diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 48fa56a..0ea0331 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -1418,11 +1418,11 @@
         "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay_3"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1735017137,
-        "narHash": "sha256-JXVFiAO3NpnxED+//+MS0aEElIJlUIsCyiWL5mEooug=",
+        "lastModified": 1735329660,
+        "narHash": "sha256-orVsy4BTlJjFFl8sZdKf0qOH0A7eISKqxu9upISnFw8=",
         "ref": "refs/heads/master",
-        "rev": "31b96e313a70650fee70bd33765bb4ffbeabcb1e",
-        "revCount": 247,
+        "rev": "b43def52fc1f11d6438bc657842b1b876ffebbcd",
+        "revCount": 248,
         "type": "git",
         "url": "https://git.joshuabell.xyz/nvim"
       },
diff --git a/hosts/oren/flake.lock b/hosts/oren/flake.lock
index 5dcec72..58cb233 100644
--- a/hosts/oren/flake.lock
+++ b/hosts/oren/flake.lock
@@ -25,6 +25,33 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "cosmic": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "mods_de_cosmic",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs-stable": [
+          "mods_de_cosmic",
+          "nixpkgs-stable"
+        ],
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay_2"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1735263434,
+        "narHash": "sha256-5Bn1c2sWzedpGV+PNfXtoainQ3uUKkx/v7T3N6lKKms=",
+        "owner": "lilyinstarlight",
+        "repo": "nixos-cosmic",
+        "rev": "e5fdfe023742172ec0e7af0ca6d88362228d14b7",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "lilyinstarlight",
+        "repo": "nixos-cosmic",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "crane": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1725409566,
@@ -64,6 +91,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "flake-compat": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1717312683,
+        "narHash": "sha256-FrlieJH50AuvagamEvWMIE6D2OAnERuDboFDYAED/dE=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "rev": "38fd3954cf65ce6faf3d0d45cd26059e059f07ea",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "flake-utils": {
       "inputs": {
         "systems": "systems_2"
@@ -129,12 +172,12 @@
     "mods_boot_systemd": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1,
-        "narHash": "sha256-q8gMFwivaZtlaqp44mV7W5M8T5RkBhvjnikr6Ed4xIQ=",
-        "path": "/nix/store/prvi2x26ymzgydzr49na2qs7ihgjrq2d-source/modules/boot_systemd",
+        "narHash": "sha256-9Z/Z8Y4Q1q95zUeJWfUQFyeaAVkhb804kd3tiBpHfpI=",
+        "path": "/nix/store/ka4sn5h3pw93s1j7blv48vn30jfxiw19-source/modules/boot_systemd",
         "type": "path"
       },
       "original": {
-        "path": "/nix/store/prvi2x26ymzgydzr49na2qs7ihgjrq2d-source/modules/boot_systemd",
+        "path": "/nix/store/ka4sn5h3pw93s1j7blv48vn30jfxiw19-source/modules/boot_systemd",
         "type": "path"
       }
     },
@@ -147,12 +190,33 @@
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1,
-        "narHash": "sha256-lWrwhvR+E4BC9vSKptGrAKy0C12HeasTMCtDmqI0rdY=",
-        "path": "/nix/store/prvi2x26ymzgydzr49na2qs7ihgjrq2d-source/modules/common",
+        "narHash": "sha256-Hgc2b0w7x9oi15wHy45ZAZ3w6UEESORoDNZX2tVyYmc=",
+        "path": "/nix/store/ka4sn5h3pw93s1j7blv48vn30jfxiw19-source/modules/common",
         "type": "path"
       },
       "original": {
-        "path": "/nix/store/prvi2x26ymzgydzr49na2qs7ihgjrq2d-source/modules/common",
+        "path": "/nix/store/ka4sn5h3pw93s1j7blv48vn30jfxiw19-source/modules/common",
+        "type": "path"
+      }
+    },
+    "mods_de_cosmic": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "cosmic": "cosmic",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs-stable": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1,
+        "narHash": "sha256-R80oVWKVWJJBUCYgMiyTtP1X25zf7zo4C0Ziwrrt7aA=",
+        "path": "/nix/store/ka4sn5h3pw93s1j7blv48vn30jfxiw19-source/modules/de_cosmic",
+        "type": "path"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "path": "/nix/store/ka4sn5h3pw93s1j7blv48vn30jfxiw19-source/modules/de_cosmic",
         "type": "path"
       }
     },
@@ -202,6 +266,7 @@
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "mods_boot_systemd": "mods_boot_systemd",
         "mods_common": "mods_common",
+        "mods_de_cosmic": "mods_de_cosmic",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       }
     },
@@ -227,6 +292,28 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "rust-overlay_2": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "mods_de_cosmic",
+          "cosmic",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1735180071,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ceUDFBsLf5Cz3GlhQAdaJsEfi5s1MDjDsO9VvPFoKAE=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "550e1f10be4a504747a7894c35e887e61235763b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "systems": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1681028828,
diff --git a/hosts/oren/flake.nix b/hosts/oren/flake.nix
index eb86820..9a01591 100644
--- a/hosts/oren/flake.nix
+++ b/hosts/oren/flake.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
     mods_common.url = "../../modules/common";
     mods_common.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     mods_boot_systemd.url = "../../modules/boot_systemd";
+    mods_de_cosmic.url = "../../modules/de_cosmic";
+    mods_de_cosmic.inputs.nixpkgs-stable.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    mods_de_cosmic.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
   };
 
