feat: a lot

users/gandalf/default.nix

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ in
 {
   users.users.gandalf = {
     isNormalUser = true;
-    extraGroups = [ "wheel" "networkmanager" "libvirtd" ];
+    extraGroups = [ "wheel" "networkmanager" "libvirtd" "docker" ];
   };
 
   home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;

users/gandalf/modules/gui/i3/default.nix

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ in
     udiskie # automount usb
     blueman # control bluetooth
     nextcloud-client # nextcloud client to connect to any instance
-    plasma5Packages.kdeconnect-kde # sync phone and pc
+    libsForQt5.kdeconnect-kde # sync phone and pc
     system-config-printer # printer manager
   ];
 

users/gandalf/modules/gui/programs/default.nix

@@ -7,33 +7,40 @@
     ./keyring.nix
     ./obs.nix
     ./vscode.nix
+    ./zathura.nix
   ];
 
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    tor-browser
-    firefox
-    thunderbird
-    speechd # https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/speechd-setup
-    gnome.nautilus
-    gimp
-    vlc
-    calibre
-    qbittorrent
-    gnome.simple-scan
-    telegram-desktop
-    signal-desktop
-    zoom-us
-    zathura
-    obsidian
-    libreoffice
+
+    firefox # a web browser built from firefox source tree
+    thunderbird # a full-featured e-mail client
+    speechd # common interface to speech synthesis - https://support.mozilla.org/en-us/kb/speechd-setup
+    tor-browser # privacy-focused browser routing traffic through the tor network
+    qbittorrent # featureful free software bittorrent client
+
+    telegram-desktop # telegram desktop messaging app
+    signal-desktop # private, simple, and secure messenger
+    zoom-us # zoom.us video conferencing application
+
+    gnome.nautilus # the file manager for gnome
+    gnome.simple-scan # simple scanning utility
+    feh # a light-weight image viewer
+    vlc # cross-platform media player and streaming server
+    zathura # a highly customizable and functional pdf viewer
+    neovide # a simple graphical user interface for neovim
+
+    obsidian # a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text markdown files
+    gimp # the gnu image manipulation program
+    calibre # comprehensive e-book software
+    libreoffice # comprehensive, professional-quality productivity suite, a variant of openoffice.org
     carla # audio plugin host
-    aether-lv2 # an algorithmic reverb lv2 based on cloudseed
     picard # musicbrainz picard audio file tagger
+
   ] ++ lib.optionals nixosConfig.bchmnn.printing.enable [
-    system-config-printer
+    system-config-printer # graphical user interface for cups administration
   ] ++ lib.optionals nixosConfig.bchmnn.games.enable [
-    prismlauncher
-    openjdk17
+    openjdk17 # the open-source java development kit
+    prismlauncher # a free, open source launcher for minecraft
   ];
 
 }

users/gandalf/modules/gui/programs/zathura.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{ ... }: {
+  # a highly customizable and functional pdf viewer
+  programs.zathura = {
+    enable = true;
+    options = {
+      selection-clipboard = "clipboard";
+    };
+  };
+}

users/gandalf/modules/gui/sway/default.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, lib, config, nixosConfig, ... }:
+{ pkgs, lib, config, ... }:
 let
 
   cfg = config.wayland.windowManager.sway.config;
@@ -15,22 +15,22 @@ in
   ];
 
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    brightnessctl # control screen brightness
-    pavucontrol # control audio
-    playerctl # control player
-    networkmanagerapplet # control network
-    udiskie # automount usb
-    dracula-theme # gtk theme
-    gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme # default gnome cursors
-    wl-clipboard # cli tool to manage wayland clipboard
-    sway-contrib.grimshot
-    wdisplays
-    wlr-randr
-    kanshi # display manager
-    nextcloud-client # self hosted cloud client
-    plasma5Packages.kdeconnect-kde # sync phone and pc
-    system-config-printer # printer manager
-    emote # emoji picker
+    brightnessctl # this program allows you read and control device brightness
+    pavucontrol # pulseaudio volume control
+    playerctl # command-line utility and library for controlling media players that implement mpris
+    networkmanagerapplet # networkmanager control applet for gnome
+    udiskie # removable disk automounter for udisks
+    dracula-theme # dracula variant of the ant theme
+    gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme
+    wl-clipboard # command-line copy/paste utilities for wayland
+    sway-contrib.grimshot # a helper for screenshots within sway
+    wdisplays # a graphical application for configuring displays in wayland compositors
+    wlr-randr # an xrandr clone for wlroots compositors
+    kanshi # dynamic display configuration tool
+    nextcloud-client # nextcloud themed desktop client
+    libsForQt5.kdeconnect-kde # kde connect provides several features to integrate your phone and your computer
+    system-config-printer # graphical user interface for cups administration
+    emote # modern emoji picker for linux
   ];
 
   programs.swaylock = {
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ in
       menu = "${pkgs.wofi}/bin/wofi";
       startup = with pkgs; [
         # TODO activate with systemd prbly requires a graphical.target?
-        { command = "${nixosConfig.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl --user import-environment XDG_SESSION_TYPE XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP"; }
-        { command = "${dbus}/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway"; }
-        { command = "${nixosConfig.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl --user stop xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr"; }
-        { command = "${nixosConfig.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl --user start xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr"; }
+        # { command = "${nixosConfig.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl --user import-environment XDG_SESSION_TYPE XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP"; }
+        # { command = "${dbus}/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway"; }
+        # { command = "${nixosConfig.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl --user stop xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr"; }
+        # { command = "${nixosConfig.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl --user start xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr"; }
         # { command = "${dbus}/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd DISPLAY WAYLAND_DISPLAY SWAYSOCK"; }
-        # { command = "${dbus}/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment --all"; }
+        { command = "${dbus}/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment --all"; }
         { command = "${kanshi}/bin/kanshi"; }
         { command = "${networkmanagerapplet}/bin/nm-applet"; }
         { command = "${blueman}/bin/blueman-applet"; }

users/gandalf/modules/packages.nix

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 { pkgs, ... }: {
 
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    gopass
-    gopass-jsonapi
-    yt-dlp
+    gopass # slightly more awesome standard unix password manager for teams. written in go
+    gopass-jsonapi # enables communication with gopass via json messages
+    yt-dlp # command-line tool to download videos from youtube.com and other sites (youtube-dl fork)
     ranger # a vim-inspired filemanager for the console 
     gdu # fast disk usage analyzer with console interface written in go
     duf # disk usage/free utility - a better 'df' alternative
     phoronix-test-suite # the phoronix test suite open-source, cross-platform automated testing/benchmarking software
-    ffmpeg
-    texliveFull
+    ffmpeg # complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video
+    texliveFull # tex live environment
+    imagemagick # software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images
   ];
 
 }