WIP: sxmo: ship deps via package instead of at the DE level

README.md

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ directly here; even the sources for those packages is often kept here too.
 [uninsane-org]: https://uninsane.org
 
 ## Layout
-- `doc/`
-    - instructions for tasks i find myself doing semi-occasionally in this repo.
 - `hosts/`
     - the bulk of config which isn't factored with external use in mind.
     - that is, if you were to add this repo to a flake.nix for your own use,
@@ -39,7 +37,9 @@ directly here; even the sources for those packages is often kept here too.
     - inline code for wholly custom packages (e.g. `pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/` for CLI tools
       that are highly specific to my setup).
 - `scripts/`
-    - scripts which aren't reachable on a deployed system, but may aid manual deployments
+    - scripts which are referenced by other things in this repo.
+    - these aren't generally user-facing, but they're factored out so that they can
+      be invoked directly when i need to debug.
 - `secrets/`
     - encrypted keys, API tokens, anything which one or more of my machines needs
       read access to but shouldn't be world-readable.
@@ -106,6 +106,3 @@ this repo exists in a few known locations:
 
 if you want to contact me for questions, or collaborate to split something useful into a shared repo, etc,
 you can reach me via any method listed [here](https://uninsane.org/about).
-patches, for this repo or any other i host, will be warmly welcomed in any manner you see fit:
-`git send-email`, DM'ing the patch over Matrix/Lemmy/ActivityPub/etc, even a literal PR where you
-link me to your own clone.

TODO.md

@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 ## BUGS
-- mpv UI is sometimes blank for audio/podcasts?
-  - i think it's when the audio file has no thumbnail?
 - why i need to manually restart `wireguard-wg-ovpns` on servo periodically
 	- else DNS fails
-- fix epiphany URL bar input on moby
-- sxmo: wvkbd: missing font for icons on the 3rd page
 
 ## REFACTORING:
-
 ### sops/secrets
 - attach secrets to the thing they're used by (sane.programs)
 - rework secrets to leverage `sane.fs`
@@ -18,18 +13,17 @@
     - will make it easier to test new services?
 
 ### upstreaming
-- split out a sxmo module usable by NUR consumers
+- split out a trust-dns module
+  - see: <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/205866#issuecomment-1575753054>
 - bump nodejs version in lemmy-ui
 - add updateScripts to all my packages in nixpkgs
 - fix lightdm-mobile-greeter for newer libhandy
 - port zecwallet-lite to a from-source build
+- fix or abandon Whalebird
+- FIX failed CI on bonsai PR: <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/233892>
 - REVIEW/integrate jellyfin dataDir config: <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/233617>
 - remove `libsForQt5.callPackage` broadly: <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/180841>
 
-#### upstreaming to non-nixpkgs repos
-- gtk: build schemas even on cross compilation: <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/247844>
-- sxmo: add new app entries
-
 
 ## IMPROVEMENTS:
 ### security/resilience
@@ -39,65 +33,45 @@
 - have `sane.programs` be wrapped such that they run in a cgroup?
     - at least, only give them access to the portion of the fs they *need*.
     - Android takes approach of giving each app its own user: could hack that in here.
-  - **systemd-run** takes a command and runs it in a temporary scope (cgroup)
-    - presumably uses the same options as systemd services
-    - see e.g. <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/113903#issuecomment-857296349>
-  - flatpak does this, somehow
-  - apparmor?  SElinux?  (desktop) "portals"?
-  - see Spectrum OS; Alyssa Ross; etc
-  - bubblewrap-based sandboxing: <https://github.com/nixpak/nixpak>
 - canaries for important services
     - e.g. daily email checks; daily backup checks
-  - integrate `nix check` into Gitea actions?
 
 ### user experience
-- moby: sxmo: fix youtube scripts (package youtube-cli)
+- firefox/librewolf: don't show browserpass/sponsorblock/metamask "first run" on every boot
-- moby: tune GPS
-  - run only geoclue, and not gpsd, to save power?
-  - tune QGPS setting in eg25-control, for less jitter?
-  - direct mepo to prefer gpsd, with fallback to geoclue, for better accuracy?
-  - configure geoclue to do some smoothing?
-  - manually do smoothing, as some layer between mepo and geoclue/gpsd?
-- neovim: set up language server (lsp; rnix-lsp; nvim-lspconfig)
-- Helix: make copy-to-system clipboard be the default
-- firefox/librewolf: persist history
-  - just not cookies or tabs
 - moby: improve gPodder launch time
-- moby: theme GTK apps (i.e. non-adwaita styles)
+- moby: replace jellyfin-desktop with jellyfin-vue?
-  - especially, make the menubar collapsible
+    - allows (maybe) to cache media for offline use
-  - try Gradience tool specifically for theming adwaita? <https://linuxphoneapps.org/apps/com.github.gradienceteam.gradience/>
+    - "newer" jellyfin client
+    - not packaged for nix
+- moby/sxmo: display numerical vol percentage in topbar
+- moby/sxmo: include librewolf, jellyfin in `apps` menu
+- find a nice desktop ActivityPub client
 - package Nix/NixOS docs for Zeal
     - install [doc-browser](https://github.com/qwfy/doc-browser)
     - this supports both dash (zeal) *and* the datasets from <https://devdocs.io> (which includes nix!)
     - install [devhelp](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Devhelp)  (gnome)
+- auto-mount servo
 - have xdg-open parse `<repo:...> URIs (or adjust them so that it _can_ parse)
+- `sane.programs`: auto-populate defaults with everything from `pkgs`
+- zsh: disable "command not found" corrections
 - sane-bt-search: show details like 5.1 vs stereo, h264 vs h265
-- uninsane.org: make URLs relative to allow local use (and as offline homepage)
-- email: fix so that local mail doesn't go to junk
-  - git sendmail flow adds the DKIM signatures, but gets delivered locally w/o having the sig checked, so goes into Junk
-  - could change junk filter from "no DKIM success" to explicit "DKIM failed"
-- sxmo: don't put all deps on PATH
-  - maybe: use resholve to hard-code them
-    - this is the most "correct", but least patchable
-  - maybe: express each invocation as a function in sxmo_common.sh
-    - this will require some patching to handle `exec <foo>` style
-  - maybe: save original PATH and reset it before invoking user files
 
 ### perf
-- add `pkgs.impure-cached.<foo>` package set to build things with ccache enabled
-  - every package here can be auto-generated, and marked with some env var so that it doesn't pollute the pure package set
-  - would be super handy for package prototyping!
 - why does nixos-rebuild switch take 5 minutes when net is flakey?
     - trying to auto-mount servo?
     - something to do with systemd services restarting/stalling
     - maybe wireguard & its refresh operation, specifically?
-- get moby to build without binfmt emulation (i.e. make all emulation explicit)
+- fix OOM for large builds like webkitgtk
-  - then i can distribute builds across servo + desko, and also allow servo to pull packages from desko w/o worrying about purity
+    - these use significant /tmp space.
+    - either place /tmp on encrypted-cleared-at-boot storage
+        - which probably causes each CPU load for the encryption
+    - **or set up encrypted swap**
+        - encrypted swap could remove the need for my encrypted-cleared-at-boot stuff
 
 
 ## NEW FEATURES:
+- add a FTP-accessible file share to servo
+    - just /var/www?
 - migrate MAME cabinet to nix
     - boot it from PXE from servo?
-- deploy to new server, and use it as a remote builder
 - enable IPv6
-- package lemonade lemmy app: <https://linuxphoneapps.org/apps/ml.mdwalters.lemonade/>

doc/adding-a-program.md

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-to ship `pkgs.foo` on some host, either:
-- add it as an entry in `suggestedPrograms` to the appropriate category in `hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix`, or
-- `sane.programs.foo.enableFor.user.colin = true` in `hosts/by-name/myhost/default.nix`
-
-if the program needs customization (persistence, configs, secrets):
-- add a file for it at `hosts/common/programs/<foo>.nix`
-- set the options, `sane.programs.foo.{fs,persist}`
-
-if it's unclear what fs paths a program uses:
-- run one of these commands, launch the program, run it again, and `diff`:
-  - `du -x --apparent-size ~`
-  - `find ~ -xdev`
-- or, inspect the whole tmpfs root with `ncdu -x /`

flake.lock

@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 {
   "nodes": {
     "flake-utils": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "systems": "systems"
-      },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1687709756,
+        "lastModified": 1678901627,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Y5wKlQSkgEK2weWdOu4J3riRd+kV/VCgHsqLNTTWQ/0=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-U02riOqrKKzwjsxc/400XnElV+UtPUQWpANPlyazjH0=",
         "owner": "numtide",
         "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "dbabf0ca0c0c4bce6ea5eaf65af5cb694d2082c7",
+        "rev": "93a2b84fc4b70d9e089d029deacc3583435c2ed6",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -21,11 +18,11 @@
     "mobile-nixos": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1690059310,
+        "lastModified": 1683422260,
-        "narHash": "sha256-4zcoDp8wwZVfGSzXltC5x+eH4kDWC/eJpyQNgr7shAA=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-79zaClbubRkBNlJ04OSADILuLQHH48N5fu296hEWYlw=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "mobile-nixos",
-        "rev": "56fc9f9619f305f0865354975a98d22410eed127",
+        "rev": "ba4638836e94a8f16d1d1f9e8c0530b86078029c",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -39,11 +36,11 @@
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1687251388,
+        "lastModified": 1684319086,
-        "narHash": "sha256-E9cVlgeCvzPbA/G3mCDCzz8TdRwXyGYzIjmwcvIfghg=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-5wwlkWqP1cQUPXp/PJsi09FkgAule5yBghngRZZbUQg=",
         "owner": "edolstra",
         "repo": "nix-serve",
-        "rev": "d6df5bd8584f37e22cff627db2fc4058a4aab5ee",
+        "rev": "e6e3d09438e803daa5374ad8edf1271289348456",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -69,11 +66,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs-stable": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1693097136,
+        "lastModified": 1687031877,
-        "narHash": "sha256-fBZSMdBaoZ0INFbyZ5s0DOF7zDNcLsLxgkwdDh3l9Pc=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-yMFcVeI+kZ6KD2QBrFPNsvBrLq2Gt//D0baHByMrjFY=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "9117c4e9dc117a6cd0319cca40f2349ed333669d",
+        "rev": "e2e2059d19668dab1744301b8b0e821e3aae9c99",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -85,11 +82,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs-unpatched": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1693377291,
+        "lastModified": 1686960236,
-        "narHash": "sha256-vYGY9bnqEeIncNarDZYhm6KdLKgXMS+HA2mTRaWEc80=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-AYCC9rXNLpUWzD9hm+askOfpliLEC9kwAo7ITJc4HIw=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "e7f38be3775bab9659575f192ece011c033655f0",
+        "rev": "04af42f3b31dba0ef742d254456dc4c14eedac86",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -116,11 +113,11 @@
         "nixpkgs-stable": "nixpkgs-stable"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1693404499,
+        "lastModified": 1687058111,
-        "narHash": "sha256-cx/7yvM/AP+o/3wPJmA9W9F+WHemJk5t+Xcr+Qwkqhg=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-xDSn/APfAdJinHV4reTfplX5XnLsJSGdVwHpmdgP9Mo=",
         "owner": "Mic92",
         "repo": "sops-nix",
-        "rev": "d9c5dc41c4b1f74c77f0dbffd0f3a4ebde447b7a",
+        "rev": "1634d2da53f079e7f5924efa7a96511cd9596f81",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -129,21 +126,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "systems": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1681028828,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "uninsane-dot-org": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
@@ -152,11 +134,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1691106178,
+        "lastModified": 1686876043,
-        "narHash": "sha256-3mZ9gTvMpbZA9ea9ovoQpn2wKuQY0QZ7MDdEjArYdAQ=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-71SNPU2aeeJx29JSeW4JCJb8HXAuZRvL7sbh+c3wgkk=",
         "ref": "refs/heads/master",
-        "rev": "f4d91aa201b6e49af690f250d4786bd1d8b4dcfd",
+        "rev": "0e0aa12aca143639f158b3a5c0c00349fcc2166c",
-        "revCount": 205,
+        "revCount": 199,
         "type": "git",
         "url": "https://git.uninsane.org/colin/uninsane"
       },

