Niri

An incredible scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.

Hyprland

My first Wayland compositor experience.

XMonad

XMonad will be forever in my heart — the best X window manager!

NeoVim

My NeoVim configuration lives here: https://github.com/gvolpe/neovim-flake

Structure

Flake outputs

$ dnix flake show --drv-names github:gvolpe/nix-config
├───homeConfigurations
│   ├───hyprland-edp: Home Manager configuration [home-manager-generation]
│   ├───hyprland-hdmi: Home Manager configuration [home-manager-generation]
│   ├───hyprland-hdmi-mutable: Home Manager configuration [home-manager-generation]
│   ├───niri-edp: Home Manager configuration [home-manager-generation]
│   ├───niri-hdmi: Home Manager configuration [home-manager-generation]
│   ├───xmonad-edp: Home Manager configuration [home-manager-generation]
│   └───xmonad-hdmi: Home Manager configuration [home-manager-generation]
├───nixosConfigurations
│   ├───aorus: NixOS configuration [nixos-system-aorus-26.11.20260702.6517942]
│   ├───dell-xps: NixOS configuration [nixos-system-dell-xps-15-9560-26.11.20260702.6517942]
│   ├───thinkpad-x1: NixOS configuration [nixos-system-thinkpad-x1-26.11.20260702.6517942]
│   ├───tongfang-amd: NixOS configuration [nixos-system-thinkpad-x1-26.11.20260702.6517942]
│   └───xmod: NixOS configuration [nixos-system-nixos-vm-26.11.20260702.6517942]
├───out
│   ├───overlays: custom instance to be used by consumers of this flake
│   └───pkgs: custom instance to be used by consumers of this flake
└───packages
    └───x86_64-linux
        ├───bazecor: package [bazecor-1.6.5]
        ├───metals: package [metals-1.6.7]
        ├───metals-updater: package [metals-updater-script]
        ├───neovim: package [neovim-0.12.3]
        ├───nix: package [determinate-nix-3.21.8]
        ├───quickemu: package [quickemu-4.9.9]
        └───slack: package [slack-4.49.89]

As well as all the declared flake inputs.

nix flake metadata github:gvolpe/nix-config

Install

The xmod configuration also contains my Home Manager configuration using the NixOS module, so it can easily be tested with a single command.

nixos-rebuild switch --flake github:gvolpe/nix-config#xmod

Or you can test it directly on a QEMU virtual machine, though it has its limitations in terms of graphics.

nixos-rebuild build-vm --flake github:gvolpe/nix-config#xmod
./result/bin/run-xmod-amd-vm

Having both NixOS and Home Manager configurations combined makes it easier to quickly install it on a new machine, but my preference is to have both separate, as my Home Manager configuration changes more often than that of the NixOS one, which can result in multiple (unwanted) generations at boot time.

Managing the different Home Manager generations in isolation makes this way easier for me.

NixOS

The NixOS configuration can be installed by running the following command.

nixos-rebuild switch --flake github:gvolpe/nix-config#thinkpad-x1

Beware that the hardware-configuration.nix file is the result of the hardware scan of the specific machine and might not be suitable for yours.

Home Manager

A fresh install requires the creation of certain directories (see what the switch script does). However, if you omit those steps, the entire HM configuration can also be built as any other flake.

nix build github:gvolpe/nix-config#homeConfigurations.xmonad-edp.activationPackage
result/activate

Fresh install

To set up a new machine from scratch, have a look at this document.

LICENSE

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this project except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.