   outputs =
diff --git a/hosts_old/oren/configuration.nix b/hosts_old/oren/configuration.nix
index b38eb59..d345e74 100644
--- a/hosts_old/oren/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts_old/oren/configuration.nix
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 
   # My custom modules
   mods = {
-    boot_systemd.enable = true;
-    shell_common.enable = true;
+    boot_systemd.enable = true; # new
+    shell_common.enable = true; # new
     de_cosmic.enable = true;
     neovim.enable = true;
     tty_caps_esc.enable = true;
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     fonts.enable = true;
     stormd.enable = true;
     nebula.enable = true;
-    ssh.enable = true;
+    ssh.enable = true; # new
     # rustdesk.enable = true;
   };
 
diff --git a/modules/boot_systemd/flake.nix b/modules/boot_systemd/flake.nix
index abbc192..9736349 100644
--- a/modules/boot_systemd/flake.nix
+++ b/modules/boot_systemd/flake.nix
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
             ...
           }:
           {
-            options = {
-            };
-
             config = {
               # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
               boot.loader = {
diff --git a/modules/common/flake.nix b/modules/common/flake.nix
index ed5bdf3..87fa5a0 100644
--- a/modules/common/flake.nix
+++ b/modules/common/flake.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  description = "Common flake for all of my systems. ANy logic that I do on all my ssystems I put here so that I don't need to put it into sepratate nix flakes. This includes some basic nix[helper] settings, ragenix secrets, and ssh (ssh keys are used for ragenix)";
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
               # NOTE: Ragenix requires services.openssh.enable to be true otherwise it would require manually setting public keys, so ssh is enabled in the common module as well
               ./ssh.nix
               ./ragenix.nix
+              ./shell/common.nix
             ];
             config = {
               _module.args = {
diff --git a/modules/common/shell/common.nix b/modules/common/shell/common.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2aa9016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/common/shell/common.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+with lib;
+{
+  config = {
+    networking = {
+      hostName = config.mods.common.systemName;
+      extraHosts = ''
+        127.0.0.1 local.belljm.com
+        127.0.0.1 n0.local.belljm.com
+        127.0.0.1 n1.local.belljm.com
+        127.0.0.1 n2.local.belljm.com
+        127.0.0.1 n3.local.belljm.com
+        127.0.0.1 n4.local.belljm.com
+      '';
+      # Use nftables not iptables
+      nftables.enable = true;
+      firewall.enable = true;
+    };
+
+    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+      # Basics
+      vim
+      nano
+      wget
+      curl
+      fastfetch
+      bat
+      htop
+      unzip
+      git
+      fzf
+      ripgrep
+      lsof
+      killall
+      hdparm
+      speedtest-cli
+      ffmpeg-full
+      appimage-run
+    ];
+
+    environment.shellAliases = {
+      n = "nvim";
+      nn = "nvim --headless '+SessionDelete' +qa > /dev/null 2>&1 && nvim";
+      bat = "bat --theme Coldark-Dark";
+      cat = "bat --pager=never -p";
+      # TODO this may not be needed now that I am using `nh` clean mode (see /hosts/_common/configuration.nix#programs.nh)
+      nix-boot-clean = "find '/boot/loader/entries' -type f ! -name 'windows.conf' | head -n -4 | xargs -I {} rm {}; nix store gc; nixos-rebuild boot; echo; df";
+
+      # general unix
+      date_compact = "date +'%Y%m%d'";
+      date_short = "date +'%Y-%m-%d'";
+      ls = "ls --color -Gah";
+      ll = "ls --color -Galh";
+      lss = "du --max-depth=0 -h * 2>/dev/null | sort -hr";
+      psg = "ps aux | head -n 1 && ps aux | grep -v 'grep' | grep";
+      cl = "clear";
+
+      # git
+      stash = "git stash";
+      pop = "git stash pop";
+      branch = "git checkout -b";
+      status = "git status";
+      diff = "git diff";
+      branches = "git branch -a";
+      gcam = "git commit -a -m";
+      gcm = "git commit -m";
+      stashes = "git stash list";
+
+      # ripgrep
+      rg = "rg --no-ignore";
+      rgf = "rg --files 2>/dev/null | rg";
+    };
+
+    environment.shellInit = builtins.readFile ./common.sh;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/common/shell/common.sh b/modules/common/shell/common.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e244f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/common/shell/common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+# Check if ~/.config/environment exists and source all files within it