flake.nix

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
   # preferably, i would rewrite the human-readable https URLs to nix-specific github: URLs with a helper,
   # but `inputs` is required to be a strict attrset: not an expression.
   inputs = {
+    # <https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/tree/nixos-22.11>
+    # nixpkgs-stable.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-22.11";
+
     # branch workflow:
     # - daily:
     #   - nixos-unstable cut from master after enough packages have been built in caches.
@@ -94,17 +97,7 @@
       evalHost = { name, local, target }: nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
         system = target;
         modules = [
-          {
+          (import ./hosts/instantiate.nix { localSystem = local; hostName = name; })
-            nixpkgs = (if (local != null) then {
-              buildPlatform = local;
-            } else {}) // {
-              # TODO: does the earlier `system` arg to nixosSystem make its way here?
-              hostPlatform.system = target;
-            };
-            # nixpkgs.buildPlatform = local;  # set by instantiate.nix instead
-            # nixpkgs.config.replaceStdenv = { pkgs }: pkgs.ccacheStdenv;
-          }
-          (import ./hosts/instantiate.nix { hostName = name; })
           self.nixosModules.default
           self.nixosModules.passthru
           {
@@ -113,6 +106,12 @@
               self.overlays.sane-all
             ];
           }
+          ({ lib, ... }: {
+            # TODO: does the earlier `system` arg to nixosSystem make its way here?
+            nixpkgs.hostPlatform.system = target;
+            # nixpkgs.buildPlatform = local;  # set by instantiate.nix instead
+            # nixpkgs.config.replaceStdenv = { pkgs }: pkgs.ccacheStdenv;
+          })
         ];
       };
     in {
@@ -178,10 +177,15 @@
         disable-flakey-tests = final: prev: import ./overlays/disable-flakey-tests.nix final prev;
         pkgs = final: prev: import ./overlays/pkgs.nix final prev;
         pins = final: prev: import ./overlays/pins.nix final prev;
-        preferences = final: prev: import ./overlays/preferences.nix final prev;
         optimizations = final: prev: import ./overlays/optimizations.nix final prev;
         passthru = final: prev:
           let
+            stable =
+              if inputs ? "nixpkgs-stable" then (
+                final': prev': {
+                  stable = inputs.nixpkgs-stable.legacyPackages."${prev'.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
+                }
+              ) else (final': prev': {});
             mobile = (import "${mobile-nixos}/overlay/overlay.nix");
             uninsane = uninsane-dot-org.overlay;
             # nix-serve' = nix-serve.overlay;
@@ -192,7 +196,8 @@
               inherit (nix-serve.packages."${next.system}") nix-serve;
             };
           in
-            (mobile final prev)
+              (stable final prev)
+              // (mobile final prev)
               // (uninsane final prev)
               // (nix-serve' final prev)
             ;
@@ -244,94 +249,32 @@
       apps."x86_64-linux" =
         let
           pkgs = self.legacyPackages."x86_64-linux";
-          deployScript = host: addr: action: pkgs.writeShellScript "deploy-${host}" ''
+          deployScript = action: pkgs.writeShellScript "deploy-moby" ''
-            nix build '.#nixosConfigurations.${host}.config.system.build.toplevel' --out-link ./result-${host} $@
+            nixos-rebuild --flake '.#moby' build $@
-            sudo nix sign-paths -r -k /run/secrets/nix_serve_privkey $(readlink ./result-${host})
+            sudo nix sign-paths -r -k /run/secrets/nix_serve_privkey $(readlink ./result)
-
+            nixos-rebuild --flake '.#moby' ${action} --target-host colin@moby-hn --use-remote-sudo $@
-            # XXX: this triggers another config eval & (potentially) build.
-            # if the config changed between these invocations, the above signatures might not apply to the deployed config.
-            # let the user handle that edge case by re-running this whole command
-            nixos-rebuild --flake '.#${host}' ${action} --target-host colin@${addr} --use-remote-sudo $@
           '';
         in {
-          help = {
-            type = "app";
-            program = let
-              helpMsg = builtins.toFile "nixos-config-help-message" ''
-                commands:
-                - `nix run '.#help'`
-                  - show this message
-                - `nix run '.#update-feeds'`
-                  - updates metadata for all feeds
-                - `nix run '.#init-feed' <url>`
-                - `nix run '.#deploy-{lappy,moby,moby-test,servo}' [nixos-rebuild args ...]`
-                - `nix run '.#check-nur'`
-              '';
-            in builtins.toString (pkgs.writeShellScript "nixos-config-help" ''
-              cat ${helpMsg}
-            '');
-          };
           update-feeds = {
             type = "app";
             program = "${pkgs.feeds.updateScript}";
           };
 
           init-feed = {
+            # use like `nix run '.#init-feed' uninsane.org`
             type = "app";
             program = "${pkgs.feeds.initFeedScript}";
           };
 
-          deploy-lappy = {
-            type = "app";
-            program = ''${deployScript "lappy" "lappy" "switch"}'';
-          };
           deploy-moby-test = {
+            # `nix run '.#deploy-moby-test'`
             type = "app";
-            program = ''${deployScript "moby" "moby-hn" "test"}'';
+            program = ''${deployScript "test"}'';
           };
           deploy-moby = {
+            # `nix run '.#deploy-moby-switch'`
             type = "app";
-            program = ''${deployScript "moby" "moby-hn" "switch"}'';
+            program = ''${deployScript "switch"}'';
-          };
-          deploy-servo = {
-            type = "app";
-            program = ''${deployScript "servo" "servo" "switch"}'';
-          };
-
-          sync-moby = {
-            # copy music from the current device to moby
-            # TODO: should i actually sync from /mnt/servo-media/Music instead of the local drive?
-            type = "app";
-            program = builtins.toString (pkgs.writeShellScript "sync-to-moby" ''
-              sudo mount /mnt/moby-home
-              ${pkgs.sane-scripts.sync-music}/bin/sane-sync-music ~/Music /mnt/moby-home/Music
-            '');
-          };
-
-          sync-lappy = {
-            # copy music from servo to lappy
-            # can run this from any device that has ssh access to lappy
-            type = "app";
-            program = builtins.toString (pkgs.writeShellScript "sync-to-lappy" ''
-              sudo mount /mnt/lappy-home
-              ${pkgs.sane-scripts.sync-music}/bin/sane-sync-music /mnt/servo-media/Music /mnt/lappy-home/Music
-            '');
-          };
-
-          check-nur = {
-            # `nix run '.#check-nur'`
-            # validates that my repo can be included in the Nix User Repository
-            type = "app";
-            program = builtins.toString (pkgs.writeShellScript "check-nur" ''
-              cd ${./.}/integrations/nur
-              NIX_PATH= NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_SYSTEM=1 nix-env -f . -qa \* --meta --xml \
-                --allowed-uris https://static.rust-lang.org \
-                --option restrict-eval true \
-                --option allow-import-from-derivation true \
-                --drv-path --show-trace \
-                -I nixpkgs=$(nix-instantiate --find-file nixpkgs) \
-                -I ../../
-            '');
           };
         };
 

hosts/by-name/desko/default.nix

@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@
     ./fs.nix
   ];
 
-  # sane.guest.enable = true;
-
-  # services.distccd.enable = true;
-  # sane.programs.distcc.enableFor.user.guest = true;
-
   sops.secrets.colin-passwd.neededForUsers = true;
 
   sane.roles.build-machine.enable = true;
@@ -22,11 +17,9 @@
 
   sane.gui.sway.enable = true;
   sane.programs.iphoneUtils.enableFor.user.colin = true;
-  sane.programs.steam.enableFor.user.colin = true;
 
   sane.programs.guiApps.suggestedPrograms = [ "desktopGuiApps" ];
-  sane.programs.consoleUtils.suggestedPrograms = [ "consoleMediaUtils" "desktopConsoleUtils" ];
+  sane.programs.consoleUtils.suggestedPrograms = [ "consoleMediaUtils" ];
-  # sane.programs.devPkgs.enableFor.user.colin = true;
 
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = false;
   sane.image.extraBootFiles = [ pkgs.bootpart-uefi-x86_64 ];
@@ -36,7 +29,6 @@
 
   # don't enable wifi by default: it messes with connectivity.
   systemd.services.iwd.enable = false;
-  systemd.services.wpa_supplicant.enable = false;
 
   # default config: https://man.archlinux.org/man/snapper-configs.5
   # defaults to something like:
@@ -50,6 +42,17 @@
     ALLOW_USERS = [ "colin" ];
   };
 
+  programs.steam = {
+    enable = true;
+    # not sure if needed: stole this whole snippet from the wiki
+    remotePlay.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Steam Remote Play
+    dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Source Dedicated Server
+  };
+  sane.user.persist.plaintext = [
+    ".steam"
+    ".local/share/Steam"
+  ];
+
   # docs: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options.html#opt-system.stateVersion
   system.stateVersion = "21.05";
 }

hosts/by-name/desko/fs.nix

@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@
 
 {
   sane.persist.root-on-tmpfs = true;
-  # increase /tmp space (defaults to 50% of RAM) for building large nix things.
+  # we need a /tmp for building large nix things.
   # a cross-compiled kernel, particularly, will easily use 30+GB of tmp
-  fileSystems."/tmp".options = [ "size=64G" ];
+  fileSystems."/tmp" = {
-
+    device = "none";
+    fsType = "tmpfs";
+    options = [
+      "mode=777"
+      "size=64G"
+      "defaults"
+    ];
+  };
   fileSystems."/nix" = {
     # device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/985a0a32-da52-4043-9df7-615adec2e4ff";
     device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/0ab0770b-7734-4167-88d9-6e4e20bb2a56";

hosts/by-name/lappy/default.nix

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "desktopGuiApps"
     "stepmania"
   ];
-  sane.programs.consoleUtils.suggestedPrograms = [ "consoleMediaUtils" "desktopConsoleUtils" ];
+  sane.programs.consoleUtils.suggestedPrograms = [ "consoleMediaUtils" ];
 
   sops.secrets.colin-passwd.neededForUsers = true;
 
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
     ALLOW_USERS = [ "colin" ];
   };
 
+  # TODO: only here for debugging
+  # services.ipfs.enable = true;
+
   # docs: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options.html#opt-system.stateVersion
   system.stateVersion = "21.05";
 }

hosts/by-name/lappy/fs.nix

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 {
   sane.persist.root-on-tmpfs = true;
+  # we need a /tmp of default size (half RAM) for building large nix things
+  fileSystems."/tmp" = {
+    device = "none";
+    fsType = "tmpfs";
+    options = [
+      "mode=777"
+      "defaults"
+    ];
+  };
 
   fileSystems."/nix" = {
     device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/75230e56-2c69-4e41-b03e-68475f119980";

hosts/by-name/lappy/polyfill.nix

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # doesn't actually *enable* anything,
 # but sets up any modules such that if they *were* enabled, they'll act as expected.
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ ... }:
 {
   sane.gui.sxmo = {
     greeter = "sway";
@@ -28,11 +28,5 @@
       # see <repo:mil/sxmo-utils:scripts/deviceprofiles>
       # SXMO_DEVICE_NAME = "pine64,pinephone-1.2";
     };
-    package = pkgs.sxmo-utils-latest.overrideAttrs (base: {
-      postPatch = (base.postPatch or "") + ''
-        # after volume-button navigation mode, restore full keyboard functionality
-        cp ${./xkb_mobile_normal_buttons} ./configs/xkb/xkb_mobile_normal_buttons
-      '';
-    });
   };
 }

hosts/by-name/moby/default.nix

@@ -1,26 +1,13 @@
-# Pinephone
-# other setups to reference:
-# - <https://hamblingreen.gitlab.io/2022/03/02/my-pinephone-setup.html>
-#   - sxmo Arch user. lots of app recommendations
-#
-# wikis, resources, ...:
-# - Linux Phone Apps: <https://linuxphoneapps.org/>
-#   - massive mobile-friendly app database
-# - Mobian wiki: <https://wiki.mobian-project.org/doku.php?id=start>
-#   - recommended apps, chatrooms
-
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 {
   imports = [
-    ./bootloader.nix
+    ./firmware.nix
     ./fs.nix
-    ./gps.nix
     ./kernel.nix
     ./polyfill.nix
   ];
 
   sane.roles.client = true;
-  sane.zsh.showDeadlines = false;  # unlikely to act on them when in shell
   sane.services.wg-home.enable = true;
   sane.services.wg-home.ip = config.sane.hosts.by-name."moby".wg-home.ip;
 
@@ -31,32 +18,36 @@
 
   sops.secrets.colin-passwd.neededForUsers = true;
 
