added some modularity; environment variables

configuration.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, localEnv, ... }:
 
 {
   imports =
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
   boot.loader.grub.enable = true;
   boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda";
 
-  networking.hostName = "galleon";
+  networking.hostName = localEnv.hostname;
   networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
 
-  time.timeZone = "Europe/Vienna";
+  time.timeZone = localEnv.timezone;
 
   services.xserver.enable = true;
   services.xserver.windowManager.dwm.enable = true;

flake.nix

@@ -10,16 +10,27 @@
     };
   };
 
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }@inputs: {
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }@inputs: 
-    nixosConfigurations.galleon = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+    let 
-      system = "x86_64-linux";
+      localEnv = {
+          system = "x86_64-linux";
+          username = "victor";
+          hostname = "galleon";
+          timezone = "Europe/Vienna";
+      };
+    in {
+    nixosConfigurations.${localEnv.hostname} = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+      specialArgs = { inherit localEnv; };
       modules = [
         ./configuration.nix
         home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager 
         {
-          home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+          home-manager = {
-          home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+            useGlobalPkgs = true;
-          home-manager.users.victor = import ./home.nix;
+            useUserPackages = true;
+            extraSpecialArgs = { inherit localEnv; };
+            users.${localEnv.username} = import ./home.nix;
+          };
         }
       ];
     };

home.nix

@@ -1,103 +1,12 @@
-{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, localEnv, ... }:
 
 {
-  home.username = "victor";
+  home.username = localEnv.username;
-  home.homeDirectory = "/home/victor";
+  home.homeDirectory = "/home/" + localEnv.username;
-
+  
-  # link the configuration file in current directory to the specified location in home directory
+  imports = [
-  # home.file.".config/i3/wallpaper.jpg".source = ./wallpaper.jpg;
+    ./modules/xresources.nix
-
+    ./modules/packages.nix
-  # link all files in `./scripts` to `~/.config/i3/scripts`
-  # home.file.".config/i3/scripts" = {
-  #   source = ./scripts;
-  #   recursive = true;   # link recursively
-  #   executable = true;  # make all files executable
-  # };
-
-  # encode the file content in nix configuration file directly
-  # home.file.".xxx".text = ''
-  #     xxx
-  # '';
-
-  home.file.".Xresources".text = ''
-    !! Transparency (0-1):
-   *.alpha: 0.8
-
-   !! Set a default font and font size as below:
-   *.font: IntoneMonoNerdFontMono:size=16
-   *.background: #1d2021
-   *.foreground: #458588
-   *.selbackground: #458588
-   *.selforeground: #1d2021
-
-   /* !! gruvbox: */
-   *.color0: #1d2021
-   *.color1: #cc241d
-   *.color2: #98971a
-   *.color3: #d79921
-   *.color4: #458588
-   *.color5: #b16286
-   *.color6: #689d6a
-   *.color7: #a89984
-   *.color8: #928374
-   *.color9: #fb4934
-   *.color10: #b8bb26
-   *.color11: #fabd2f
-   *.color12: #83a598
-   *.color13: #d3869b
-   *.color14: #8ec07c
-   *.color15: #ebdbb2
-   *.color256: #1d2021
-   *.color257: #ebdbb2
-  '';
-
-  home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    neofetch
-
-    # archives
-    zip
-    xz
-    unzip
-    
-    # big stuff
-    librewolf
-
-    # navigation
-    ripgrep # recursively searches directories for a regex pattern
-    lf # ranger written in C
-    fzf # A command-line fuzzy finder
-    bat # better cat
-
-    # networking tools
-    mtr # A network diagnostic tool
-    iperf3
-    dnsutils  # `dig` + `nslookup`
-    ldns # replacement of `dig`, it provide the command `drill`
-    aria2 # A lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source command-line download utility
-    socat # replacement of openbsd-netcat
-    nmap # A utility for network discovery and security auditing
-    ipcalc  # it is a calculator for the IPv4/v6 addresses
-
-    # misc
-    file
-    gnupg
-
-    # productivity
-    hugo # static site generator
-    glow # markdown previewer in terminal (insanely cool)
-
-    btop  # replacement of htop/nmon
-    iotop # io monitoring
-    iftop # network monitoring
-
-    # system call monitoring
-    strace # system call monitoring
-    ltrace # library call monitoring
-    lsof # list open files
-
-    # system tools
-    pciutils # lspci
-    usbutils # lsusb
   ];
 
   # basic configuration of git, please change to your own
@@ -119,21 +28,6 @@
     };
   };
 
-  # alacritty - a cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator
-  programs.alacritty = {
-    enable = true;
-    # custom settings
-    settings = {
-      env.TERM = "xterm-256color";
-      font = {
-        size = 12;
-        draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors = true;
-      };
-      scrolling.multiplier = 5;
-      selection.save_to_clipboard = true;
-    };
-  };
-
   programs.zsh = {
     enable = true;
     autosuggestion.enable = true;

modules/packages.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    neofetch
+
+    # archives
+    zip
+    xz
+    unzip
+
+    # navigation
+    ripgrep # recursively searches directories for a regex pattern
+    lf # ranger written in C
+    fzf # A command-line fuzzy finder
+    bat # better cat
+
+    # networking tools
+    mtr # A network diagnostic tool
+    iperf3
+    dnsutils  # `dig` + `nslookup`
+    ldns # replacement of `dig`, it provide the command `drill`
+    aria2 # A lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source command-line download utility
+    socat # replacement of openbsd-netcat
+    nmap # A utility for network discovery and security auditing
+    ipcalc  # it is a calculator for the IPv4/v6 addresses
+
+    # misc
+    file
+    gnupg
+
+    # productivity
+    hugo # static site generator
+    glow # markdown previewer in terminal (insanely cool)
+
+    btop  # replacement of htop/nmon
+    iotop # io monitoring
+    iftop # network monitoring
+
+    # system call monitoring
+    strace # system call monitoring
+    ltrace # library call monitoring
+    lsof # list open files
+
+    # system tools
+    pciutils # lspci
+    usbutils # lsusb
+  ];
+}

modules/xresources.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+home.file.".Xresources".text = ''
+  !! Transparency (0-1):
+ *.alpha: 0.8
+
+ !! Set a default font and font size as below:
+ *.font: IntoneMonoNerdFontMono:size=16
+ *.background: #1d2021
+ *.foreground: #458588
+ *.selbackground: #458588
+ *.selforeground: #1d2021
+
+ /* !! gruvbox: */
+ *.color0: #1d2021
+ *.color1: #cc241d
+ *.color2: #98971a
+ *.color3: #d79921
+ *.color4: #458588
+ *.color5: #b16286
+ *.color6: #689d6a
+ *.color7: #a89984
+ *.color8: #928374
+ *.color9: #fb4934
+ *.color10: #b8bb26
+ *.color11: #fabd2f
+ *.color12: #83a598
+ *.color13: #d3869b
+ *.color14: #8ec07c
+ *.color15: #ebdbb2
+ *.color256: #1d2021
+ *.color257: #ebdbb2
+'';
+}