+if [ -d "$HOME/.config/environment" ]; then
+  for file in "$HOME/.config/environment/"*; do
+    if [ -r "$file" ]; then
+      if ! . "$file"; then
+        echo "Failed to source $file"
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
+# Basics
+htop_psg () {
+  htop -p $(psg $1 | awk '{r=r s $2;s=","} END{print r}')
+}
+
+htop_pid () {
+  htop -p $(ps -ef | awk -v proc=$1 '$3 == proc { cnt++;if (cnt == 1) { printf "%s",$2 } else { printf ",%s",$2 } }')
+}
+
+psg_kill() {
+  ps aux | grep -v "grep" | grep "${1}" | awk '{print $2}' | while read -r pid; do
+    if [ -n "${pid}" ]; then
+      echo "killing ${pid}"
+      kill -9 "${pid}" &> /dev/null
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
+psg_terminate() {
+  ps aux | grep -v "grep" | grep "${1}" | awk '{print $2}' | while read -r pid; do
+    if [ -n "${pid}" ]; then
+      echo "Terminating ${pid}"
+      kill -15 "${pid}" &> /dev/null
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
+psg_skill() {
+  ps aux | grep -v "grep" | grep "${1}" | awk '{print $2}' | while read -r pid; do
+    if [ -n "${pid}" ]; then
+      echo "Killing ${pid}"
+      sudo kill -9 "${pid}" &> /dev/null
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
+mail_clear() {
+  : > /var/mail/$USER
+}
+
+speedtest_fs () {
+  dir=$(pwd)
+  drive=$(df -h ${dir} | awk 'NR==2 {print $1}')
+  echo Testing read speeds on drive ${drive}
+  sudo hdparm -Tt ${drive}
+  test_file=$(date +%u%m%d)
+  test_file="${dir}/speedtest_fs_${test_file}"
+  echo
+  echo Testing write speeds into test file: ${test_file}
+  dd if=/dev/zero of=${test_file} bs=8k count=10k; rm -f ${test_file}
+}
+
+speedtest_internet () {
+  speedtest-cli
+}
+
+# git
+getdefault () {
+  git remote show origin | grep "HEAD branch" | sed 's/.*: //'
+}
+
+master () {
+  git stash
+  git checkout $(getdefault)
+  pull
+}
+
+mp () {
+  master
+  prunel
+}
+
+pullmaster () {
+  git pull origin $(getdefault)
+}
+
+push () {
+  B=$(git branch | sed -n -e 's/^\* \(.*\)/\1/p')
+  git pull origin $B
+  git push origin $B --no-verify
+}
+
+pull () {
+  git fetch
+  B=$(git branch | sed -n -e 's/^\* \(.*\)/\1/p')
+  git pull origin $B
+}
+
+forcepush () {
+  B=$(git branch | sed -n -e 's/^\* \(.*\)/\1/p')
+  git push origin $B --force
+}
+
+remote_branches () {
+  git branch -a | grep 'remotes' | grep -v -E '.*(HEAD|${DEFAULT})' | cut -d'/' -f 3-
+}
+
+local_branches () {
+  git branch -a | grep -v 'remotes' | grep -v -E '.*(HEAD|${DEFAULT})' | grep -v '^*' |  cut -d' ' -f 3-
+}
+
+prunel () {
+  git fetch
+  git remote prune origin
+
+  for local in $(local_branches); do
+    in=false
+    for remote in $(remote_branches); do
+      if [[ ${local} = ${remote} ]]; then
+        in=true
+      fi
+    done;
+    if [[ $in = 'false' ]]; then
+      git branch -D ${local}
+    else
+      echo 'Skipping branch '${local}
+    fi
+  done;
+}
+
+checkout () {
+  git fetch
+  git checkout $1
+  pull
+}
+
+from_master () {
+  git checkout $(getdefault) $@
+}
+
+
+# nix
+alias nixpkgs=nixpkg
+nixpkg () {
+  if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: No arguments provided. Please specify at least one package."
+    return 1
+  fi
+  cmd="nix shell"
+  for pkg in "$@"; do
+    cmd="$cmd \"nixpkgs#$pkg\""
+  done
+  eval $cmd
+}
+
+# Marks some files as in "git" but they won't actually get pushed up to the git repo
+# Usefull for `gintent .envrc flake.lock flake.nix` to add nix items required by flakes in a git repo that won't want flakes added
+gintent() {
+    for file in "$@"; do
+        if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+            git add --intent-to-add "$file"
+            git update-index --assume-unchanged "$file"
+            echo "Intent added for $file"
+        else
+            echo "File not found: $file"
+        fi
+    done
+}
+alias gintentnix="gintent .envrc flake.lock flake.nix"
+
diff --git a/modules/de_cosmic/config/com.system76.CosmicComp/v1/input_default b/modules/de_cosmic/config/com.system76.CosmicComp/v1/input_default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa5c71c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/de_cosmic/config/com.system76.CosmicComp/v1/input_default
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(
+    state: Enabled,
+    scroll_config: Some((
+        method: None,
+        natural_scroll: Some(true),
+        scroll_button: None,
+        scroll_factor: None,
+    )),
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/de_cosmic/flake.nix b/modules/de_cosmic/flake.nix
index 4124a1c..78a1874 100644
--- a/modules/de_cosmic/flake.nix
+++ b/modules/de_cosmic/flake.nix
@@ -11,70 +11,64 @@
 