+  sane.programs.web-browser.config = {
+    # compromise impermanence for the sake of usability
+    persistCache = "private";
+    persistData = "private";
+
+    # i don't do crypto stuff on moby
+    addons.ether-metamask.enable = false;
+    # addons.sideberry.enable = false;
+  };
+
   sane.user.persist.plaintext = [
     # TODO: make this just generally conditional upon pulse being enabled?
     ".config/pulse"  # persist pulseaudio volume
   ];
 
   sane.gui.sxmo.enable = true;
-  sane.programs.guiApps.suggestedPrograms = [ "handheldGuiApps" ];
   # sane.programs.consoleUtils.enableFor.user.colin = false;
   # sane.programs.guiApps.enableFor.user.colin = false;
   sane.programs.sequoia.enableFor.user.colin = false;
   sane.programs.tuiApps.enableFor.user.colin = false;  # visidata, others, don't compile well
-  # disabled for faster deploys
+  # disabled for faster deploys (gthumb depends on webkitgtk, particularly)
   sane.programs.soundconverter.enableFor.user.colin = false;
-  sane.programs.eg25-control.enableFor.user.colin = true;
+  sane.programs.gthumb.enableFor.user.colin = false;
-
+  sane.programs.jellyfin-media-player.enableFor.user.colin = false;
-  # sane.programs.firefox.mime.priority = 300;  # prefer other browsers when possible
-  # HACK/TODO: make `programs.P.env.VAR` behave according to `mime.priority`
-  # sane.programs.firefox.env = lib.mkForce {};
-  # sane.programs.epiphany.env.BROWSER = "epiphany";
-  # sane.programs.firefox.enableFor.user.colin = false;  # use epiphany instead
-
   # sane.programs.mpv.enableFor.user.colin = true;
 
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = false;
   # /boot space is at a premium. default was 20.
   # even 10 can be too much
+  # TODO: compress moby kernels!
   boot.loader.generic-extlinux-compatible.configurationLimit = 8;
   # mobile.bootloader.enable = false;
   # mobile.boot.stage-1.enable = false;
@@ -113,28 +104,8 @@
     services.pipewire.environment.ALSA_CONFIG_UCM2            = ucm-env;
     services.pipewire-pulse.environment.ALSA_CONFIG_UCM2      = ucm-env;
     services.wireplumber.environment.ALSA_CONFIG_UCM2         = ucm-env;
-
-
-    # TODO: move elsewhere...
-    services.ModemManager.serviceConfig = {
-      # N.B.: the extra "" in ExecStart serves to force upstream ExecStart to be ignored
-      ExecStart = [ "" "${pkgs.modemmanager}/bin/ModemManager --debug" ];
-      # --debug sets DEBUG level logging: so reset
-      ExecStartPost = [ "${pkgs.modemmanager}/bin/mmcli --set-logging=INFO" ];
-    };
   };
 
-  services.udev.extraRules = let
-    chmod = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod";
-    chown = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown";
-  in ''
-    # make Pinephone flashlight writable by user.
-    # taken from postmarketOS: <repo:postmarketOS/pmaports:device/main/device-pine64-pinephone/60-flashlight.rules>
-    SUBSYSTEM=="leds", DEVPATH=="*/*:flash", RUN+="${chmod} g+w /sys%p/brightness /sys%p/flash_strobe", RUN+="${chown} :video /sys%p/brightness /sys%p/flash_strobe"
-
-    # make Pinephone front LEDs writable by user.
-    SUBSYSTEM=="leds", DEVPATH=="*/*:indicator", RUN+="${chmod} g+w /sys%p/brightness", RUN+="${chown} :video /sys%p/brightness"
-  '';
 
   hardware.opengl.driSupport = true;
 }

hosts/by-name/moby/gps.nix

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# pinephone GPS happens in EG25 modem
-# serial control interface to modem is /dev/ttyUSB2
-# after enabling GPS, readout is /dev/ttyUSB1
-#
-# minimal process to enable modem and GPS:
-# - `echo 1 > /sys/class/modem-power/modem-power/device/powered`
-# - `screen /dev/ttyUSB2 115200`
-#   - `AT+QGPSCFG="nmeasrc",1`
-#   - `AT+QGPS=1`
-#
-# now, something like `gpsd` can directly read from /dev/ttyUSB1.
-#
-# initial GPS fix can take 15+ minutes.
-# meanwhile, services like eg25-manager can speed this up by uploading assisted GPS data to the modem.
-#
-# geoclue somehow fits in here as a geospatial provider that leverages GPS and also other sources like radio towers
-
-{ lib, ... }:
-{
-  # test gpsd with `gpspipe -w -n 10 2> /dev/null | grep -m 1 TPV | jq '.lat, .lon' | tr '\n' ' '`
-  # ^ should return <lat> <long>
-  services.gpsd.enable = true;
-  services.gpsd.devices = [ "/dev/ttyUSB1" ];
-
-  # test geoclue2 by building `geoclue2-with-demo-agent`
-  # and running "${geoclue2-with-demo-agent}/libexec/geoclue-2/demos/where-am-i"
-  services.geoclue2.enable = true;
-  services.geoclue2.appConfig.where-am-i = {
-    # this is the default "agent", shipped by geoclue package: allow it to use location
-    isAllowed = true;
-    isSystem = false;
-    # XXX: setting users != [] might be causing `where-am-i` to time out
-    # users = [
-    #   # restrict to only one set of users. empty array (default) means "allow any user to access geolocation".
-    #   (builtins.toString config.users.users.colin.uid)
-    # ];
-  };
-  systemd.services.geoclue.after = lib.mkForce [];  #< defaults to network-online, but not all my sources require network
-
-
-  sane.services.eg25-control.enable = true;
-}

hosts/by-name/moby/kernel.nix

@@ -1,56 +1,71 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
 let
-  dmesg = "${pkgs.util-linux}/bin/dmesg";
+  # use the last commit on the 5.18 branch (5.18.14)
-  grep = "${pkgs.gnugrep}/bin/grep";
+  # manjaro's changes between kernel patch versions tend to be minimal if any.
-  modprobe = "${pkgs.kmod}/bin/modprobe";
+  manjaroBase = "https://gitlab.manjaro.org/manjaro-arm/packages/core/linux/-/raw/25bd828cd47b1c6e09fcbcf394a649b89d2876dd";
-  ensureHWReady = ''
+  manjaroPatch = name: sha256: {
-    # common boot failure:
+    inherit name;
-    # blank screen (no backlight even), with the following log:
+    patch = pkgs.fetchpatch {
-    # ```syslog
+      inherit name;
-    # sun8i-dw-hdmi 1ee0000.hdmi: Couldn't get the HDMI PHY
+      url = "${manjaroBase}/${name}?inline=false";
-    # ...
+      inherit sha256;
-    # sun4i-drm display-engine: Couldn't bind all pipelines components
+    };
-    # ...
+  };
-    # sun8i-dw-hdmi: probe of 1ee0000.hdmi failed with error -17
-    # ```
-    #
-    # in particular, that `probe ... failed` occurs *only* on failed boots
-    # (the other messages might sometimes occur even on successful runs?)
-    #
-    # reloading the sun8i hdmi driver usually gets the screen on, showing boot text.
-    # then restarting display-manager.service gets us to the login.
-    #
-    # NB: the above log is default level. though less specific, there's a `err` level message that also signals this:
-    # sun4i-drm display-engine: failed to bind 1ee0000.hdmi (ops sun8i_dw_hdmi_ops [sun8i_drm_hdmi]): -17
-    # NB: this is the most common, but not the only, failure mode for `display-manager`.
-    # another error seems characterized by these dmesg logs, in which reprobing sun8i_drm_hdmi does not fix:
-    # ```syslog
-    # sun6i-mipi-dsi 1ca0000.dsi: Couldn't get the MIPI D-PHY
-    # sun4i-drm display-engine: Couldn't bind all pipelines components
-    # sun6i-mipi-dsi 1ca0000.dsi: Couldn't register our component
-    # ```
 
-    if (${dmesg} --kernel --level err --color=never --notime | ${grep} -q 'sun4i-drm display-engine: failed to bind 1ee0000.hdmi')
+  # the idea for patching off Manjaro's kernel comes from jakewaksbaum:
-    then
+  # - https://git.sr.ht/~jakewaksbaum/pi/tree/af20aae5653545d6e67a459b59ee3e1ca8a680b0/item/kernel/default.nix
-      echo "reprobing sun8i_drm_hdmi"
+  # - he later abandoned this, i think because he's using the Pinephone Pro which received mainline support.
-      # if a command here fails it errors the whole service, so prefer to log instead
+  manjaroPatches = [
-      ${modprobe} -r sun8i_drm_hdmi || echo "failed to unload sun8i_drm_hdmi"
+    (manjaroPatch
-      ${modprobe} sun8i_drm_hdmi || echo "failed to load sub8i_drm_hdmi"
+      "1001-arm64-dts-allwinner-add-hdmi-sound-to-pine-devices.patch"
-    fi
+      "sha256-DApd791A+AxB28Ven/MVAyuyVphdo8KQDx8O7oxVPnc="
-  '';
+    )
+    # these patches below are critical to enable wifi (RTL8723CS)
+    # - the alternative is a wholly forked kernel by megi/megous:
+    #   - https://xnux.eu/howtos/build-pinephone-kernel.html#toc-how-to-build-megi-s-pinehpone-kernel
+    # - i don't know if these patches are based on megi's or original
+    (manjaroPatch
+      "2001-Bluetooth-Add-new-quirk-for-broken-local-ext-features.patch"
+      "sha256-CExhJuUWivegxPdnzKINEsKrMFx/m/1kOZFmlZ2SEOc="
+    )
+    (manjaroPatch
+      "2002-Bluetooth-btrtl-add-support-for-the-RTL8723CS.patch"
+      "sha256-dDdvOphTcP/Aog93HyH+L9m55laTgtjndPSE4/rnzUA="
+    )
+    (manjaroPatch
+      "2004-arm64-dts-allwinner-enable-bluetooth-pinetab-pinepho.patch"
+      "sha256-o43P3WzXyHK1PF+Kdter4asuyGAEKO6wf5ixcco2kCQ="
+    )
+    # XXX: this one has a Makefile, which hardcodes /sbin/depmod:
+    # - drivers/staging/rtl8723cs/Makefile
+    # - not sure if this is problematic?
+    (manjaroPatch
+      "2005-staging-add-rtl8723cs-driver.patch"
+      "sha256-6ywm3dQQ5JYl60CLKarxlSUukwi4QzqctCj3tVgzFbo="
+    )
+  ];
 in
 {
+  # use Megi's kernel:
+  # even with the Manjaro patches, stock 5.18 has a few issues on Pinephone:
+  # - no battery charging
+  # - phone rotation sensor is off by 90 degrees
+  # - ambient light sensor causes screen brightness to be shakey
+  # - phosh greeter may not appear after wake from sleep
   boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux-megous;
-  # boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux-manjaro;
-  # boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_latest;
 
-  # alternatively, apply patches directly to stock nixos kernel:
+  # alternatively, use nixos' kernel and add the stuff we want:
+  # # cross-compilation optimization:
+  # boot.kernelPackages =
+  #   let p = (import nixpkgs { localSystem = "x86_64-linux"; });
+  #   in p.pkgsCross.aarch64-multiplatform.linuxPackages_5_18;
+  # # non-cross:
+  # # boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_5_18;
+
   # boot.kernelPatches = manjaroPatches ++ [
   #   (patchDefconfig kernelConfig)
   # ];
 
-  # configure nixos to build a compressed kernel image, since it doesn't usually do that for aarch64 target.
-  # without this i run out of /boot space in < 10 generations
   nixpkgs.hostPlatform.linux-kernel = {
     # defaults:
     name = "aarch64-multiplatform";
@@ -65,7 +80,4 @@ in
     target = "Image.gz";  # <-- compress the kernel image
     # target = "zImage";  # <-- confuses other parts of nixos :-(
   };
-
-  services.xserver.displayManager.job.preStart = ensureHWReady;
-  systemd.services.greetd.preStart = ensureHWReady;
 }

hosts/by-name/moby/polyfill.nix

@@ -1,179 +1,17 @@
-# this file configures preferences per program, without actually enabling any programs.
+{ sane-lib, ... }:
-# the goal is to separate the place where we decide *what* to use (i.e. `sane.programs.firefox.enable = true` -- at the toplevel)
-# from where we specific how that thing should behave *if* it's in use.
-#
-# NixOS backgrounds:
-# - <https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-artwork>
-#   - <https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-artwork/issues/50>  (colorful; unmerged)
-#   - <https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-artwork/pull/60/files>  (desktop-oriented; clean; unmerged)
-# - <https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/04/nixos-tutorials.png>
-
-{ lib, pkgs, sane-lib, ... }:
-let
-  # TODO: generate this from the .svg
-  # bg = ./nixos-bg-02.png;
-  bg = pkgs.runCommand "nixos-bg.png" { nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.inkscape ]; } ''
-    inkscape ${./nixos-bg-02.svg} -o $out
-  '';
-in
 {
-  sane.programs.firefox.config = {
-    # compromise impermanence for the sake of usability
-    persistCache = "private";
-    persistData = "private";
-
-    # i don't do crypto stuff on moby
-    addons.ether-metamask.enable = false;
-    # sidebery UX doesn't make sense on small screen
-    addons.sidebery.enable = false;
-  };
-
   sane.gui.sxmo = {
-    nogesture = true;
     settings = {
-      ### hardware: touch screen
+      # touch screen
       SXMO_LISGD_INPUT_DEVICE = "/dev/input/by-path/platform-1c2ac00.i2c-event";
       # vol and power are detected correctly by upstream
 
