Guix Home Configuration

This repository contains my Guix Home configuration files, enabling a reproducible and customizable environment. Below is an overview of the packages, services, and configurations used in this setup.

Packages

The following packages are included in the home profile for a versatile environment:

• Tools & Utilities: feh, lf, git, curl, ncdu, file, xclip, zathura, zathura-pdf-mupdf, ranger, openssh, mpv, ncmpcpp
• Development Tools: neovim, gnupg, direnv, rbw, aerc
• Fonts: font-iosevka-term, font-atkinson-hyperlegible, font-google-noto, font-google-noto-sans-cjk
• Browsers: ungoogled-chromium, firefox
• Media: mpd, gimp, easyeffects, pulsemixer, intel-media-driver
• Other: bibata-cursor-theme, picom, xcalib

Home Services

Shell Configuration

• Bash: Configured with custom aliases for productivity (grep, ip, ll, ls). The configuration includes custom .bashrc and .bash_profile.
• Fish: Fish shell configuration is included, with the main config file sourced from the config/fish/config.fish.

Desktop and Media

• PipeWire: Configured for audio services with PulseAudio compatibility.
• Picom: Configuration is included for the compositor.
• MPD: Managed through the Shepherd init system, ensuring the Music Player Daemon starts and stops properly.
• XDG Directories: Sets up common directories like $HOME/Documents, $HOME/Music, and $HOME/Downloads.

Environment Variables

• EDITOR: Set to nvim to use Neovim as the default editor.

GPG and SSH

• GPG Agent: Configured with pinentry-tty for GPG key management. SSH support is disabled.
• SSH Agent: Includes additional options for session duration (-t 1h30m).

Miscellaneous

• DBus: Included as a dependency for several desktop services.
• User Files: Configuration files like .xinitrc, i3 window manager, Alacritty, MPD, NCMPCPP, Polybar, and fontconfig are loaded from the local config/ directory.

Installation

To apply this configuration on your system, use the following command:

sh ./install.sh
guix home reconfigure home-environment.scm

Make sure to capture your current Guix channels using guix describe to ensure the configuration is fully reproducible.

Replication

For full reproducibility of this setup, ensure you also replicate the exact Guix channels and commit using:

guix describe

Contribution

Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests for improvements or new features.