ver. 24.11
… Hello World…
Help a newb with a simple(for y’all anyway) build. So far I’ve gotten some tools installed and brute de-bloated GNOME.
I don’t need home manager, I will be the ONLY person using this laptop, so I might need all of 2 user profiles for security purposes.
I’m new enough I absolutely get overwhelmed finding the right version of instructions to follow lol
… Help lol…
Alright, before I dive into flakes and python craziness, I really want to get my system as lean as possible. You can see from what I’m excluding that most of the GNOME stuff is disabled.
What do I actually need to install for GNOME if I’m turning all this off?
this is what my configuration.nix looks like right now:
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
imports =
[ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
./hardware-configuration.nix
];
# Bootloader.
boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
# networking.wireless.enable = true; # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
# Configure network proxy if necessary
# networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
# networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";
# Enable networking
networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
# Set your time zone.
time.timeZone = "America/Los_Angeles";
# Select internationalisation properties.
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";
};
# Enable the X11 windowing system.
services.xserver.enable = true;
# Enable the GNOME Desktop Environment.
services.xserver.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
# Configure keymap in X11
services.xserver.xkb = {
layout = "us";
variant = "";
};
# Enable CUPS to print documents.
services.printing.enable = true;
# Enable sound with pipewire.
hardware.pulseaudio.enable = false;
security.rtkit.enable = true;
services.pipewire = {
enable = true;
alsa.enable = true;
alsa.support32Bit = true;
pulse.enable = true;
# If you want to use JACK applications, uncomment this
#jack.enable = true;
# use the example session manager (no others are packaged yet so this is enabled by default,
# no need to redefine it in your config for now)
#media-session.enable = true;
};
# Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
# Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
users.users.cosmic = {
isNormalUser = true;
description = "cosmic";
extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
packages = with pkgs; [
# thunderbird
];
};
# Install firefox.
programs.firefox.enable = true;
# Allow unfree packages
nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
# List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
# $ nix search wget
# EXPERIMENTAL package features
nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" ];
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
wget
gnome-terminal
gitFull
github-desktop
libreoffice
util-linux
];
environment.gnome.excludePackages = with pkgs.gnome; [
gnome-calculator
gnome-calendar
gnome-clocks
#gnome-control-center
gnome-initial-setup
gnome-maps
gnome-music
gnome-weather
#pkgs.gnome-connections
pkgs.gnome-contacts
pkgs.gnome-online-accounts
pkgs.gnome-tour
#pkgs.snapshot
cheese
epiphany
evince
geary
simple-scan
totem
yelp
];
# Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
# started in user sessions.
# programs.mtr.enable = true;
# programs.gnupg.agent = {
# enable = true;
# enableSSHSupport = true;
# };
# List services that you want to enable:
# Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
# services.openssh.enable = true;
# Open ports in the firewall.
# networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
# networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
# Or disable the firewall altogether.
# networking.firewall.enable = false;
# This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
# settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
# on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave
# this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
# Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
# (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
system.stateVersion = "24.11"; # Did you read the comment?
}
just a little ridiculous 