-
+      # preferences
-      ### preferences
+      # N.B. some deviceprofiles explicitly set SXMO_SWAY_SCALE, overwriting what we put here.
-      # notable bemenu options:
+      SXMO_SWAY_SCALE = "1.5";
-      #   - see `bemenu --help` for all
+      SXMO_ROTATION_GRAVITY = "12800";
-      #   -P, --prefix          text to show before highlighted item.
-      #   --scrollbar           display scrollbar. (none (default), always, autohide)
-      #   -H, --line-height     defines the height to make each menu line (0 = default height). (wx)
-      #   -M, --margin          defines the empty space on either side of the menu. (wx)
-      #   -W, --width-factor    defines the relative width factor of the menu (from 0 to 1). (wx)
-      #   -B, --border          defines the width of the border in pixels around the menu. (wx)
-      #   -R  --border-radius   defines the radius of the border around the menu (0 = no curved borders).
-      #   --ch                  defines the height of the cursor (0 = scales with line height). (wx)
-      #   --cw                  defines the width of the cursor. (wx)
-      #   --hp                  defines the horizontal padding for the entries in single line mode. (wx)
-      #   --fn                  defines the font to be used ('name [size]'). (wx)
-      #   --tb                  defines the title background color. (wx)
-      #   --tf                  defines the title foreground color. (wx)
-      #   --fb                  defines the filter background color. (wx)
-      #   --ff                  defines the filter foreground color. (wx)
-      #   --nb                  defines the normal background color. (wx)
-      #   --nf                  defines the normal foreground color. (wx)
-      #   --hb                  defines the highlighted background color. (wx)
-      #   --hf                  defines the highlighted foreground color. (wx)
-      #   --fbb                 defines the feedback background color. (wx)
-      #   --fbf                 defines the feedback foreground color. (wx)
-      #   --sb                  defines the selected background color. (wx)
-      #   --sf                  defines the selected foreground color. (wx)
-      #   --ab                  defines the alternating background color. (wx)
-      #   --af                  defines the alternating foreground color. (wx)
-      #   --scb                 defines the scrollbar background color. (wx)
-      #   --scf                 defines the scrollbar foreground color. (wx)
-      #   --bdr                 defines the border color. (wx)
-      #
-      # colors are specified as `#RRGGBB`
-      # defaults:
-      # --ab "#222222"
-      # --af "#bbbbbb"
-      # --bdr "#005577"
-      # --border 3
-      # --cb "#222222"
-      # --center
-      # --cf "#bbbbbb"
-      # --fb "#222222"
-      # --fbb "#eeeeee"
-      # --fbf "#222222"
-      # --ff "#bbbbbb"
-      # --fixed-height
-      # --fn 'Sxmo 14'
-      # --hb "#005577"
-      # --hf "#eeeeee"
-      # --line-height 20
-      # --list 16
-      # --margin 40
-      # --nb "#222222"
-      # --nf "#bbbbbb"
-      # --no-overlap
-      # --no-spacing
-      # --sb "#323232"
-      # --scb "#005577"
-      # --scf "#eeeeee"
-      # --scrollbar autohide
-      # --tb "#005577"
-      # --tf "#eeeeee"
-      # --wrap
-      BEMENU_OPTS = let
-        bg = "#1d1721";       # slight purple
-        fg0 = "#d8d8d8";      # inactive text (light grey)
-        fg1 = "#ffffff";      # active text   (white)
-        accent0 = "#1f5e54";  # darker but saturated teal
-        accent1 = "#418379";  # teal (matches nixos-bg)
-        accent2 = "#5b938a";  # brighter but muted teal
-      in lib.concatStringsSep " " [
-        "--wrap --scrollbar autohide --fixed-height"
-        "--center --margin 45"
-        "--no-spacing"
-        # XXX: font size doesn't seem to take effect (would prefer larger)
-        "--fn 'Sxmo 14' --line-height 22 --border 3"
-        "--bdr '${accent0}'"                     # border
-        "--scf '${accent2}' --scb '${accent0}'"  # scrollbar
-        "--tb '${accent0}' --tf '${fg0}'"        # title
-        "--fb '${accent0}' --ff '${fg1}'"        # filter (i.e. text that's been entered)
-        "--hb '${accent1}' --hf '${fg1}'"        # selected item
-        "--nb '${bg}' --nf '${fg0}'"             # normal lines (even)
-        "--ab '${bg}' --af '${fg0}'"             # alternated lines (odd)
-        "--cf '${accent0}' --cb '${accent0}'"    # cursor (not very useful)
-      ];
       DEFAULT_COUNTRY = "US";
-
+      BROWSWER = "librewolf";
-      # BEMENU lines (wayland DMENU):
-      # - camera is 9th entry
-      # - flashlight is 10th entry
-      # - config is 14th entry. inside that:
-      #   - autorotate is 11th entry
-      #   - system menu is 19th entry
-      #   - close is 20th entry
-      # - power is 15th entry
-      # - close is 16th entry
-      SXMO_BEMENU_LANDSCAPE_LINES = "11";  # default 8
-      SXMO_BEMENU_PORTRAIT_LINES = "16";  # default 16
-      SXMO_BG_IMG = "${bg}";
-      SXMO_LOCK_IDLE_TIME = "15";  # how long between screenoff -> lock -> back to screenoff (default: 8)
-      # gravity: how far to tilt the device before the screen rotates
-      # for a given setting, normal <-> invert requires more movement then left <-> right
-      # i.e. the settingd doesn't feel completely symmetric
-      # SXMO_ROTATION_GRAVITY default is 16374
-      # SXMO_ROTATION_GRAVITY = "12800";  # uncomfortably high
-      # SXMO_ROTATION_GRAVITY = "12500";    # kinda uncomfortable when walking
-      SXMO_ROTATION_GRAVITY = "12000";
-      SXMO_SCREENSHOT_DIR = "/home/colin/Pictures";  # default: "$HOME"
-      # test new scales by running `swaymsg -- output DSI-1 scale x.y`
-      # SXMO_SWAY_SCALE = "1.5";  # hard to press gPodder icons
-      SXMO_SWAY_SCALE = "1.8";
-      # SXMO_SWAY_SCALE = "2";
-      SXMO_WORKSPACE_WRAPPING = "5";  # how many workspaces. default: 4
-
-      # wvkbd layers:
-      # - full
-      # - landscape
-      # - special  (e.g. coding symbols like ~)
-      # - emoji
-      # - nav
-      # - simple  (like landscape, but no parens/tab/etc; even fewer chars)
-      # - simplegrid  (simple, but grid layout)
-      # - dialer  (digits)
-      # - cyrillic
-      # - arabic
-      # - persian
-      # - greek
-      # - georgian
-      WVKBD_LANDSCAPE_LAYERS = "landscape,special,emoji";
-      WVKBD_LAYERS = "full,special,emoji";
     };
-    package = pkgs.sxmo-utils-latest.overrideAttrs (base: {
-      postPatch = (base.postPatch or "") + ''
-        cat <<EOF >> ./configs/default_hooks/sxmo_hook_start.sh
-        # rotate UI based on physical display angle by default
-        sxmo_daemons.sh start autorotate sxmo_autorotate.sh
-        EOF
-      '';
-    });
   };
 }

hosts/by-name/servo/default.nix

@@ -18,16 +18,10 @@
   sane.roles.build-machine.enable = true;
   sane.roles.build-machine.emulation = false;
   sane.zsh.showDeadlines = false;  # ~/knowledge doesn't always exist
-  sane.programs.consoleUtils.suggestedPrograms = [
-    "desktopConsoleUtils"
-    "sane-scripts.stop-all-servo"
-  ];
   sane.services.dyn-dns.enable = true;
   sane.services.wg-home.enable = true;
   sane.services.wg-home.enableWan = true;
   sane.services.wg-home.ip = config.sane.hosts.by-name."servo".wg-home.ip;
-  sane.nixcache.substituters.servo = false;
-  sane.nixcache.substituters.desko = false;
   # sane.services.duplicity.enable = true;  # TODO: re-enable after HW upgrade
 
   # automatically log in at the virtual consoles.

hosts/by-name/servo/fs.nix

@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 
 {
   sane.persist.root-on-tmpfs = true;
-  # increase /tmp space (defaults to 50% of RAM) for building large nix things.
+  # we need a /tmp for building large nix things
-  # even the stock `nixpkgs.linux` consumes > 16 GB of tmp
+  fileSystems."/tmp" = {
-  fileSystems."/tmp".options = [ "size=32G" ];
+    device = "none";
+    fsType = "tmpfs";
+    options = [
+      "mode=777"
+      "defaults"
+    ];
+  };
 
   fileSystems."/nix" = {
     device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/cc81cca0-3cc7-4d82-a00c-6243af3e7776";
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@
 
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
     # TODO: this is overly broad; only need media and share directories to be persisted
-    { user = "colin"; group = "users"; path = "/var/lib/uninsane"; }
+    { user = "colin"; group = "users"; directory = "/var/lib/uninsane"; }
   ];
   # make sure large media is stored to the HDD
   sane.persist.sys.ext = [
@@ -46,22 +52,21 @@
       user = "colin";
       group = "users";
       mode = "0777";
-      path = "/var/lib/uninsane/media/Videos";
+      directory = "/var/lib/uninsane/media/Videos";
     }
     {
       user = "colin";
       group = "users";
       mode = "0777";
-      path = "/var/lib/uninsane/media/freeleech";
+      directory = "/var/lib/uninsane/media/freeleech";
-    }
-    {
-      user = "colin";
-      group = "users";
-      mode = "0777";
-      path = "/var/lib/uninsane/media/datasets";
     }
   ];
 
+  # in-memory compressed RAM (seems to be dynamically sized)
+  # zramSwap = {
+  #   enable = true;
+  # };
+
   # btrfs doesn't easily support swapfiles
   # swapDevices = [
   #   { device = "/nix/persist/swapfile"; size = 4096; }

hosts/by-name/servo/services/calibre.nix

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ in
 lib.mkIf false
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
-    { inherit user group; mode = "0700"; path = svc-dir; }
+    { inherit user group; mode = "0700"; directory = svc-dir; }
   ];
 
   services.calibre-web.enable = true;

hosts/by-name/servo/services/default.nix

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     ./email
     ./ejabberd.nix
     ./freshrss.nix
-    ./export
+    ./ftp
     ./gitea.nix
     ./goaccess.nix
     ./ipfs.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     ./lemmy.nix
     ./matrix
     ./navidrome.nix
+    ./nfs.nix
     ./nixserve.nix
     ./nginx.nix
     ./pict-rs.nix