   outputs =
     {
-      self,
       cosmic,
-      nixpkgs,
       ...
     }:
-    let
-      lib = nixpkgs.lib;
-
-      cosmicConfigDir = ./config;
-      cosmicFiles = builtins.attrNames (builtins.readDir cosmicConfigDir);
-      cosmicConfigFiles = builtins.map (fileName: {
-        name = "cosmic/${fileName}";
-        value = {
-          source = "${cosmicConfigDir}/${fileName}";
-        };
-      }) cosmicFiles;
-      cosmicConfigFilesAttrs = builtins.listToAttrs cosmicConfigFiles;
-    in
-    with lib;
     {
       nixosModules = {
-        default = {
-          options = {
-            # mods.de_cosmic = {
-            #   nvidiaExtraDisplayFix = mkOption {
-            #     type = types.bool;
-            #     default = false;
-            #     description = ''
-            #       Enable extra display fix for nvidia cards.
-            #     '';
-            #   };
-            # };
-          };
-          config = {
+        default =
+          {
+            config,
+            lib,
+            pkgs,
+            ...
+          }:
+          with lib;
+          {
+            options.mods.de_cosmic = {
+              users = mkOption {
+                type = types.listOf types.str;
+                description = "Users to apply cosmic DE settings to.";
+                default = [
+                  "root"
+                ] ++ (lib.optionals (config.mods.common.primaryUser != null) [ config.mods.common.primaryUser ]);
+              };
+            };
+
             imports = [
               cosmic.nixosModules.default
             ];
 
