077" "dmask=0077" ];
-    };
+  fileSystems."/boot" = {
+    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/24E3-BA29";
+    fsType = "vfat";
+    options = ["fmask=0077" "dmask=0077"];
+  };
 
-  swapDevices = [ ];
+  swapDevices = [];
 
   nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
   hardware.cpu.amd.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index 9a9067d..cff5e13 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-{ inputs, pkgs, ... }:
 {
+  inputs,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}: {
   imports = [
     ./modules/neovim/nixcats.nix
     ./modules/waybar/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +39,6 @@
       };
     };
   };
- 
+
   home.stateVersion = "25.11";
 }
-

From fb4b2c1ed9287decba95192652703af9ee470723 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _cry64 <them@dobutterfliescry.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:28:01 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] refactor && clean

---
 configuration.nix | 191 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 105 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index fa38077..e6f1443 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -4,94 +4,40 @@
   lib,
   pkgs,
   ...
-}: let
-  nvidiaPackage = config.hardware.nvidia.package;
-in {
+}: {
   imports = [
-    # Include the results of the hardware scan.
     ./hardware-configuration.nix
   ];
 
-  # Allow unfree packages
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+  nix.settings.experimental-features = ["nix-command" "flakes"];
 
   # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
-  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
-  boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
-  programs.silentSDDM = {
-    enable = true;
-    theme = "rei";
-    settings = {
-      "LoginScreen.LoginArea.Avatar" = {
-        shape = "circle";
-        active-border-color = "#ffcfce";
-      };
-      "LoginScreen" = {
-        background = "hana.jpg";
-      };
-      "LockScreen" = {
-        background = "kokomi96024.png";
-      };
-    };
+  boot.loader = {
+    systemd-boot.enable = true;
+    efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
   };
-  networking.hostName = "girlCore"; # Define your hostname.
-  # Configure network connections interactively with nmcli or nmtui.
-  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
+
   # Set your time zone.
   time.timeZone = "America/Chicago";
-  # Configure network proxy if necessary
-  # networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
-  # networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";
   # Select internationalisation properties.
   i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
   console = {
     font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
     keyMap = "us";
   };
-  services.displayManager.sddm = {
-    enable = true;
-    wayland.enable = true;
-  };
-  services.displayManager.defaultSession = "hyprland";
-  programs.hyprland.enable = true;
-  programs.hyprland.package = inputs.hyprland-git.packages."x86_64-linux".hyprland;
 
-  programs.steam = {
-    enable = true;
-    remotePlay.openFirewall = true; # optional
-    dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true; # optional
-    localNetworkGameTransfers.openFirewall = true; # optional
-    gamescopeSession.enable = true; # optional
+  networking = {
+    hostName = "girlCore";
+    networkmanager.enable = true;
+
+    firewall = {
+      enable = true;
+      allowedTCPPorts = [];
+      allowedUDPPorts = [];
+    };
   };
 
-  # nvidia drivers
-  hardware.graphics.enable = true;
-  hardware.graphics.enable32Bit = true;
-  services.xserver.videoDrivers = lib.mkDefault ["nvidia"];
-  hardware.nvidia = {
-    modesetting.enable = true;
-    # Nvidia power management. Experimental, and can cause sleep/suspend to fail.
-    # Enable this if you have graphical corruption issues or application crashes after waking
-    # up from sleep. This fixes it by saving the entire VRAM memory to /tmp/ instead
-    # of just the bare essentials.
-    powerManagement.enable = false;
-
-    powerManagement.finegrained = false;
-    # open = true;
-    open = lib.mkOverride 990 (nvidiaPackage ? open && nvidiaPackage ? firmware);
-    # Enable the Nvidia settings menu,
-    # accessible via `nvidia-settings`.
-    nvidiaSettings = true;
-    package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable;
-  };
-  services.pipewire = {
-    enable = true;
-    pulse.enable = true;
-  };
-
-  # Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
-  services.libinput.enable = true;
-  # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
   users.users.ashley = {
     isNormalUser = true;
     extraGroups = ["wheel"]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user.
@@ -99,23 +45,96 @@ in {
       tree
     ];
   };
-  # List packages installed in system profile.
-  # You can use https://search.nixos.org/ to find more packages (and options).
-  nix.settings.experimental-features = ["nix-command" "flakes"];
-  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-    git
-    neovim
-    wget
-  ];
-  environment.variables.EDITOR = "nvim";
-  # Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
-  # started in user sessions.
-  # List services that you want to enable:
-  # Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
-  # Open ports in the firewall.
-  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [];
-  networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [];
-  networking.firewall.enable = true;
+
+  services = {
+    displayManager.sddm = {
+      enable = true;
+      wayland.enable = true;
+      defaultSession = "hyprland";
+    };
+
+    xserver.videoDrivers = lib.mkDefault ["nvidia"];
+
+    # Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
+    libinput.enable = true;
+
+    # Enable audio
+    pipewire = {
+      enable = true;
+      pulse.enable = true;
+    };
+  };
+
+  programs = {
+    hyprland = {
+      enable = true;
+      package = inputs.hyprland-git.packages."x86_64-linux".hyprland;
+    };
+
+    steam = {
+      enable = true;
+      remotePlay.openFirewall = true; # optional
+      dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true; # optional
+      localNetworkGameTransfers.openFirewall = true; # optional
+      gamescopeSession.enable = true; # optional
+    };
+
+    silentSDDM = {
+      enable = true;
+      theme = "rei";
+      settings = {
+        "LoginScreen.LoginArea.Avatar" = {
+          shape = "circle";
+          active-border-color = "#ffcfce";
+        };
+        "LoginScreen" = {
+          background = "hana.jpg";
+        };
+        "LockScreen" = {
+          background = "kokomi96024.png";
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  hardware = {
+    graphics = {
+      enable = true;
+      enable32Bit = true;
+    };
+
+    # nvidia drivers
+    nvidia = rec {
+      package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable;
+      open = lib.mkOverride 990 (package ? open && package ? firmware);
+
+      nvidiaSettings = true;
+      modesetting.enable = true;
+      # Nvidia power management. Experimental, and can cause sleep/suspend to fail.
+      # Enable this if you have graphical corruption issues or application crashes after waking
+      # up from sleep. This fixes it by saving the entire VRAM memory to /tmp/ instead
+      # of just the bare essentials.
+      powerManagement = {
+        enable = false;
+        finegrained = false;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  environment = {
+    variables = {
+      EDITOR = "nvim";
+    };
+
+    # List packages installed in system profile.
+    # You can use https://search.nixos.org/ to find more packages (and options).
+    systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+      git
+      neovim
+      wget
+    ];
+  };
+
   # This option defines the first version of NixOS you have installed on this particular machine,
   # and is used to maintain compatibility with application data (e.g. databases) created on older NixOS versions.
   #