hosts/by-name/servo/services/ejabberd.nix

@@ -17,86 +17,73 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
 # XXX: avatar support works in MUCs but not DMs
-let
+# lib.mkIf false
-  # TODO: this range could be larger, but right now that's costly because each element is its own UPnP forward
-  # TURN port range (inclusive)
-  turnPortLow = 49152;
-  turnPortHigh = 49167;
-  turnPortRange = lib.range turnPortLow turnPortHigh;
-in
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
-    { user = "ejabberd"; group = "ejabberd"; path = "/var/lib/ejabberd"; }
+    { user = "ejabberd"; group = "ejabberd"; directory = "/var/lib/ejabberd"; }
   ];
-  sane.ports.ports = lib.mkMerge ([
+  sane.ports.ports."3478" = {
-    {
-      "3478" = {
     protocol = [ "tcp" "udp" ];
     visibleTo.lan = true;
     visibleTo.wan = true;
     description = "colin-xmpp-stun-turn";
   };
-      "5222" = {
+  sane.ports.ports."5222" = {
     protocol = [ "tcp" ];
     visibleTo.lan = true;
     visibleTo.wan = true;
     description = "colin-xmpp-client-to-server";
   };
-      "5223" = {
+  sane.ports.ports."5223" = {
     protocol = [ "tcp" ];
     visibleTo.lan = true;
     visibleTo.wan = true;
     description = "colin-xmpps-client-to-server";  # XMPP over TLS
   };
-      "5269" = {
+  sane.ports.ports."5269" = {
     protocol = [ "tcp" ];
     visibleTo.wan = true;
     description = "colin-xmpp-server-to-server";
   };
-      "5270" = {
+  sane.ports.ports."5270" = {
     protocol = [ "tcp" ];
     visibleTo.wan = true;
     description = "colin-xmpps-server-to-server";  # XMPP over TLS
   };
-      "5280" = {
+  sane.ports.ports."5280" = {
     protocol = [ "tcp" ];
     visibleTo.lan = true;
     visibleTo.wan = true;
     description = "colin-xmpp-bosh";
   };
-      "5281" = {
+  sane.ports.ports."5281" = {
     protocol = [ "tcp" ];
     visibleTo.lan = true;
     visibleTo.wan = true;
     description = "colin-xmpp-bosh-https";
   };
-      "5349" = {
+  sane.ports.ports."5349" = {
     protocol = [ "tcp" ];
     visibleTo.lan = true;
     visibleTo.wan = true;
     description = "colin-xmpp-stun-turn-over-tls";
   };
-      "5443" = {
+  sane.ports.ports."5443" = {
     protocol = [ "tcp" ];
     visibleTo.lan = true;
     visibleTo.wan = true;
     description = "colin-xmpp-web-services";  # file uploads, websockets, admin
   };
-    }
+
-  ] ++ (builtins.map
+  # TODO: forward these TURN ports!
-    (port: {
+  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPortRanges = [{
-      "${builtins.toString port}" = let
+    from = 49152;  # TURN
-        count = port - turnPortLow + 1;
+    to = 49408;
-        numPorts = turnPortHigh - turnPortLow + 1;
+  }];
-      in {
+  networking.firewall.allowedUDPPortRanges = [{
-        protocol = [ "tcp" "udp" ];
+    from = 49152;  # TURN
-        visibleTo.lan = true;
+    to = 49408;
-        visibleTo.wan = true;
+  }];
-        description = "colin-xmpp-turn-${builtins.toString count}-of-${builtins.toString numPorts}";
-      };
-    })
-    turnPortRange
-  ));
 
   # provide access to certs
   # TODO: this should just be `acme`. then we also add nginx to the `acme` group.
@@ -285,8 +272,8 @@ in
             module: ejabberd_stun
             transport: tcp
             use_turn: true
-            turn_min_port: ${builtins.toString turnPortLow}
+            turn_min_port: 49152
-            turn_max_port: ${builtins.toString turnPortHigh}
+            turn_max_port: 65535
             turn_ipv4_address: %ANATIVE%
           -
             # STUN+TURN UDP
@@ -294,8 +281,8 @@ in
             module: ejabberd_stun
             transport: udp
             use_turn: true
-            turn_min_port: ${builtins.toString turnPortLow}
+            turn_min_port: 49152
-            turn_max_port: ${builtins.toString turnPortHigh}
+            turn_max_port: 65535
             turn_ipv4_address: %ANATIVE%
           -
             # STUN+TURN TLS over TCP
@@ -305,8 +292,8 @@ in
             tls: true
             certfile: /var/lib/acme/uninsane.org/full.pem
             use_turn: true
-            turn_min_port: ${builtins.toString turnPortLow}
+            turn_min_port: 49152
-            turn_max_port: ${builtins.toString turnPortHigh}
+            turn_max_port: 65535
             turn_ipv4_address: %ANATIVE%
 
         # TODO: enable mod_fail2ban

hosts/by-name/servo/services/email/postfix.nix

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ in
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
     # TODO: mode? could be more granular
-    { user = "opendkim"; group = "opendkim"; path = "/var/lib/opendkim"; }
+    { user = "opendkim"; group = "opendkim"; directory = "/var/lib/opendkim"; }
-    { user = "root"; group = "root"; path = "/var/lib/postfix"; }
+    { user = "root"; group = "root"; directory = "/var/lib/postfix"; }
-    { user = "root"; group = "root"; path = "/var/spool/mail"; }
+    { user = "root"; group = "root"; directory = "/var/spool/mail"; }
     # *probably* don't need these dirs:
     # "/var/lib/dhparams"          # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/security/dhparams.nix
     # "/var/lib/dovecot"

hosts/by-name/servo/services/export/default.nix

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{ config, ... }:
-{
-  imports = [
-    ./nfs.nix
-    ./sftpgo.nix
-  ];
-
-
-  fileSystems."/var/export/media" = {
-    # everything in here could be considered publicly readable (based on the viewer's legal jurisdiction)
-    device = "/var/lib/uninsane/media";
-    options = [ "rbind" ];
-  };
-  fileSystems."/var/export/playground" = {
-    device = config.fileSystems."/mnt/persist/ext".device;
-    fsType = "btrfs";
-    options = [
-      "subvol=export-playground"
-      "compress=zstd"
-      "defaults"
-    ];
-  };
-
-  sane.fs."/var/export/README.md" = {
-    wantedBy = [ "nfs.service" "sftpgo.service" ];
-    file.text = ''
-      - media/         read-only:  Videos, Music, Books, etc
-      - playground/    read-write: use it to share files with other users of this server
-    '';
-  };
-
-  # sane.fs."/var/lib/sftpgo/export/playground/README.md" = {
-  #   wantedBy = [ "nfs.service" "sftpgo.service" ];
-  #   file.text = ''
-  #     this directory is intentionally read+write by anyone.
-  #     there are no rules, except a server-level quota:
-  #     - share files
-  #     - write poetry
-  #     - be a friendly troll
-  #   '';
-  # };
-}

hosts/by-name/servo/services/export/sftpgo.nix

@@ -1,193 +0,0 @@
-# docs:
-# - <https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo>
-# - config options: <https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/blob/main/docs/full-configuration.md>
-# - config defaults: <https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/blob/main/sftpgo.json>
-# - nixos options: <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/services/web-apps/sftpgo.nix>
-# - nixos example: <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/tests/sftpgo.nix>
-#
-# sftpgo is a FTP server that also supports WebDAV, SFTP, and web clients.
-#
-# TODO: change umask so sftpgo-created files default to 644.
-# - it does indeed appear that the 600 is not something sftpgo is explicitly doing.
-#
-# TODO: enforce a "quota" by placing /playground on a btrfs subvolume
-# - sane.persist API could expose a `subvolume` option to make this feel natural
-
-
-{ config, lib, pkgs, sane-lib, ... }:
-let
-  # user permissions:
-  # - see <repo:drakkan/sftpgo:internal/dataprovider/user.go>
-  # - "*" = grant all permissions
-  # - read-only perms:
-  #   - "list" = list files and directories
-  #   - "download"
-  # - rw perms:
-  #   - "upload"
-  #   - "overwrite" = allow uploads to replace existing files
-  #   - "delete" = delete files and directories
-  #     - "delete_files"
-  #     - "delete_dirs"
-  #   - "rename" = rename files and directories
-  #     - "rename_files"
-  #     - "rename_dirs"
-  #   - "create_dirs"
-  #   - "create_symlinks"
-  #   - "chmod"
-  #   - "chown"
-  #   - "chtimes" = change atime/mtime (access and modification times)
-  #
-  # home_dir:
-  # - it seems (empirically) that a user can't cd above their home directory.
-  #   though i don't have a reference for that in the docs.
-  authResponseSuccess = {
-    status = 1;
-    username = "anonymous";
-    expiration_date = 0;
-    home_dir = "/var/export";
-    # uid/gid 0 means to inherit sftpgo uid.
-    # - i.e. users can't read files which Linux user `sftpgo` can't read
-    # - uploaded files belong to Linux user `sftpgo`
-    # other uid/gid values aren't possible for localfs backend, unless i let sftpgo use `sudo`.
-    uid = 0;
-    gid = 0;
-    # uid = 65534;
-    # gid = 65534;
-    max_sessions = 0;
-    # quota_*: 0 means to not use SFTP's quota system
-    quota_size = 0;
-    quota_files = 0;
-    permissions = {
-      "/" = [ "list" "download" ];
-      "/playground" = [
-        # read-only:
-        "list"
-        "download"
-        # write:
-        "upload"
-        "overwrite"
-        "delete"
-        "rename"
-        "create_dirs"
-        "create_symlinks"
-        # intentionally omitted:
-        # "chmod"
-        # "chown"
-        # "chtimes"
-      ];
-    };
-    upload_bandwidth = 0;
-    download_bandwidth = 0;
-    filters = {
-      allowed_ip = [];
-      denied_ip = [];
-    };
-    public_keys = [];
-    # other fields:
-    # ? groups
-    # ? virtual_folders
-  };
-  authResponseFail = {
-    username = "";
-  };
-  authSuccessJson = pkgs.writeText "sftp-auth-success.json" (builtins.toJSON authResponseSuccess);
-  authFailJson = pkgs.writeText "sftp-auth-fail.json" (builtins.toJSON authResponseFail);
-  unwrappedAuthProgram = pkgs.static-nix-shell.mkBash {
-    pname = "sftpgo_external_auth_hook";
-    src = ./.;
-    pkgs = [ "coreutils" ];
-  };
-  authProgram = pkgs.writeShellScript "sftpgo-auth-hook" ''
-    ${unwrappedAuthProgram}/bin/sftpgo_external_auth_hook ${authFailJson} ${authSuccessJson}
-  '';
-in
-{
-  # Client initiates a FTP "control connection" on port 21.
-  # - this handles the client -> server commands, and the server -> client status, but not the actual data
-  # - file data, directory listings, etc need to be transferred on an ephemeral "data port".
-  # - 50000-50100 is a common port range for this.
-  sane.ports.ports = {
-    "21" = {
-      protocol = [ "tcp" ];
-      visibleTo.lan = true;
-      description = "colin-FTP server";
-    };
-  } // (sane-lib.mapToAttrs
-    (port: {
-      name = builtins.toString port;
-      value = {
-        protocol = [ "tcp" ];
-        visibleTo.lan = true;
-        description = "colin-FTP server data port range";
-      };
-    })
-    (lib.range 50000 50100)
-  );
-
-  services.sftpgo = {
-    enable = true;
-    settings = {
-      ftpd = {
-        bindings = [
-          {
-            # binding this means any wireguard client can connect
-            address = "10.0.10.5";
-            port = 21;
-            debug = true;
-          }
-          {
-            # binding this means any LAN client can connect
-            address = "10.78.79.51";
-            port = 21;
-            debug = true;
-          }
-        ];
-
-        # active mode is susceptible to "bounce attacks", without much benefit over passive mode
-        disable_active_mode = true;
-        hash_support = true;
-        passive_port_range = {
-          start = 50000;
-          end = 50100;
-        };
-
-        banner = ''
-          Welcome, friends, to Colin's read-only FTP server! Also available via NFS on the same host.
-          Username: "anonymous"
-          Password: "anonymous"
-          CONFIGURE YOUR CLIENT FOR "PASSIVE" mode, e.g. `ftp --passive uninsane.org`
-          Please let me know if anything's broken or not as it should be. Otherwise, browse and DL freely :)
-        '';
-
-      };
-      data_provider = {
-        driver = "memory";
-        external_auth_hook = "${authProgram}";
-        # track_quota:
-        # - 0: disable quota tracking
-        # - 1: quota is updated on every upload/delete, even if user has no quota restriction
-        # - 2: quota is updated on every upload/delete, but only if user/folder has a quota restriction  (default, i think)
-        # track_quota = 2;
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
-  # fileSystems."/var/lib/sftpgo/export/media" = {
-  #   # everything in here could be considered publicly readable (based on the viewer's legal jurisdiction)
-  #   device = "/var/lib/uninsane/media";
-  #   options = [ "rbind" ];
-  # };
-  # sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
-  #   { user = "sftpgo"; group = "sftpgo"; path = "/var/lib/sftpgo/export/playground"; }
-  # ];
-  # sane.fs."/var/lib/sftpgo/export/playground/README.md" = {
-  #   wantedBy = [ "sftpgo.service" ];
-  #   file.text = ''
-  #     this directory is intentionally read+write by anyone.
-  #     there are no rules, except a server-level quota:
-  #     - share files
-  #     - write poetry
-  #     - be a friendly troll
-  #   '';
-  # };
-}

