attempt modularilty

systems/_common/configuration.nix

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ in
   imports =
     [
       # Include the results of the hardware scan.
-      # Note we need to be in the /etc/nixos directory with this entire config repo for this relative path to work
       (/${settings.systemsDir}/${settings.system.hostname}/hardware-configuration.nix)
       # home manager import
       (import "${home-manager}/nixos")

systems/joe/configuration.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, settings, ... } @ args:
+{
+  imports =
+    [
+      (settings.usersDir + "/root/configuration.nix")
+      (settings.usersDir + "/josh/configuration.nix")
+    ];
+
+  # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
+  boot.loader = {
+    systemd-boot = {
+      enable = true;
+      consoleMode = "keep";
+    };
+    timeout = 5;
+    efi = {
+      canTouchEfiVariables = true;
+    };
+  };
+
+  # We want connectivity
+  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
+  hardware.bluetooth.enable = true;
+
+  # Enable sound.
+  sound.enable = true;
+  hardware.pulseaudio.enable = true;
+  hardware.pulseaudio.package = pkgs.pulseaudioFull;
+
+  hardware.enableAllFirmware = true;
+
+  # I want this globally even for root so doing it outside of home manager
+  services.xserver.xkbOptions = "caps:escape";
+  console = {
+    earlySetup = true;
+    packages = with pkgs; [ terminus_font ];
+    # We want to be able to read the screen so use a 32 sized font...
+    # font = "${pkgs.terminus_font}/share/consolefonts/ter-132n.psf.gz";
+    useXkbConfig = true; # use xkb.options in tty. (caps -> escape)
+  };
+
+  # Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
+  services.openssh.enable = true;
+  services.openssh.settings.PermitRootLogin = "yes";
+
+  # Open ports in the firewall.
+  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [
+    22 # sshd
+  ];
+  # networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
+
+  fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
+    (nerdfonts.override { fonts = [ "JetBrainsMono" ]; })
+  ];
+
+  services.xserver.enable = true;
+  services.xserver.displayManager.gdm = {
+    enable = true;
+    autoSuspend = false;
+  };
+  services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
+  services.gnome.core-utilities.enable = false;
+
+  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
+  # $ nix search wget
+  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    # extras, more for my neovim setup TODO move these into a more isolated place for nvim setup? Should be its own flake probably
+    cargo
+    rustc
+    nodejs_21
+    python313
+    # ripgrep # now in common
+    nodePackages.cspell
+  ];
+
+  # does for all shells. Can use `programs.zsh.shellAliases` for specific ones
+  environment.shellAliases = {
+    wifi = "nmtui";
+  };
+}

systems/joe/hardware-configuration.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
+# and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
+# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
+{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports =
+    [ (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
+    ];
+
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "ahci" "nvme" "usbhid" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+
+  fileSystems."/" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-label/NIXROOT";
+      fsType = "ext4";
+    };
+
+  fileSystems."/boot" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-label/NIXBOOT";
+      fsType = "vfat";
+    };
+
+  swapDevices = [ ];
+
+  # Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
+  # (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's
+  # still possible to use this option, but it's recommended to use it in conjunction
+  # with explicit per-interface declarations with `networking.interfaces.<interface>.useDHCP`.
+  networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.enp2s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.wlo1.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
+  hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
+}