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
+# and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).
+
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+# let 
+#   home-manager = builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-23.11.tar.gz";
+# in
+{
+  imports =
+    [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
+      ./hardware-configuration.nix
+      # (import "${home-manager}/nixos")
+      # <home-manager>/nixos
+    ];
+
+  # Bootloader.
+  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
+  boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
+
+  networking.hostName = "starscream"; # Define your hostname.
+  # networking.wireless.enable = true;  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
+
+  # Configure network proxy if necessary
+  # networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
+  # networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";
+
+  # Enable networking
+  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
+
+  # Set your time zone.
+  time.timeZone = "America/Anchorage";
+
+  # Select internationalisation properties.
+  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
+
+  i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
+    LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  };
+
+  # Enable the X11 windowing system.
+  services.xserver = {
+    layout = "us";
+    enable = true;
+    xkbVariant = "";
+    xkbOptions = "caps_lock:esc";
+    videoDrivers = [ "displaylink" "modesetting" ];
+    # Enable the GNOME Desktop Environment.
+    desktopManager = {
+      xterm.enable = false;
+      gnome.enable = true;
+    };
+    displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
+  };
+  # netboot server; disabled and broken
+  services.pixiecore = {
+    enable = false;
+    openFirewall = true;
+    dhcpNoBind = true;
+    kernel = "https://boot.netboot.xyz";
+  };
+
+  # Enable CUPS to print documents.
+  services.printing.enable = true;
+
+  # Enable sound with pipewire.
+  sound.enable = true;
+  hardware.pulseaudio.enable = false;
+  security.rtkit.enable = true;
+  services.pipewire = {
+    enable = true;
+    alsa.enable = true;
+    alsa.support32Bit = true;
+    pulse.enable = true;
+    # If you want to use JACK applications, uncomment this
+    #jack.enable = true;
+
+    # use the example session manager (no others are packaged yet so this is enabled by default,
+    # no need to redefine it in your config for now)
+    #media-session.enable = true;
+  };
+
+  # Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
+  # services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;
+
+  # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
+  users.users.mir = {
+    isNormalUser = true;
+    description = "Miranda Marquez";
+    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "input" "audio" ];
+    packages = with pkgs; [
+      # firefox
+      # home-manager
+      # thunderbird
+      git
+      zsh
+    ];
+  };
+  # home-manager.users.mir = { pkgs, ... }: {
+  #   home.packages = [ pkgs.git 
+  #                     pkgs.zsh
+  #                     # pkgs.home-manager
+  #                   ];
+  #   programs.zsh.enable = true;
+  #   home.stateVersion = "23.05";
+  # };
+ # home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+ # home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+
+  # Enable automatic login for the user.
+  services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin.enable = true;
+  services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin.user = "mir";
+  # services.getty.autologinUser = "mir"
+
+  # Workaround for GNOME autologin: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/103746#issuecomment-945091229
+  systemd.services."getty@tty1".enable = false;
+  systemd.services."autovt@tty1".enable = false;
+
+  # Allow unfree packages
+  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+
+  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
+  # $ nix search wget
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+  #  vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
+  #  wget
+    emacs29-pgtk
+  ];
+
+  # 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;
+
+  # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
+  # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
+  # on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave
+  # this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
+  # Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
+  # (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
+  system.stateVersion = "23.05"; # Did you read the comment?
+
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "NixOS configuration with Home Manager";
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/23.11";
+    home-manager = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-23.11";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
+  outputs = inputs@{ nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }: {
+    nixosConfigurations = {
+      starscream = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+        system = "x86_64-linux";
+        modules = [
+          ./configuration.nix
+          home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
+          {
+            home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+            home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+            home-manager.users.mir = import ./home.nix;
+            # Optionally, use home-manager.extraSpecialArgs to pass arguments to home.nix
+          }
+        ];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
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+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  # Home Manager needs a bit of information about you and the
+  # paths it should manage.