hosts/by-name/servo/services/export/sftpgo_external_auth_hook

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils
-# vim: set filetype=bash :
-#
-# available environment variables:
-# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_USERNAME
-# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_USER
-# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_IP
-# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_PROTOCOL  = { "DAV", "FTP", "HTTP", "SSH" }
-# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_PASSWORD
-# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_PUBLIC_KEY
-# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_KEYBOARD_INTERACTIVE
-# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_TLS_CERT
-#
-#
-# call with <script_name> /path/to/fail/response.json /path/to/success/response.json
-
-
-if [ "$SFTPGO_AUTHD_USERNAME" = "anonymous" ]; then
-  cat "$2"
-else
-  cat "$1"
-fi

hosts/by-name/servo/services/freshrss.nix

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     mode = "0400";
   };
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
-    { user = "freshrss"; group = "freshrss"; path = "/var/lib/freshrss"; }
+    { user = "freshrss"; group = "freshrss"; directory = "/var/lib/freshrss"; }
   ];
 
   services.freshrss.enable = true;

hosts/by-name/servo/services/ftp/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# docs:
+# - <https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo>
+# - config options: <https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/blob/main/docs/full-configuration.md>
+# - config defaults: <https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/blob/main/sftpgo.json>
+# - nixos options: <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:nixos/modules/services/web-apps/sftpgo.nix>
+#
+# sftpgo is a FTP server that also supports WebDAV, SFTP, and web clients.
+
+
+{ lib, pkgs, sane-lib, ... }:
+let
+  authProgram = pkgs.static-nix-shell.mkBash {
+    pname = "sftpgo_external_auth_hook";
+    src = ./.;
+  };
+in
+{
+  # Client initiates a FTP "control connection" on port 21.
+  # - this handles the client -> server commands, and the server -> client status, but not the actual data
+  # - file data, directory listings, etc need to be transferred on an ephemeral "data port".
+  # - 50000-50100 is a common port range for this.
+  sane.ports.ports = {
+    "21" = {
+      protocol = [ "tcp" ];
+      visibleTo.lan = true;
+      description = "colin-FTP server";
+    };
+  } // (sane-lib.mapToAttrs
+    (port: {
+      name = builtins.toString port;
+      value = {
+        protocol = [ "tcp" ];
+        visibleTo.lan = true;
+        description = "colin-FTP server data port range";
+      };
+    })
+    (lib.range 50000 50100)
+  );
+
+  services.sftpgo = {
+    enable = true;
+    settings = {
+      ftpd = {
+        bindings = [{
+          address = "10.0.10.5";
+          port = 21;
+          debug = true;
+        }];
+
+        # active mode is susceptible to "bounce attacks", without much benefit over passive mode
+        disable_active_mode = true;
+        hash_support = true;
+        passive_port_range = {
+          start = 50000;
+          end = 50100;
+        };
+
+        banner = ''
+          Welcome, friends, to Colin's read-only FTP server! Also available via NFS on the same host.
+          Please let me know if anything's broken or not as it should be. Otherwise, browse and DL freely :)
+        '';
+
+      };
+      data_provider = {
+        driver = "memory";
+        external_auth_hook = "${authProgram}/bin/sftpgo_external_auth_hook";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}

hosts/by-name/servo/services/ftp/sftpgo_external_auth_hook

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash
+# vim: set filetype=bash :
+#
+# available environment variables:
+# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_USERNAME
+# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_USER
+# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_IP
+# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_PROTOCOL  = { "DAV", "FTP", "HTTP", "SSH" }
+# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_PASSWORD
+# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_PUBLIC_KEY
+# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_KEYBOARD_INTERACTIVE
+# - SFTPGO_AUTHD_TLS_CERT
+#
+# user permissions:
+# - see <repo:drakkan/sftpgo:internal/dataprovider/user.go>
+# - "*" = grant all permissions
+# - read-only perms:
+#   - "list" = list files and directories
+#   - "download"
+# - rw perms:
+#   - "upload"
+#   - "overwrite" = allow uploads to replace existing files
+#   - "delete" = delete files and directories
+#     - "delete_files"
+#     - "delete_dirs"
+#   - "rename" = rename files and directories
+#     - "rename_files"
+#     - "rename_dirs"
+#   - "create_dirs"
+#   - "create_symlinks"
+#   - "chmod"
+#   - "chown"
+#   - "chtimes" = change atime/mtime (access and modification times)
+#
+# home_dir:
+# - it seems (empirically) that a user can't cd above their home directory.
+#   though i don't have a reference for that in the docs.
+# TODO: don't reuse /var/nfs/export here. formalize this some other way.
+
+
+if [ "$SFTPGO_AUTHD_USERNAME" = "anonymous" ]; then
+  echo '{'
+  echo '  "status":1,'
+  echo '  "username":"anonymous","expiration_date":0,'
+  echo '  "home_dir":"/var/nfs/export","uid":65534,"gid":65534,"max_sessions":0,"quota_size":0,"quota_files":100000,'
+  echo '  "permissions":{'
+  echo '    "/":["list", "download"]'
+  echo '  },'
+  echo '  "upload_bandwidth":0,"download_bandwidth":0,'
+  echo '  "filters":{"allowed_ip":[],"denied_ip":[]},"public_keys":[]'
+  echo '}'
+else
+  echo '{"username":""}'
+fi

hosts/by-name/servo/services/gitea.nix

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
     # TODO: mode? could be more granular
-    { user = "git"; group = "gitea"; path = "/var/lib/gitea"; }
+    { user = "git"; group = "gitea"; directory = "/var/lib/gitea"; }
   ];
   services.gitea.enable = true;
   services.gitea.user = "git";  # default is 'gitea'

hosts/by-name/servo/services/ipfs.nix

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ lib.mkIf false # i don't actively use ipfs anymore
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
     # TODO: mode? could be more granular
-    { user = "261"; group = "261"; path = "/var/lib/ipfs"; }
+    { user = "261"; group = "261"; directory = "/var/lib/ipfs"; }
   ];
 
   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 4001 ];

hosts/by-name/servo/services/jackett.nix

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
     # TODO: mode? we only need this to save Indexer creds ==> migrate to config?
-    { user = "root"; group = "root"; path = "/var/lib/jackett"; }
+    { user = "root"; group = "root"; directory = "/var/lib/jackett"; }
   ];
   services.jackett.enable = true;
 

hosts/by-name/servo/services/jellyfin.nix

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   };
 
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
-    { user = "jellyfin"; group = "jellyfin"; mode = "0700"; path = "/var/lib/jellyfin"; }
+    { user = "jellyfin"; group = "jellyfin"; mode = "0700"; directory = "/var/lib/jellyfin"; }
   ];
   sane.fs."/var/lib/jellyfin/config/logging.json" = {
     # "Emby.Dlna" logging: <https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/networking/dlna>

hosts/by-name/servo/services/komga.nix

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ let
 in
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
-    { inherit user group; mode = "0700"; path = stateDir; }
+    { inherit user group; mode = "0700"; directory = stateDir; }
   ];
 
   services.komga.enable = true;

hosts/by-name/servo/services/lemmy.nix

@@ -3,23 +3,13 @@
 # - <repo:LemmyNet/lemmy:docker/nginx.conf>
 # - <repo:LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible:templates/nginx.conf>
 
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, lib, ... }:
 let
   inherit (builtins) toString;
   inherit (lib) mkForce;
   uiPort = 1234;  # default ui port is 1234
   backendPort = 8536; # default backend port is 8536
-  #^ i guess the "backend" port is used for federation?
+  # - i guess the "backend" port is used for federation?
-  pict-rs = pkgs.pict-rs.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
-    # as of v 0.4.2, all non-GIF video is forcibly transcoded.
-    # that breaks lemmy, because of the request latency.
-    # and it eats up hella CPU.
-    # pict-rs is iffy around video altogether: mp4 seems the best supported.
-    postPatch = (upstream.postPatch or "") + ''
-      substituteInPlace src/validate.rs \
-        --replace 'if transcode_options.needs_reencode() {' 'if false {'
-    '';
-  });
 in {
   services.lemmy = {
     enable = true;
@@ -66,20 +56,4 @@ in {
   };
 
   sane.dns.zones."uninsane.org".inet.CNAME."lemmy" = "native";
-
-  #v DO NOT REMOVE: defaults to 0.3, instead of latest, so always need to explicitly set this.
-  services.pict-rs.package = pict-rs;
-
-  # pict-rs configuration is applied in this order:
-  # - via toml
-  # - via env vars (overrides everything above)
-  # - via CLI flags (overrides everything above)
-  # some of the CLI flags have defaults, making it the only actual way to configure certain things even when docs claim otherwise.
-  # CLI args: <https://git.asonix.dog/asonix/pict-rs#user-content-running>
-  systemd.services.pict-rs.serviceConfig.ExecStart = lib.mkForce (lib.concatStringsSep " " [
-    "${lib.getBin pict-rs}/bin/pict-rs run"
-    "--media-max-frame-count" (builtins.toString (30*60*60))
-    "--media-process-timeout 120"
-    "--media-enable-full-video true"  # allow audio
-  ]);
 }

hosts/by-name/servo/services/matrix/default.nix

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   ];
 
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
-    { user = "matrix-synapse"; group = "matrix-synapse"; path = "/var/lib/matrix-synapse"; }
+    { user = "matrix-synapse"; group = "matrix-synapse"; directory = "/var/lib/matrix-synapse"; }
   ];
   services.matrix-synapse.enable = true;
   # this changes the default log level from INFO to WARN.

hosts/by-name/servo/services/matrix/discord-puppet.nix

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 lib.mkIf false
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
-    { user = "matrix-synapse"; group = "matrix-synapse"; path = "/var/lib/mx-puppet-discord"; }
+    { user = "matrix-synapse"; group = "matrix-synapse"; directory = "/var/lib/mx-puppet-discord"; }
   ];
 
   services.matrix-synapse.settings.app_service_config_files = [

hosts/by-name/servo/services/matrix/irc.nix

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 # config docs:
 # - <https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/blob/develop/config.sample.yaml>
+# TODO: /quit message for bridged users reveals to IRC users that i'm using a bridge;
 #       probably want to remove that.
 { config, lib, ... }:
 
 let
-  ircServer = { name, additionalAddresses ? [], sasl ? true, port ? 6697 }: let
+  ircServer = { name, additionalAddresses ? [], sasl ? true }: let
     lowerName = lib.toLower name;
   in {
     # XXX sasl: appservice doesn't support NickServ identification (only SASL, or PASS if sasl = false)
-    inherit name additionalAddresses sasl port;
+    inherit name additionalAddresses sasl;
+    port = 6697;
     ssl = true;
     botConfig = {
       # bot has no presence in IRC channel; only real Matrix users
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ in
 
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
     # TODO: mode?
-    { user = "matrix-appservice-irc"; group = "matrix-appservice-irc"; path = "/var/lib/matrix-appservice-irc"; }
+    { user = "matrix-appservice-irc"; group = "matrix-appservice-irc"; directory = "/var/lib/matrix-appservice-irc"; }
   ];
 
   # XXX: matrix-appservice-irc PreStart tries to chgrp the registration.yml to matrix-synapse,
@@ -149,7 +151,6 @@ in
         };
         "irc.oftc.net" = ircServer {
           name = "oftc";
-          sasl = false;
           # notable channels:
           # - #sxmo
           # - #sxmo-offtopic

hosts/by-name/servo/services/matrix/signal.nix

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
-    { user = "mautrix-signal"; group = "mautrix-signal"; path = "/var/lib/mautrix-signal"; }
+    { user = "mautrix-signal"; group = "mautrix-signal"; directory = "/var/lib/mautrix-signal"; }
-    { user = "signald"; group = "signald"; path = "/var/lib/signald"; }
+    { user = "signald"; group = "signald"; directory = "/var/lib/signald"; }
   ];
 
   # allow synapse to read the registration file

hosts/by-name/servo/services/navidrome.nix

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
-    { user = "navidrome"; group = "navidrome"; path = "/var/lib/navidrome"; }
+    { user = "navidrome"; group = "navidrome"; directory = "/var/lib/navidrome"; }
   ];
   services.navidrome.enable = true;
   services.navidrome.settings = {

hosts/by-name/servo/services/nfs.nix

@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
   #
   # 10.0.0.0/8 to export (readonly) both to LAN (unencrypted) and wg vpn (encrypted)
   services.nfs.server.exports = ''
-    /var/export 10.78.79.0/22(ro,crossmnt,fsid=0,subtree_check) 10.0.10.0/24(rw,no_root_squash,crossmnt,fsid=0,subtree_check)
+    /var/nfs/export 10.78.79.0/22(ro,crossmnt,fsid=0,subtree_check) 10.0.10.0/24(rw,no_root_squash,crossmnt,fsid=0,subtree_check)
   '';
+
+  fileSystems."/var/nfs/export/media" = {
+    # everything in here could be considered publicly readable (based on the viewer's legal jurisdiction)
+    device = "/var/lib/uninsane/media";
+    options = [ "rbind" ];
+  };
 }

hosts/by-name/servo/services/nginx.nix

@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ in
     };
 
