All this just to get nyx to even build

modules/base/default.nix

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+{
+  imports = [
+    ./nix
+  ];
+}

modules/base/nix/default.nix

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+{
+  imports = [
+    ./system.nix
+  ];
+}

modules/base/nix/system.nix

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+{
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkDefault;
+in {
+  system = {
+    stateVersion = mkDefault "25.05";
+  };
+}

modules/flake/args.nix

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+{inputs, ...}: {
+  systems = import inputs.systems;
+
+  perSystem = {system, ...}: {
+    # this is what controls how packages in the flake are built, but this is not passed to the
+    # builders in lib which is important to note, since we have to do something different for
+    # the builders to work correctly
+    _module.args.pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs {
+      inherit system;
+      config = {
+        allowUnfree = true;
+        allowUnsupportedSystem = true;
+      };
+      # overlays = [ inputs.nix-topology.overlays.default ];
+    };
+  };
+}

modules/flake/default.nix

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+{
+  imports = [
+    ../../systems
+
+    ./args.nix
+  ];
+}

modules/nixos/boot/default.nix

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+{
+  imports = [
+    ./loader
+    ./generic.nix
+    ./plymouth.nix
+  ];
+}

modules/nixos/boot/generic.nix

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+{
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkIf mkForce mkMerge mkDefault mkOverride;
+  inherit (lib.lists) optionals;
+  inherit (lib.options) mkOption mkEnableOption literalExpression;
+  inherit (lib.types) str raw listOf package;
+
+  cfg = config.olympus.system.boot;
+in {
+  options.olympus.system.boot = {
+    enableKernelTweaks = mkEnableOption "security and performance related kernel parameters";
+    recommendedLoaderConfig = mkEnableOption "tweaks for common bootloader configs per my liking";
+    loadRecommendedModules = mkEnableOption "kernel modules that accommodate for most use cases";
+
+    kernel = mkOption {
+      type = raw;
+      default = pkgs.linuxPackages_6_12;
+      description = "The kernel to use for the system";
+    };
+
+    initrd = {
+      enableTweaks = mkEnableOption "quality of life tweaks for the initrd stage";
+      optimizeCompressor = mkEnableOption ''
+        initrd compression algorithm optimizations for size.
+        Enabling this option will force initrd to use zstd (default) with
+        level 19 and -T0 (STDIN). This will reduce the initrd size greatly
+        at the cost of compression speed.
+        Not recommended for low-end hardware.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    silentBoot =
+      mkEnableOption ''
+        almost entirely silent boot process through `quiet` kernel parameter
+      ''
+      // {
+        default = cfg.plymouth.enable;
+      };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    boot = {
+      consoleLogLevel = 3;
+
+      kernelPackages = mkDefault cfg.kernel;
+
+      loader = {
+        # if set to 0, space needs to be held to get the boot menu to appear
+        timeout = mkForce 2;
+
+        # copy boot files to /boot so that /nix/store is not required to boot
+        # it takes up more space but it makes my messups a bit safer
+        generationsDir.copyKernels = true;
+
+        # we need to allow installation to modify EFI variables
+        efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
+      };
+
+      # increase the map count, this is important for applications that require a lot of memory mappings
+      # such as games and emulators
+      kernel.sysctl."vm.max_map_count" = 2147483642;
+
+      initrd = mkMerge [
+        (mkIf cfg.initrd.enableTweaks {
+          # Verbosity of the initrd
+          # disabling verbosity removes only the mandatory messages generated by the NixOS
+          verbose = false;
+
+          systemd = {
+            # enable systemd in initrd (experimental)
+            enable = true;
+
+            # strip copied binaries and libraries from inframs
+            # saves some nice space
+            strip = true;
+          };
+
+          kernelModules = [
+            "nvme"
+            "xhci_pci"
+            "ahci"
+            "btrfs"
+            "sd_mod"
+            "dm_mod"
+          ];
+
+          availableKernelModules = [
+            "vmd"
+            "usbhid"
+            "sd_mod"
+            "sr_mod"
+            "dm_mod"
+            "uas"
+            "usb_storage"
+            "ata_piix"
+            "virtio_pci"
+            "virtio_scsi"
+            "ehci_pci"
+          ];
+        })
+
+        (mkIf cfg.initrd.optimizeCompressor {
+          compressor = "zstd";
+          compressorArgs = [
+            "-19"
+            "-T0"
+          ];
+        })
+      ];
+
+      # https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.html
+      kernelParams =
+        optionals cfg.enableKernelTweaks [
+          # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_page-table_isolation
+          # auto means kernel will automatically decide the pti state
+          "pti=auto" # on || off
+
+          # enable IOMMU for devices used in passthrough and provide better host performance
+          "iommu=pt"
+
+          # disable usb autosuspend
+          "usbcore.autosuspend=-1"
+
+          # allow systemd to set and save the backlight state
+          "acpi_backlight=native"
+
+          # prevent the kernel from blanking plymouth out of the fb
+          "fbcon=nodefer"
+
+          # disable boot logo
+          "logo.nologo"
+
+          # disable the cursor in vt to get a black screen during intermissions
+          "vt.global_cursor_default=0"
+        ]
+        ++ optionals cfg.silentBoot [
+          # tell the kernel to not be verbose, the voices are too loud
+          "quiet"
+
+          # kernel log message level
+          "loglevel=3" # 1: system is unusable | 3: error condition | 7: very verbose
+
+          # udev log message level
+          "udev.log_level=3"
+
+          # lower the udev log level to show only errors or worse
+          "rd.udev.log_level=3"
+
+          # disable systemd status messages
+          # rd prefix means systemd-udev will be used instead of initrd
+          "systemd.show_status=auto"
+          "rd.systemd.show_status=auto"
+        ];
+    };
+  };
+}