+  home.username = "mir";
+  home.homeDirectory = "/home/mir";
+  # nixpkgs.overlays = [
+  #   (import (builtins.fetchTarball {
+  #     url = https://github.com/nix-community/emacs-overlay/archive/master.tar.gz;
+  #   }))
+  # ];
+  home.packages = [
+    pkgs.btop
+    pkgs.firefox
+    pkgs.git
+    pkgs.killall
+    pkgs.gdb
+    pkgs.neofetch
+    pkgs.hyfetch
+    pkgs.file
+    pkgs.findutils
+    pkgs.wget
+    pkgs.yt-dlp
+    pkgs.mpv
+    # pkgs.gnupg
+    # pkgs.python3
+    (pkgs.python3.withPackages(
+      ps: with ps; [
+        epc sexpdata six pynput inflect
+        pyqt6
+        # pyqt6-qt6
+        pyqt6-sip]))
+    # (pkgs.emacsWithPackagesFromUsePackage {
+    #   package = pkgs.emacs29-pgtk;
+    #   config = ~/.emacs.d/init.el;
+    # extraEmacsPackages = epkgs: [
+    #   epkgs.dash;
+    # ]
+    # })
+    # pkgs.fetchFromGitHub
+  ];
+
+  # This value determines the Home Manager release that your
+  # configuration is compatible with. This helps avoid breakage
+  # when a new Home Manager release introduces backwards
+  # incompatible changes.
+  #
+  # You can update Home Manager without changing this value. See
+  # the Home Manager release notes for a list of state version
+  # changes in each release.
+  home.stateVersion = "23.05";
+  # nix = {
+  #   package = pkgs.nix;
+  #   settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
+  # };
+
+  # Let Home Manager install and manage itself.
+  programs.home-manager = {
+    enable = true;
+    # version = "23.11";
+  };
+  # environment.variables = rec {
+  #   EDITOR = "emacs -nw";
+  # };
+  # environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+  #   (python3.withPackages(
+  #       ps: with ps; [epc sexpdata six pynput inflect PyQt6 PyQt6-Qt6 PyQt6-sip]))
+  # ];
+  programs.git = {
+    enable = true;
+    userName = "mir";
+    userEmail = "mirmarq428@gmail.com";
+  };
+  programs.firefox = {
+    enable = true;
+  };
+  programs.bash = {
+    enable = true;
+    initExtra = ''
+    export EDITOR=emacs\ -nw
+    '';
+  };
+  # programs.gdb = {
+  #   enable = true;
+  # };
+  # programs.dconf.enable = true;
+  home.file.".local/share/backgrounds/mojave.jpg".source = builtins.fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.teahub.io/photos/full/154-1542362_mac-os-mojave-screenshot.jpg";
+    sha256 = "0vrcn44aibdsl1hc6n0jbp0znpwhcb4hyhbzs5690i1nrapcmyka";
+  };
+  dconf.settings = {
+    "org/gnome/desktop/background" = {
+      "picture-uri" = "file:///home/mir/.local/share/backgrounds/mojave.jpg";
+    };
+    "org/gnome/desktop/screensaver" = {
+      "picture-uri" = "file:///home/mir/.local/share/backgrounds/mojave.jpg";
+    };
+    "org/gnome/desktop/input-sources" = {
+      "xkb-options" = [ "caps:escape" ];
+    };
+  };
+
+  programs.gpg = {
+      enable = true;
+      package = pkgs.gnupg.overrideAttrs (orig: {
+        version = "2.4.0";
+        src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+          url = "mirror://gnupg/gnupg/gnupg-2.4.0.tar.bz2";
+          hash = "sha256-HXkVjdAdmSQx3S4/rLif2slxJ/iXhOosthDGAPsMFIM=";
+        };
+      });
+      # agent = {
+      #   pinentryFlavor = "gnome3";
+      # };
+  };
+
+  services.gpg-agent = {
+    enable = true;
+    defaultCacheTtl = 1800;
+    enableSshSupport = true;
+  };
+
+}