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 *.swp
+hardware-configuration.nix
diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
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+# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
+# your system. Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page, on
+# https://search.nixos.org/options and in the NixOS manual (`nixos-help`).
+
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports =
+    [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
+      ./hardware-configuration.nix
+    ];
+
+  # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
+  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
+  boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
+
+  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
+
+  networking.hostName = "laptop-nixos-1";
+
+  # Configure network connections interactively with nmcli or nmtui.
+  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
+
+  # Set your time zone.
+  time.timeZone = "America/Chicago";
+
+  # Enable CUPS to print documents.
+  services.printing.enable = true;
+
+  services.pipewire = {
+    enable = true;
+    pulse.enable = true;
+  };
+
+  # Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
+  services.libinput.enable = true;
+
+  # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
+  # users.users.alice = {
+  #   isNormalUser = true;
+  #   extraGroups = [ "wheel" ]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user.
+  #   packages = with pkgs; [
+  #     tree
+  #   ];
+  # };
+  users.users.salt = {
+    isNormalUser = true;
+    description = "Salt";
+    extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
+    shell = pkgs.bash;
+    home = "/home/salt";
+  };
+
+  # programs.firefox.enable = true;
+  programs.bash.enable = true;
+
+  # List packages installed in system profile.
+  # You can use https://search.nixos.org/ to find more packages (and options).
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    git
+    stow
+    vim
+    wget
+  ];
+
+  # 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;
+
+  # Copy the NixOS configuration file and link it from the resulting system
+  # (/run/current-system/configuration.nix). This is useful in case you
+  # accidentally delete configuration.nix.
+  system.copySystemConfiguration = true;
+
+  # This option defines the first version of NixOS you have installed on this particular machine,
+  # and is used to maintain compatibility with application data (e.g. databases) created on older NixOS versions.
+  #
+  # Most users should NEVER change this value after the initial install, for any reason,
+  # even if you've upgraded your system to a new NixOS release.
+  #
+  # This value does NOT affect the Nixpkgs version your packages and OS are pulled from,
+  # so changing it will NOT upgrade your system - see https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#sec-upgrading for how
+  # to actually do that.
+  #
+  # This value being lower than the current NixOS release does NOT mean your system is
+  # out of date, out of support, or vulnerable.
+  #
+  # Do NOT change this value unless you have manually inspected all the changes it would make to your configuration,
+  # and migrated your data accordingly.
+  #
+  # For more information, see `man configuration.nix` or https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options#opt-system.stateVersion .
+  system.stateVersion = "25.11"; # Did you read the comment?
+
+}