     # allow ActivityPub clients to discover how to reach @user@uninsane.org
-    # see: https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma/-/merge_requests/3361/
+    # TODO: waiting on https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma/-/merge_requests/3361/
-    # not sure this makes sense while i run multiple AP services (pleroma, lemmy)
     # locations."/.well-known/nodeinfo" = {
     #   proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:4000";
     #   extraConfig = pleromaExtraConfig;
@@ -135,8 +134,8 @@ in
 
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
     # TODO: mode?
-    { user = "acme"; group = "acme"; path = "/var/lib/acme"; }
+    { user = "acme"; group = "acme"; directory = "/var/lib/acme"; }
-    { user = "colin"; group = "users"; path = "/var/www/sites"; }
+    { user = "colin"; group = "users"; directory = "/var/www/sites"; }
   ];
 
   # let's encrypt default chain looks like:

hosts/by-name/servo/services/pict-rs.nix

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let
 in
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = lib.mkIf cfg.enable [
-    { user = "pict-rs"; group = "pict-rs"; path = cfg.dataDir; }
+    { user = "pict-rs"; group = "pict-rs"; directory = cfg.dataDir; }
   ];
 
   systemd.services.pict-rs.serviceConfig = {

hosts/by-name/servo/services/pleroma.nix

@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 # docs:
-# - <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/networking/pleroma.nix>
+# - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/networking/pleroma.nix
-# - <https://docs.pleroma.social/backend/configuration/cheatsheet/>
+# - https://docs.pleroma.social/backend/configuration/cheatsheet/
-# example config:
-# - <https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma/-/blob/develop/config/config.exs>
 #
-# to run it in a oci-container: <https://github.com/barrucadu/nixfiles/blob/master/services/pleroma.nix>
+# to run it in a oci-container: https://github.com/barrucadu/nixfiles/blob/master/services/pleroma.nix
-#
-# admin frontend: <https://fed.uninsane.org/pleroma/admin>
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 
-let
-  logLevel = "warn";
-  # logLevel = "debug";
-in
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
-    { user = "pleroma"; group = "pleroma"; path = "/var/lib/pleroma"; }
+    # TODO: mode? could be more granular
+    { user = "pleroma"; group = "pleroma"; directory = "/var/lib/pleroma"; }
   ];
   services.pleroma.enable = true;
   services.pleroma.secretConfigFile = config.sops.secrets.pleroma_secrets.path;
@@ -63,7 +56,6 @@ in
       database: "pleroma",
       hostname: "localhost",
       pool_size: 10,
-      prepare: :named,
       parameters: [
           plan_cache_mode: "force_custom_plan"
       ]
@@ -104,22 +96,10 @@ in
       backends: [{ExSyslogger, :ex_syslogger}]
 
     config :logger, :ex_syslogger,
-      level: :${logLevel}
+      level: :warn
-
+    #  level: :debug
-    # policies => list of message rewriting facilities to be enabled
-    # transparence => whether to publish these rules in node_info (and /about)
-    config :pleroma, :mrf,
-      policies: [Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.SimplePolicy],
-      transparency: true
-
-    # reject => { host, reason }
-    config :pleroma, :mrf_simple,
-      reject: [ {"threads.net", "megacorp"}, {"*.threads.net", "megacorp"} ]
-      # reject: [ [host: "threads.net", reason: "megacorp"], [host: "*.threads.net", reason: "megacorp"] ]
 
     # XXX colin: not sure if this actually _does_ anything
-    # better to steal emoji from other instances?
-    # - <https://docs.pleroma.social/backend/configuration/cheatsheet/#mrf_steal_emoji>
     config :pleroma, :emoji,
       shortcode_globs: ["/emoji/**/*.png"],
       groups: [
@@ -168,7 +148,6 @@ in
     # inherit kTLS;
     locations."/" = {
       proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:4000";
-      recommendedProxySettings = true;
       # documented: https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma/-/blob/develop/installation/pleroma.nginx
       extraConfig = ''
         # XXX colin: this block is in the nixos examples: i don't understand all of it
@@ -187,18 +166,17 @@ in
         add_header Referrer-Policy same-origin;
         add_header X-Download-Options noopen;
 
-        # proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
-        # proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
-        # proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
-        # # proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+        # proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
-        # proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
-        # proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
 
         # colin: added this due to Pleroma complaining in its logs
         # proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
         # proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
 
-        # NB: this defines the maximum upload size
         client_max_body_size 16m;
       '';
     };

hosts/by-name/servo/services/postgres.nix

@@ -1,39 +1,12 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ ... }:
 
-let
-  GiB = n: MiB 1024*n;
-  MiB = n: KiB 1024*n;
-  KiB = n: 1024*n;
-in
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
     # TODO: mode?
-    { user = "postgres"; group = "postgres"; path = "/var/lib/postgresql"; }
+    { user = "postgres"; group = "postgres"; directory = "/var/lib/postgresql"; }
   ];
   services.postgresql.enable = true;
-
+  # services.postgresql.dataDir = "/opt/postgresql/13";
-  # HOW TO UPDATE:
-  # postgres version updates are manual and require intervention.
-  # - `sane-stop-all-servo`
-  # - `systemctl start postgresql`
-  # - as `sudo su postgres`:
-  #   - `cd /var/log/postgresql`
-  #   - `pg_dumpall > state.sql`
-  #   - `echo placeholder > <new_version>`  # to prevent state from being created earlier than we want
-  # - then, atomically:
-  #   - update the `services.postgresql.package` here
-  #   - `dataDir` is atomically updated to match package; don't touch
-  #   - `nixos-rebuild --flake . switch ; sane-stop-all-servo`
-  # - `sudo rm -rf /var/lib/postgresql/<new_version>`
-  # - `systemctl start postgresql`
-  # - as `sudo su postgres`:
-  #   - `cd /var/lib/postgreql`
-  #   - `psql -f state.sql`
-  # - restart dependent services (maybe test one at a time)
-
-  services.postgresql.package = pkgs.postgresql_15;
-
-
   # XXX colin: for a proper deploy, we'd want to include something for Pleroma here too.
   # services.postgresql.initialScript = pkgs.writeText "synapse-init.sql" ''
   #   CREATE ROLE "matrix-synapse" WITH LOGIN PASSWORD '<password goes here>';
@@ -44,33 +17,10 @@ in
   #     LC_CTYPE = "C";
   # '';
 
-  # perf tuning
+  # TODO: perf tuning
   # - for recommended values see: <https://pgtune.leopard.in.ua/>
   # - for official docs (sparse), see: <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/config-setting.html#CONFIG-SETTING-CONFIGURATION-FILE>
-  services.postgresql.settings = {
+  # services.postgresql.settings = { ... }
-    # DB Version: 15
-    # OS Type: linux
-    # DB Type: web
-    # Total Memory (RAM): 32 GB
-    # CPUs num: 12
-    # Data Storage: ssd
-    max_connections = 200;
-    shared_buffers = "8GB";
-    effective_cache_size = "24GB";
-    maintenance_work_mem = "2GB";
-    checkpoint_completion_target = 0.9;
-    wal_buffers = "16MB";
-    default_statistics_target = 100;
-    random_page_cost = 1.1;
-    effective_io_concurrency = 200;
-    work_mem = "10485kB";
-    min_wal_size = "1GB";
-    max_wal_size = "4GB";
-    max_worker_processes = 12;
-    max_parallel_workers_per_gather = 4;
-    max_parallel_workers = 12;
-    max_parallel_maintenance_workers = 4;
-  };
 
   # daily backups to /var/backup
   services.postgresqlBackup.enable = true;

hosts/by-name/servo/services/prosody.nix

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 lib.mkIf false
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
-    { user = "prosody"; group = "prosody"; path = "/var/lib/prosody"; }
+    { user = "prosody"; group = "prosody"; directory = "/var/lib/prosody"; }
   ];
   sane.ports.ports."5222" = {
     protocol = [ "tcp" ];

hosts/by-name/servo/services/transmission.nix

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
     # TODO: mode? we need this specifically for the stats tracking in .config/
-    { user = "transmission"; group = "transmission"; path = "/var/lib/transmission"; }
+    { user = "transmission"; group = "transmission"; directory = "/var/lib/transmission"; }
   ];
   services.transmission.enable = true;
   services.transmission.settings = {

hosts/by-name/servo/services/trust-dns.nix

@@ -1,25 +1,15 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
 {
-  services.trust-dns.enable = true;
+  sane.services.trust-dns.enable = true;
 
-  services.trust-dns.settings.listen_addrs_ipv4 = [
+  sane.services.trust-dns.listenAddrsIPv4 = [
     # specify each address explicitly, instead of using "*".
     # this ensures responses are sent from the address at which the request was received.
     config.sane.hosts.by-name."servo".lan-ip
     "10.0.1.5"
   ];
-  # don't bind to IPv6 until i explicitly test that stack
+  sane.services.trust-dns.quiet = true;
-  services.trust-dns.settings.listen_addrs_ipv6 = [];
-  services.trust-dns.quiet = true;
-  # services.trust-dns.debug = true;
-
-  sane.ports.ports."53" = {
-    protocol = [ "udp" "tcp" ];
-    visibleTo.lan = true;
-    visibleTo.wan = true;
-    description = "colin-dns-hosting";
-  };
 
   sane.dns.zones."uninsane.org".TTL = 900;
 
@@ -61,15 +51,18 @@
     ];
   };
 
-  services.trust-dns.settings.zones = [ "uninsane.org" ];
+  # we need trust-dns to load our zone by relative path instead of /nix/store path
+  # because we generate it at runtime.
+  sane.services.trust-dns.zones."uninsane.org".file = lib.mkForce "uninsane.org.zone";
+  sane.services.trust-dns.zonedir = null;
 
-  services.trust-dns.package =
+  sane.services.trust-dns.package =
     let
       sed = "${pkgs.gnused}/bin/sed";
       zone-dir = "/var/lib/trust-dns";
       zone-wan = "${zone-dir}/wan/uninsane.org.zone";
       zone-lan = "${zone-dir}/lan/uninsane.org.zone";
-      zone-template = pkgs.writeText "uninsane.org.zone.in" config.sane.dns.zones."uninsane.org".rendered;
+      zone-template = pkgs.writeText "uninsane.org.zone.in" config.sane.services.trust-dns.zones."uninsane.org".text;
     in pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "named" ''
       # compute wan/lan values
       mkdir -p ${zone-dir}/{ovpn,wan,lan}
@@ -100,17 +93,6 @@
       exit 1
     '';
 
-  systemd.services.trust-dns.serviceConfig = {
-    DynamicUser = lib.mkForce false;
-    User = "trust-dns";
-    Group = "trust-dns";
-  };
-  users.groups.trust-dns = {};
-  users.users.trust-dns = {
-    group = "trust-dns";
-    isSystemUser = true;
-  };
-
   sane.services.dyn-dns.restartOnChange = [ "trust-dns.service" ];
 
   networking.nat.enable = true;

hosts/common/default.nix

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     ./programs
     ./secrets.nix
     ./ssh.nix
-    ./users
+    ./users.nix
     ./vpn.nix
   ];
 
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
   sane.programs.sysadminUtils.enableFor.system = lib.mkDefault true;
   sane.programs.consoleUtils.enableFor.user.colin = lib.mkDefault true;
 
+  # some services which use private directories error if the parent (/var/lib/private) isn't 700.
+  sane.fs."/var/lib/private".dir.acl.mode = "0700";
+
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
   nixpkgs.config.allowBroken = true;  # NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN
 
@@ -40,39 +43,48 @@
   # does the builder use some content-addressed db to efficiently dedupe?
   nix.settings.auto-optimise-store = true;
 