From a97c3b3885cf9e3f80a86687d448a815175d49f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _cry64 <them@dobutterfliescry.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:08:41 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] hopefully this fixes it?

---
 configuration.nix          | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 flake.lock                 | 22 +++------------
 flake.nix                  | 18 ++++--------
 home.nix                   | 24 ++++++++++++++++
 modules/neovim/nixcats.nix | 10 ++-----
 5 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index e6f1443..07e0ed4 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@
     ./hardware-configuration.nix
   ];
 
-  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+  nixpkgs = {
+    config.allowUnfree = true;
+    overlays = [
+      (self: super: {
+        hyprland = inputs.hyprland-git.packages."x86_64-linux".hyprland;
+      })
+    ];
+  };
   nix.settings.experimental-features = ["nix-command" "flakes"];
 
   # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
@@ -45,11 +52,20 @@
       tree
     ];
   };
+  home-manager = {
+    useGlobalPkgs = true;
+    useUserPackages = true;
+    extraSpecialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
+
+    users.ashley = import ./home.nix;
+  };
 
   services = {
-    displayManager.sddm = {
-      enable = true;
-      wayland.enable = true;
+    displayManager = {
+      sddm = {
+        enable = true;
+        wayland.enable = ! config.services.xserver.enable; # experimental
+      };
       defaultSession = "hyprland";
     };
 
@@ -68,15 +84,22 @@
   programs = {
     hyprland = {
       enable = true;
-      package = inputs.hyprland-git.packages."x86_64-linux".hyprland;
+      withUWSM = true; # Universal Wayland Session Manager
+      xwayland.enable = true;
     };
 
+    gamemode.enable = true;
     steam = {
       enable = true;
-      remotePlay.openFirewall = true; # optional
-      dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true; # optional
-      localNetworkGameTransfers.openFirewall = true; # optional
-      gamescopeSession.enable = true; # optional
+      gamescopeSession.enable = true; # .desktop entry for gamescope
+
+      remotePlay.openFirewall = true;
+      dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true;
+      localNetworkGameTransfers.openFirewall = true;
+
+      # extraCompatPackages = with pkgs; [
+      #   proton-ge-bin
+      # ];
     };
 
     silentSDDM = {
@@ -104,9 +127,12 @@
     };
 
     # nvidia drivers
-    nvidia = rec {
+    nvidia = {
       package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable;
-      open = lib.mkOverride 990 (package ? open && package ? firmware);
+
+      # WARNING: whether to use open-source or proprietary kernel modules
+      # open = lib.mkOverride 990 (package ? open && package ? firmware);
+      open = true;
 
       nvidiaSettings = true;
       modesetting.enable = true;
@@ -122,6 +148,12 @@
   };
 
   environment = {
+    # NOTE: loaded earlier than `environment.variables`
+    sessionVariables = {
+      # Hint Electrons apps to use Wayland
+      NIXOS_OZONE_WL = "1";
+    };
+
     variables = {
       EDITOR = "nvim";
     };
@@ -132,6 +164,8 @@
       git
       neovim
       wget
+
+      steamcmd
     ];
   };
 