-            # Use cosmic binary cache
-            nix.settings = {
-              substituters = [ "https://cosmic.cachix.org/" ];
-              trusted-public-keys = [ "cosmic.cachix.org-1:Dya9IyXD4xdBehWjrkPv6rtxpmMdRel02smYzA85dPE=" ];
-            };
+            config = {
 
-            environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-              wl-clipboard
-            ];
+              # Use cosmic binary cache
+              nix.settings = {
+                substituters = [ "https://cosmic.cachix.org/" ];
+                trusted-public-keys = [ "cosmic.cachix.org-1:Dya9IyXD4xdBehWjrkPv6rtxpmMdRel02smYzA85dPE=" ];
+              };
 
-            # Enable cosmic
-            services.desktopManager.cosmic.enable = true;
-            services.displayManager.cosmic-greeter.enable = true;
-            environment.cosmic.excludePackages = with pkgs; [
-              cosmic-edit
-              cosmic-term
-              cosmic-store
-            ];
+              environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+                wl-clipboard
+              ];
 
-            # Config
-            home-manager.backupFileExtension = "bak";
-            home-manager.users.${settings.user.username} = {
-              xdg.configFile = cosmicConfigFilesAttrs;
+              # Enable cosmic
+              services.desktopManager.cosmic.enable = true;
+              services.displayManager.cosmic-greeter.enable = true;
+              environment.cosmic.excludePackages = with pkgs; [
+                cosmic-edit
+                cosmic-term
+                cosmic-store
+              ];
+
+              # Config
+              environment.etc = lib.mkIf (config.mods.de_cosmic.users != null) (
+                lib.genAttrs config.mods.de_cosmic.users (user: {
+                  source = ./config;
+                  target = "/home/${user}/.config/cosmic";
+                })
+              );
             };
           };
-        };
       };
     };
 }
diff --git a/modules_old/de/cosmic/config/com.system76.CosmicComp/v1/input_default b/modules_old/de/cosmic/config/com.system76.CosmicComp/v1/input_default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa5c71c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules_old/de/cosmic/config/com.system76.CosmicComp/v1/input_default
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(
+    state: Enabled,
+    scroll_config: Some((
+        method: None,
+        natural_scroll: Some(true),
+        scroll_button: None,
+        scroll_factor: None,
+    )),
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules_old/shell/common.sh b/modules_old/shell/common.sh
index 018075f..50903ac 100644
--- a/modules_old/shell/common.sh
+++ b/modules_old/shell/common.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 # Check if ~/.config/environment exists and source all files within it
 if [ -d "$HOME/.config/environment" ]; then
   for file in "$HOME/.config/environment/"*; do
-    [ -r "$file" ] && . "$file"
+    if [ -r "$file" ]; then
+      if ! . "$file"; then
+        echo "Failed to source $file"
+      fi
+    fi
   done
 fi
 
diff --git a/users/_common/components/home_manager/tmux/tmux-reset.conf b/users/_common/components/home_manager/tmux/tmux-reset.conf
index 514597c..258c1d4 100644
--- a/users/_common/components/home_manager/tmux/tmux-reset.conf
+++ b/users/_common/components/home_manager/tmux/tmux-reset.conf
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ bind C command-prompt -p "session name:" "new-session -s '%%'"
 
 # Tmux util
 bind : command-prompt
-bind C-D detach
+bind C-d detach
 
 # ==========
 # My options
diff --git a/users/root/configuration.nix b/users/root/configuration.nix
index 721d513..6aa9150 100644
--- a/users/root/configuration.nix
+++ b/users/root/configuration.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
   system.activationScripts.sshConfig = {
     # TODO revisit this, this is stupid and ugly what am I doing here...
+    # this is just making it so that the root user can fetch from github. I don't think I need this anymore...
     text = ''
       mkdir -p /root/.ssh
       ln -snf ${config.age.secrets.nix2github.path} /root/.ssh/nix2github