refactor(settings): remove redundant options

Reviewed-on: #2

README.md

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # 0x29a nixos config
 
-My personal nixos configuration files.
+My personal nixos configuration files for different environments.
 
 ## basic system installation
 
-- The installations in this repository are always luks encrypted
+- The installations presented in this repository are always luks encrypted
 - For simplicity I'm using device labels rather than uuids
 
 1. the partitioning layout should look somewhat like this after the installation
@@ -111,8 +111,24 @@ $ sudo nixos-rebuild --install-bootloader switch --flake .#host_name
 $ cd /path/to/repo
 $ sudo nix flake update
 $ sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#host_name
+$ sudo nix-collect-garbage
 ```
 
+## how to use nix-helper
+
+The tool nix-helper is installed by this configuration. It simplifies administrating nixos and adds more output to the rebuild command. It also features a diff after a successful build. The command uses the `NH_FLAKE` environment variable to be able to run from whatever directory.
+
+Basic commands with a set `NH_FLAKE` variable are:
+
+```bash
+$ nh os switch
+$ nh os build
+$ nh os test
+$ nh clean all --keep 5
+```
+
+There is also the option to interface with home-manager by using `nh home switch`but this isn't necessary since home-manager is imported as a module in this config.
+
 ## author
 
 aaron <aaron@0x29a.ch>

flake.lock

@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1766282146,
-        "narHash": "sha256-0V/nKU93KdYGi+5LB/MVo355obBJw/2z9b2xS3bPJxY=",
+        "lastModified": 1767048910,
+        "narHash": "sha256-KLFTeA/xquN+F3XHLAXcserk0L0nijbhzuldxNDF1eE=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "61fcc9de76b88e55578eb5d79fc80f2b236df707",
+        "rev": "d99b4ca5debaa082c7d76015aa2b7f3fc7e8b5f7",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1766070988,
-        "narHash": "sha256-G/WVghka6c4bAzMhTwT2vjLccg/awmHkdKSd2JrycLc=",
+        "lastModified": 1766902085,
+        "narHash": "sha256-coBu0ONtFzlwwVBzmjacUQwj3G+lybcZ1oeNSQkgC0M=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "c6245e83d836d0433170a16eb185cefe0572f8b8",
+        "rev": "c0b0e0fddf73fd517c3471e546c0df87a42d53f4",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@
         "systems": "systems"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1766273987,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Y8hL2zGyt7xn5J1V806GJ9tMEk6NgVlU7xe4dS4fThE=",
+        "lastModified": 1767002962,
+        "narHash": "sha256-HGFRwMRUwt56E+SiVX9YQOzpOwHy0/rtEqMoEbkF8Yg=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "nixvim",
-        "rev": "ff00fe1512dfcb31b01d770738de9299b434449b",
+        "rev": "63c957603751f0a107c4d9c2cbaff1c8749fc9f1",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1766317205,
-        "narHash": "sha256-PYlMsenwZCG5TrxQSyTraPw8WQwk4FGnbyFdFMuAeYA=",
+        "lastModified": 1767099893,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Z39jG7z4XD+H2KPSgWR0rQS3di1mTblRI5kyqcL3g7w=",
         "owner": "noctalia-dev",
         "repo": "noctalia-shell",
-        "rev": "51aa9fe16b0cc0dc4daa7c447843b36923434f2e",
+        "rev": "015ff66fbd85abda4573d864466ecf9fc64f233b",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {

flake.nix

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  description = "0x29a ecosystem NixOS flake";
+  description = "0x29a NixOS flake";
   
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
           ./hosts/default/configuration.nix
           home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
           {
-            home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
-            home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
             home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
             home-manager.users.aaron.imports = [
               nixvim.homeModules.nixvim
@@ -47,8 +45,6 @@
           ./hosts/neon/configuration.nix
           home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
           {
-            home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
-            home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
             home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
             home-manager.users.aaron.imports = [
               nixvim.homeModules.nixvim

hosts/neon/configuration.nix

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
   imports = [
     ../../modules/nixos/audio.nix
     ../../modules/nixos/bootloader.nix
-    ../../modules/nixos/compositor.nix
     ../../modules/nixos/gnupg.nix
     ../../modules/nixos/locales.nix
     ../../modules/nixos/networking.nix
+    ../../modules/nixos/niri.nix
     ../../modules/nixos/noctalia.nix
     ../../modules/nixos/openssh.nix
     ../../modules/nixos/packages.nix

modules/nixos/settings.nix

@@ -1,8 +1,36 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
 {
-  # use flakes and nix command
-  nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
+  nix = {
+    # nix settings
+    settings = {
+      # enable flakes and nix-command
+      experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
+      # auto-optimize my nix-store
+      auto-optimise-store = true;
+      # use all cores
+      max-jobs = "auto";  
+      # use all available cores per job
+      cores = 0;          
+      # add trusted substituters (binary caches)
+      substituters = [
+        "https://cache.nixos.org"
+        "https://nix-community.cachix.org"
+      ];
+      # add keys
+      trusted-public-keys = [
+        "cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY="
+        "nix-community.cachix.org-1:mB9FSh9qf2dCimDSUo8Zy7bkq5CX+/rkCWyvRCYg3Fs="
+      ];
+    };
+    
+    # enable automatic garbage collection
+    gc = {
+      automatic = true;
+      dates = "weekly";
+      options = "--delete-older-than 7d";
+    };
+  };
 
   # links /libexec from derivations to /run/current-system/sw
   environment.pathsToLink = [ "/libexec" ];