modules/nixos/boot/loader/default.nix

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+{lib, ...}: let
+  inherit (lib.options) mkOption;
+  inherit (lib.types) enum;
+in {
+  imports = [
+    ./systemd-boot.nix
+    ./grub.nix
+  ];
+
+  options.olympus.system.boot.loader = mkOption {
+    type = enum [
+      "none"
+      "grub"
+      "systemd-boot"
+    ];
+    default = "none";
+    description = "The bootloader";
+  };
+}

modules/nixos/boot/loader/grub.nix

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+{}

modules/nixos/boot/loader/systemd-boot.nix

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+{
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkIf mkDefault;
+  inherit (lib.attrsets) optionalAttrs;
+  inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption mkPackageOption;
+
+  cfg = config.olympus.system.boot;
+in {
+  config = mkIf (cfg.loader == "systemd-boot") {
+    boot.loader.systemd-boot = {
+      enable = mkDefault true;
+      configurationLimit = 5;
+      consoleMode = "max";
+      editor = false;
+    };
+  };
+}

modules/nixos/boot/plymouth.nix

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+{
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib.meta) getExe';
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
+  inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption;
+
+  cfg = config.olympus.system.boot.plymouth;
+in {
+  options.olympus.system.boot.plymouth.enable = mkEnableOption "plymouth boot splash";
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    boot.plymouth.enable = true;
+
+    # make plymouth work with sleep
+    powerManagement = {
+      powerDownCommands = "${getExe' pkgs.plymouth "plymouth"} --show-splash";
+      resumeCommands = "${getExe' pkgs.plymouth "plymouth"} --quit";
+    };
+  };
+}

modules/nixos/default.nix

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+{
+  imports = [
+    ./boot
+    ./environment
+    ./networking
+  ];
+}

modules/nixos/environment/default.nix

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+{
+  imports = [
+    ./documentation.nix
+    ./zram.nix
+  ];
+}

modules/nixos/environment/documentation.nix

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+{lib, ...}: let
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkForce;
+  inherit (lib.attrsets) mapAttrs;
+in {
+  documentation = mapAttrs (_: mkForce) {
+    enable = false;
+    dev.enable = false;
+    doc.enable = false;
+    info.enable = false;
+    nixos.enable = false;
+    man = {
+      enable = false;
+      generateCaches = false;
+      man-db.enable = false;
+      mandoc.enable = false;
+    };
+  };
+}

modules/nixos/environment/zram.nix

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+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
+in {
+  # compress half of the ram to use as swap
+  # basically, get more memory per memory
+  zramSwap = {
+    enable = true;
+    algorithm = "zstd";
+    memoryPercent = 90; # defaults to 50
+  };
+
+  boot.kernel.sysctl = mkIf config.zramSwap.enable {
+    # zram is relatively cheap, prefer swap
+    "vm.swappiness" = 180;
+    "vm.watermark_boost_factor" = 0;
+    "vm.watermark_scale_factor" = 125;
+    # zram is in memory, no need to readahead
+    "vm.page-cluster" = 0;
+  };
+}

modules/nixos/networking/default.nix

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+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkDefault mkForce;
+in {
+  imports = [
+  ];
+
+  networking = {
+    hostId = builtins.substring 0 8 (builtins.hashString "md5" config.networking.hostName);
+
+    useDHCP = mkForce false;
+    useNetworkd = mkForce true;
+
+    usePredictableInterfaceNames = mkDefault true;
+  };
+}

modules/profiles/desktop/default.nix

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+{}

modules/profiles/graphical/default.nix

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+{}