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 012d233..4b1ad8b 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -161,7 +161,9 @@
         "hyprutils": "hyprutils",
         "hyprwayland-scanner": "hyprwayland-scanner",
         "hyprwire": "hyprwire",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
         "pre-commit-hooks": "pre-commit-hooks",
         "systems": "systems",
         "xdph": "xdph"
@@ -428,22 +430,6 @@
       }
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1766070988,
-        "narHash": "sha256-G/WVghka6c4bAzMhTwT2vjLccg/awmHkdKSd2JrycLc=",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "c6245e83d836d0433170a16eb185cefe0572f8b8",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1771369470,
         "narHash": "sha256-0NBlEBKkN3lufyvFegY4TYv5mCNHbi5OmBDrzihbBMQ=",
@@ -487,7 +473,7 @@
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "hyprland-git": "hyprland-git",
         "nixcats": "nixcats",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "silentSDDM": "silentSDDM"
       }
     },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a5c86b2..2177a33 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+
     # home-manager, used for managing user configuration
     home-manager = {
       url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/master";
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
       # to avoid problems caused by different versions of nixpkgs.
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+
     silentSDDM = {
       url = "github:uiriansan/SilentSDDM";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -21,13 +23,14 @@
 
     hyprland-git = {
       url = "github:hyprwm/Hyprland/25250527793eb04bb60f103abe7f06370b9f6e1c";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
   };
 
   outputs = inputs @ {
     nixpkgs,
     home-manager,
-    nixcats,
+    silentSDDM,
     ...
   }: {
     nixosConfigurations = {
@@ -35,21 +38,10 @@
         specialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
         modules = [
           ./configuration.nix
-          inputs.silentSDDM.nixosModules.default
-
           # make home-manager as a module of nixos
           # so that home-manager configuration will be deployed automatically when executing `nixos-rebuild switch`
           home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
-          {
-            home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
-            home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
-
-            home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
-
-            home-manager.users.ashley = import ./home.nix;
-
-            # Optionally, use home-manager.extraSpecialArgs to pass arguments to home.nix
-          }
+          silentSDDM.nixosModules.default
         ];
       };
     };
diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index cff5e13..9aff559 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -40,5 +40,29 @@
     };
   };
 
+  services.kanshi = {
+    enable = true;
+    systemdTarget = "hyprland-session.target";
+
+    settings = [
+      {
+        # laptop screen
+        output.criteria = "eDP-1"; # XXX: TODO
+        output.mode = "1920x1080@240.00Hz";
+        output.scale = 1.0;
+        output.adaptiveSync = false; # Variable Refresh Rate
+      }
+      {
+        profile.name = "girlCore";
+        profile.outputs = [
+          {
+            criteria = "eDP-1"; # laptop screen
+            position = "0,0";
+          }
+        ];
+      }
+    ];
+  };
+
   home.stateVersion = "25.11";
 }
diff --git a/modules/neovim/nixcats.nix b/modules/neovim/nixcats.nix
index 2a1aa78..f9c2650 100644
--- a/modules/neovim/nixcats.nix
+++ b/modules/neovim/nixcats.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
-{
-  inputs,
-  config,
-  pkgs,
-  ...
-}: let
+{inputs, ...}: let
   utils = inputs.nixcats.utils;
 in {
-
   imports = [
     inputs.nixcats.homeModule
   ];
-  
+
   config = {
     # this value, nixCats is the defaultPackageName you pass to mkNixosModules
     # it will be the namespace for your options.

From 5dfb68916fb63f9833b0bb6b5359c63de7741287 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _cry64 <them@dobutterfliescry.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:17:35 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] extend pipewire config

---
 configuration.nix | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 07e0ed4..b245492 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@
       })
     ];
   };
-  nix.settings.experimental-features = ["nix-command" "flakes"];
+  nix.settings = {
+    experimental-features = [
+      "nix-command"
+      "flakes"
+    ];
+    download-buffer-size = 524288000; # 500 MiB
+  };
 
   # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
   boot.loader = {
@@ -75,11 +81,20 @@
     libinput.enable = true;
 
     # Enable audio
+    # Multimedia Framework
+    # With backwards compatability for alsa/pulseaudio/jack
     pipewire = {
       enable = true;
+      wireplumber.enable = true;
+
+      alsa.enable = true;
+      alsa.support32Bit = true;
+
       pulse.enable = true;
+      jack.enable = true;
     };
   };
+  security.rtkit.enable = true; # simplifies pipewire's life
 
   programs = {
     hyprland = {

From fdb5a035ddd3cd41f197ef1be71b2ebafb48715b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _cry64 <them@dobutterfliescry.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:20:35 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] add bluetooth support

---
 configuration.nix | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index b245492..2cd0075 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@
   };
 
   hardware = {
+    bluetooth = {
+      enable = true;
+      powerOnBoot = true;
+    };
+
     graphics = {
       enable = true;
       enable32Bit = true;