NixOS module fun

- Group module settings into config files
- no more root configuration outside of flake
- added readme for future me

configuration.nix

@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
-
-{
-  # Base system things that all should know and love
-  system.stateVersion = "25.11";
-  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
-  nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
-  time.timeZone = "America/New_York";
-  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
-  i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
-    LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8";
-  };
-
-  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-    git
-    tailscale
-  ];
-
-  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
-  networking.hostName = "qmoran-laptop";
-
-  # My user for now
-  users.users.qmoran = {
-    isNormalUser = true;
-    description = "quin";
-    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "docker" ];
-    packages = with pkgs; [
-      gh
-      btop
-      kdePackages.kate
-      signal-desktop
-      lazygit
-      element-desktop
-      vscodium
-      vivaldi
-    ];
-  };
-
-  # Bootloader.
-  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
-  boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
-  boot.initrd.luks.devices."luks-df4da4a4-149f-433d-a0c9-efcb7f3acc52".device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/df4da4a4-149f-433d-a0c9-efcb7f3acc52";
-
-  # Services
-  virtualisation.docker.enable = true; # Docker
-  services.printing.enable = true; # CUPS
-  services.tailscale.enable = true; # Tailscale
-
-  # GUI / UX
-  services.xserver.enable = true;
-  services.xserver.excludePackages = [
-    pkgs.xterm
-  ];
-  services.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
-  services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;
-  services.xserver.xkb = {
-    layout = "us";
-    variant = "";
-  };
-
-  # Enable sound with pipewire.
-  services.pulseaudio.enable = false;
-  security.rtkit.enable = true;
-  services.pipewire = {
-    enable = true;
-    alsa.enable = true;
-    alsa.support32Bit = true;
-    pulse.enable = true;
-  };
-}

flake.nix

@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
     nixosConfigurations.qmoran-laptop = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
       system = "x86_64-linux";
       modules = [
-        ./hardware-configuration.nix
+        ./nix/qlhc.nix
-        ./configuration.nix
+        ./nix/common.nix
+        ./nix/user-quin.nix
+        ./nix/gui1.nix
       ];
     };
   };

hardware-configuration.nix

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# 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")
-    ];
-
-  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "thunderbolt" "nvme" ];
-  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
-  boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
-  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
-
-  fileSystems."/" =
-    { device = "/dev/mapper/luks-ca82dbc3-42a8-4582-99b6-0b6d271dc897";
-      fsType = "ext4";
-    };
-
-  boot.initrd.luks.devices."luks-ca82dbc3-42a8-4582-99b6-0b6d271dc897".device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/ca82dbc3-42a8-4582-99b6-0b6d271dc897";
-
-  fileSystems."/boot" =
-    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/5C65-493B";
-      fsType = "vfat";
-      options = [ "fmask=0077" "dmask=0077" ];
-    };
-
-  swapDevices =
-    [ { device = "/dev/mapper/luks-df4da4a4-149f-433d-a0c9-efcb7f3acc52"; }
-    ];
-
-  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
-  hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
-}

nix/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# It's NixOS!
+
+Hello MtV and welcome to my crib. These are all the things pertaining to my nixos stuff.
+
+- [./common.nix](./common.nix) is all the common things that hosts will have configured
+  - Services
+  - locale settings
+  - timezone
+- [./gui1](./gui1.nix) all config things for a linux UX experience, KDE Plasma in this instance, but perhaps there could be a gui2 someday...
+- [./qlhc.nix](./qlhc.nix) this stands for quins-laptop-hardware-configuraion. I'll find a better way to do this stuff later.
+- [./user-quin](./user-quin.nix) my personal user account, here for all to see.
+  - packages
+  - groups

nix/common.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  # Base system things that all should know and love
+  system.stateVersion = "25.11";
+  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+  time.timeZone = "America/New_York";
+  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
+
+  #Services
+  virtualisation.docker.enable = true; # Docker
+  services.printing.enable = true; # CUPS
+  services.tailscale.enable = true; # Tailscale
+
+  nix.settings.experimental-features = [ 
+    "nix-command"
+    "flakes" 
+  ];
+
+  i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
+    LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  };
+
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    git
+    tailscale
+  ];
+}

nix/gui1.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  # GUI / UX
+  services.xserver.enable = true;
+  services.xserver.excludePackages = [
+    pkgs.xterm
+  ];
+  services.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
+  services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;
+  services.xserver.xkb = {
+    layout = "us";
+    variant = "";
+  };
+}

nix/qlhc.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# I modified it >:3
+{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports =[ 
+    (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
+  ];
+
+  networking.hostName = "qmoran-laptop";
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
+  boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "thunderbolt" "nvme" ];
+  hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
+  boot.initrd.luks.devices."luks-ca82dbc3-42a8-4582-99b6-0b6d271dc897".device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/ca82dbc3-42a8-4582-99b6-0b6d271dc897";
+  # boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ]; # Woah this might be helpful for those routers I have!
+  # boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+
+  # Bootloader.
+  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
+  boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
+  boot.initrd.luks.devices."luks-df4da4a4-149f-433d-a0c9-efcb7f3acc52".device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/df4da4a4-149f-433d-a0c9-efcb7f3acc52";
+
+  swapDevices = [ 
+    { 
+      device = "/dev/mapper/luks-df4da4a4-149f-433d-a0c9-efcb7f3acc52"; 
+    }
+  ];
+
+  fileSystems."/" = { 
+    device = "/dev/mapper/luks-ca82dbc3-42a8-4582-99b6-0b6d271dc897";
+    fsType = "ext4";
+  };
+
+  fileSystems."/boot" = { 
+    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/5C65-493B";
+    fsType = "vfat";
+    options = [ 
+      "fmask=0077" 
+      "dmask=0077"
+    ];
+  };
+
+}

nix/user-quin.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  # My user for now
+  users.users.qmoran = {
+    isNormalUser = true;
+    description = "quin";
+    extraGroups = [ 
+      "wheel" 
+      "docker" 
+      "networkmanager" 
+    ];
+    packages = with pkgs; [
+      gh
+      btop
+      ctop
+      kdePackages.kate
+      signal-desktop
+      lazygit
+      element-desktop
+      vscodium
+      vivaldi
+    ];
+  };
+}