refactor: clean up config

flake.nix

@@ -2,25 +2,34 @@
   description = "0x29a NixOS flake config";
 
   inputs = {
+
+    # the main nix package collection
     nixpkgs = {
       url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
     };
+
+    # home manager for dotfiles
     home-manager = {
       url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+
   };
 
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }@inputs: {
+
+    # nixos system config
     nixosConfigurations.default = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
       system = "x86_64-linux";
       specialArgs = {inherit inputs;};
+
       modules = [
+        # import host specific configs
         ./hosts/default/configuration.nix
+        # import host specific hardware configs
         ./hosts/default/hardware-configuration.nix
-	{ home-manager.users.aaron = import ./hosts/default/home.nix; }
-        home-manager.nixosModules.default
       ];
     };
   };
+
 }

hosts/default/configuration.nix

@@ -58,23 +58,28 @@
     keyMap = "de_CH-latin1";
   };
 
-  # xserver config
+  # window manager configs
   services.xserver = {
     enable = true;
     xkb.layout = "ch";
     xkb.options = "eurosign:e,caps:escape";
-    windowManager.i3 = {
+
+    windowManager.qtile = {
       enable = true;
-      extraPackages = with pkgs; [
+      extraPackages = python3Packages: with python3Packages; [
-        dmenu
+        qtile-extras
-        i3status
       ];
     };
   };
 
-  # window manager configs
+  #services.displayManager.lightdm.enable = true;
-  services.displayManager.defaultSession = "none+i3";
+  #services.desktopManager.session = [ {
-  programs.i3lock.enable = true;
+  #  name = "qtile";
+  #  start = ''
+  #    exec ${pkgs.qtile}/bin/qtile start
+  #  '';
+  #} ];
+
   environment.pathsToLink = [ "/libexec" ];
   environment.variables.EDITOR = "vim";
 

hosts/default/home.nix

@@ -1,39 +1,12 @@
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, inputs, ... }:
 
 {
-  # Home Manager needs a bit of information about you and the paths it should
+  # user config
-  # manage.
   home.username = "aaron";
   home.homeDirectory = "/home/aaron";
 
-  # This value determines the Home Manager release that your configuration is
+  # packages
-  # compatible with. This helps avoid breakage when a new Home Manager release
-  # introduces backwards incompatible changes.
-  #
-  # You should not change this value, even if you update Home Manager. If you do
-  # want to update the value, then make sure to first check the Home Manager
-  # release notes.
-  home.stateVersion = "25.05"; # Please read the comment before changing.
-
-  # The home.packages option allows you to install Nix packages into your
-  # environment.
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    # # Adds the 'hello' command to your environment. It prints a friendly
-    # # "Hello, world!" when run.
-    # pkgs.hello
-
-    # # It is sometimes useful to fine-tune packages, for example, by applying
-    # # overrides. You can do that directly here, just don't forget the
-    # # parentheses. Maybe you want to install Nerd Fonts with a limited number of
-    # # fonts?
-    # (pkgs.nerdfonts.override { fonts = [ "FantasqueSansMono" ]; })
-
-    # # You can also create simple shell scripts directly inside your
-    # # configuration. For example, this adds a command 'my-hello' to your
-    # # environment:
-    # (pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "my-hello" ''
-    #   echo "Hello, ${config.home.username}!"
-    # '')
     fastfetch
     zip
     xz
@@ -72,41 +45,20 @@
     userEmail = "aaron@0x29a.ch";
   };
 
-  # Home Manager is pretty good at managing dotfiles. The primary way to manage
+  # deploy qtile config
-  # plain files is through 'home.file'.
+  home.file."qtile-config" = {
-  home.file = {
+    target = ".config/qtile/config.py";
-    # # Building this configuration will create a copy of 'dotfiles/screenrc' in
+    source = "${inputs.qtile-config}/qtile_config/config.py";
-    # # the Nix store. Activating the configuration will then make '~/.screenrc' a
+    force = true;
-    # # symlink to the Nix store copy.
-    # ".screenrc".source = dotfiles/screenrc;
-
-    # # You can also set the file content immediately.
-    # ".gradle/gradle.properties".text = ''
-    #   org.gradle.console=verbose
-    #   org.gradle.daemon.idletimeout=3600000
-    # '';
   };
 
-  # Home Manager can also manage your environment variables through
-  # 'home.sessionVariables'. These will be explicitly sourced when using a
-  # shell provided by Home Manager. If you don't want to manage your shell
-  # through Home Manager then you have to manually source 'hm-session-vars.sh'
-  # located at either
-  #
-  #  ~/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh
-  #
-  # or
-  #
-  #  ~/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh
-  #
-  # or
-  #
-  #  /etc/profiles/per-user/aaron/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh
-  #
   home.sessionVariables = {
-    # EDITOR = "emacs";
+    EDITOR = "vim";
   };
 
-  # Let Home Manager install and manage itself.
+  # enable home manager
   programs.home-manager.enable = true;
+
+  # don't change
+  home.stateVersion = "25.05";
 }