-  systemd.services.nix-daemon.serviceConfig = {
+  fonts = {
-    # the nix-daemon manages nix builders
+    enableDefaultFonts = true;
-    # kill nix-daemon subprocesses when systemd-oomd detects an out-of-memory condition
+    fonts = with pkgs; [ font-awesome noto-fonts-emoji hack-font ];
-    # see:
+    fontconfig.enable = true;
-    # - nixos PR that enabled systemd-oomd: <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/169613>
+    fontconfig.defaultFonts = {
-    # - systemd's docs on these properties: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.resource-control.html#ManagedOOMSwap=auto%7Ckill>
+      emoji = [ "Font Awesome 6 Free" "Noto Color Emoji" ];
-    #
+      monospace = [ "Hack" ];
-    # systemd's docs warn that without swap, systemd-oomd might not be able to react quick enough to save the system.
+      serif = [ "DejaVu Serif" ];
-    # see `man oomd.conf` for further tunables that may help.
+      sansSerif = [ "DejaVu Sans" ];
-    #
+    };
-    # alternatively, apply this more broadly with `systemd.oomd.enableSystemSlice = true` or `enableRootSlice`
-    # TODO: also apply this to the guest user's slice (user-1100.slice)
-    # TODO: also apply this to distccd
-    ManagedOOMMemoryPressure = "kill";
-    ManagedOOMSwap = "kill";
   };
 
-
+  # XXX: twitter-color-emoji doesn't cross-compile; but not-fonts-emoji does
-  system.activationScripts.nixClosureDiff = {
+  # fonts = {
-    supportsDryActivation = true;
+  #   enableDefaultFonts = true;
-    text = ''
+  #   fonts = with pkgs; [ font-awesome twitter-color-emoji hack-font ];
-      # show which packages changed versions or are new/removed in this upgrade
+  #   fontconfig.enable = true;
-      # source: <https://github.com/luishfonseca/dotfiles/blob/32c10e775d9ec7cc55e44592a060c1c9aadf113e/modules/upgrade-diff.nix>
+  #   fontconfig.defaultFonts = {
-      ${pkgs.nvd}/bin/nvd --nix-bin-dir=${pkgs.nix}/bin diff /run/current-system "$systemConfig"
+  #     emoji = [ "Font Awesome 6 Free" "Twitter Color Emoji" ];
-    '';
+  #     monospace = [ "Hack" ];
-  };
+  #     serif = [ "DejaVu Serif" ];
+  #     sansSerif = [ "DejaVu Sans" ];
+  #   };
+  # };
 
   # disable non-required packages like nano, perl, rsync, strace
   environment.defaultPackages = [];
 
+  # programs.vim.defaultEditor = true;
+  environment.variables = {
+    EDITOR = "vim";
+    # git claims it should use EDITOR, but it doesn't!
+    GIT_EDITOR = "vim";
+    # TODO: these should be moved to `home.sessionVariables` (home-manager)
+    # Electron apps should use native wayland backend:
+    #   https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Slack#Wayland
+    # Discord under sway crashes with this.
+    # NIXOS_OZONE_WL = "1";
+    # LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE = "1";
+  };
+
   # dconf docs: <https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/desktop_migration_and_administration_guide/profiles>
-  # this lets programs temporarily write user-level dconf settings (aka gsettings).
-  # they're written to ~/.config/dconf/user, unless `DCONF_PROFILE` is set to something other than the default of /etc/dconf/profile/user
   # find keys/values with `dconf dump /`
   programs.dconf.enable = true;
   programs.dconf.packages = [
@@ -85,7 +97,6 @@
       '';
     })
   ];
-  # sane.programs.glib.enableFor.user.colin = true;  # for `gsettings`
 
   # link debug symbols into /run/current-system/sw/lib/debug
   # hopefully picked up by gdb automatically?

hosts/common/feeds.nix

@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# where to find good stuff?
-# - podcasts w/ a community: <https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=podcast>
-# - podcast rec thread: <https://lemmy.ml/post/1565858>
-#
 # candidates:
 # - The Nonlinear Library (podcast): <https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/JTZTBienqWEAjGDRv/listen-to-more-ea-content-with-the-nonlinear-library>
 #   - has ~10 posts per day, text-to-speech; i would need better tagging before adding this
@@ -68,12 +64,7 @@ let
     (fromDb "craphound.com" // pol)
     ## Maggie Killjoy -- referenced by Cory Doctorow
     (fromDb "omny.fm/shows/cool-people-who-did-cool-stuff" // pol)
-    ## also Maggie Killjoy
-    (fromDb "feeds.megaphone.fm/behindthebastards" // pol)
-    ## Jennifer Briney
     (fromDb "congressionaldish.libsyn.com" // pol)
-    (fromDb "werenotwrong.fireside.fm" // pol)
-    (fromDb "usefulidiots.substack.com" // pol)
     # (mkPod "https://podcasts.la.utexas.edu/this-is-democracy/feed/podcast/" // pol // weekly)
     ## Civboot -- https://anchor.fm/civboot
     (fromDb "anchor.fm/s/34c7232c/podcast/rss" // tech)
@@ -113,8 +104,6 @@ let
     (fromDb "feeds.megaphone.fm/recodedecode" // tech)
     ## Matrix (chat) Live
     (fromDb "feed.podbean.com/matrixlive/feed.xml" // tech)
-    (fromDb "cast.postmarketos.org" // tech)
-    (fromDb "podcast.thelinuxexp.com" // tech)
     ## Michael Malice - Your Welcome -- also available here: <https://origin.podcastone.com/podcast?categoryID2=2232>
     (fromDb "rss.art19.com/your-welcome" // pol)
     (fromDb "seattlenice.buzzsprout.com" // pol)
@@ -125,22 +114,12 @@ let
     ## The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
     ## - <https://www.thefp.com/witchtrials>
     (mkPod "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/RUNMED9919162779" // pol // infrequent)
-    ## Atlas Obscura
-    (fromDb "feeds.simplecast.com/xKJ93w_w" // uncat)
-    ## Ezra Klein Show
-    (fromDb "feeds.simplecast.com/82FI35Px" // pol)
-    ## Wireshark Podcast o_0
-    (fromDb "sharkbytes.transistor.fm" // tech)
-    ## 3/4 German; 1/4 eps are English
-    (fromDb "omegataupodcast.net" // tech)
-    ## Lateral with Tom Scott
-    (mkPod "https://audioboom.com/channels/5097784.rss" // tech)
   ];
 
   texts = [
     # AGGREGATORS (> 1 post/day)
     (fromDb "lwn.net" // tech)
-    # (fromDb "lesswrong.com" // rat)
+    (fromDb "lesswrong.com" // rat)
     # (fromDb "econlib.org" // pol)
 
     # AGGREGATORS (< 1 post/day)
@@ -182,11 +161,10 @@ let
     (fromDb "ianthehenry.com" // tech)
     (fromDb "bitbashing.io" // tech)
     (fromDb "idiomdrottning.org" // uncat)
-    (mkText "http://boginjr.com/feed" // tech // infrequent)
     (mkText "https://anish.lakhwara.com/home.html" // tech // weekly)
     (fromDb "jefftk.com" // tech)
     (fromDb "pomeroyb.com" // tech)
-    # (mkText "https://til.simonwillison.net/tils/feed.atom" // tech // weekly)
+    (mkText "https://til.simonwillison.net/tils/feed.atom" // tech // weekly)
 
     # TECH PROJECTS
     (fromDb "blog.rust-lang.org" // tech)
@@ -236,7 +214,6 @@ let
     (fromDb "preposterousuniverse.com" // rat)
     (mkSubstack "eliqian" // rat // weekly)
     (mkText "https://acoup.blog/feed" // rat // weekly)
-    (fromDb "mindingourway.com" // rat)
 
     ## mostly dating topics. not advice, or humor, but looking through a social lens
     (fromDb "putanumonit.com" // rat)

hosts/common/fs.nix

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 # docs
 # - x-systemd options: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.mount.html>
 
-{ lib, pkgs, sane-lib, ... }:
+{ pkgs, sane-lib, ... }:
 
-let
+let fsOpts = rec {
-  fsOpts = rec {
   common = [
     "_netdev"
     "noatime"
-      "user"  # allow any user with access to the device to mount the fs
     "x-systemd.requires=network-online.target"
     "x-systemd.after=network-online.target"
     "x-systemd.mount-timeout=10s"  # how long to wait for mount **and** how long to wait for unmount
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@ let
   ];
 
   ssh = common ++ [
+    "user"
     "identityfile=/home/colin/.ssh/id_ed25519"
     "allow_other"
     "default_permissions"
@@ -56,49 +55,8 @@ let
     "nofail"  # don't fail remote-fs.target when this mount fails  (not an option for sshfs else would be common)
   ];
 };
-  remoteHome = host: {
-    fileSystems."/mnt/${host}-home" = {
-      device = "colin@${host}:/home/colin";
-      fsType = "fuse.sshfs";
-      options = fsOpts.sshColin ++ fsOpts.noauto;
-      noCheck = true;
-    };
-    sane.fs."/mnt/${host}-home" = sane-lib.fs.wantedDir;
-  };
 in
-lib.mkMerge [
 {
-    # some services which use private directories error if the parent (/var/lib/private) isn't 700.
-    sane.fs."/var/lib/private".dir.acl.mode = "0700";
-
-    # in-memory compressed RAM
-    # defaults to compressing at most 50% size of RAM
-    # claimed compression ratio is about 2:1
-    # - but on moby w/ zstd default i see 4-7:1  (ratio lowers as it fills)
-    # note that idle overhead is about 0.05% of capacity (e.g. 2B per 4kB page)
-    # docs: <https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt>
-    #
-    # to query effectiveness:
-    # `cat /sys/block/zram0/mm_stat`. whitespace separated fields:
-    # - *orig_data_size*  (bytes)
-    # - *compr_data_size* (bytes)
-    # - mem_used_total    (bytes)
-    # - mem_limit         (bytes)
-    # - mem_used_max      (bytes)
-    # - *same_pages*  (pages which are e.g. all zeros (consumes no additional mem))
-    # - *pages_compacted*  (pages which have been freed thanks to compression)
-    # - huge_pages  (incompressible)
-    #
-    # see also:
-    # - `man zramctl`
-    zramSwap.enable = true;
-    # how much ram can be swapped into the zram device.
-    # this shouldn't be higher than the observed compression ratio.
-    # the default is 50% (why?)
-    # 100% should be "guaranteed" safe so long as the data is even *slightly* compressible.
-    # but it decreases working memory under the heaviest of loads by however much space the compressed memory occupies (e.g. 50% if 2:1; 25% if 4:1)
-    zramSwap.memoryPercent = 100;
-
   # fileSystems."/mnt/servo-nfs" = {
   #   device = "servo-hn:/";
   #   noCheck = true;
@@ -119,6 +77,49 @@ lib.mkMerge [
   # };
   sane.fs."/mnt/servo-media" = sane-lib.fs.wantedSymlinkTo "/mnt/servo-nfs/media";
 
+  fileSystems."/mnt/servo-media-wan" = {
+    device = "colin@uninsane.org:/var/lib/uninsane/media";
+    fsType = "fuse.sshfs";
+    options = fsOpts.sshColin ++ fsOpts.noauto;
+    noCheck = true;
+  };
+  sane.fs."/mnt/servo-media-wan" = sane-lib.fs.wantedDir;
+  fileSystems."/mnt/servo-media-lan" = {
+    device = "colin@servo:/var/lib/uninsane/media";
+    fsType = "fuse.sshfs";
+    options = fsOpts.sshColin ++ fsOpts.noauto;
+    noCheck = true;
+  };
+  sane.fs."/mnt/servo-media-lan" = sane-lib.fs.wantedDir;
+  fileSystems."/mnt/servo-root-wan" = {
+    device = "colin@uninsane.org:/";
+    fsType = "fuse.sshfs";
+    options = fsOpts.sshRoot ++ fsOpts.noauto;
+    noCheck = true;
+  };
+  sane.fs."/mnt/servo-root-wan" = sane-lib.fs.wantedDir;
+  fileSystems."/mnt/servo-root-lan" = {
+    device = "colin@servo:/";
+    fsType = "fuse.sshfs";
+    options = fsOpts.sshRoot ++ fsOpts.noauto;
+    noCheck = true;
+  };
+  sane.fs."/mnt/servo-root-lan" = sane-lib.fs.wantedDir;
+  fileSystems."/mnt/desko-home" = {
+    device = "colin@desko:/home/colin";
+    fsType = "fuse.sshfs";
+    options = fsOpts.sshColin ++ fsOpts.noauto;
+    noCheck = true;
+  };
+  sane.fs."/mnt/desko-home" = sane-lib.fs.wantedDir;
+  fileSystems."/mnt/desko-root" = {
+    device = "colin@desko:/";
+    fsType = "fuse.sshfs";
+    options = fsOpts.sshRoot ++ fsOpts.noauto;
+    noCheck = true;
+  };
+  sane.fs."/mnt/desko-root" = sane-lib.fs.wantedDir;
+
   environment.pathsToLink = [
     # needed to achieve superuser access for user-mounted filesystems (see optionsRoot above)
     # we can only link whole directories here, even though we're only interested in pkgs.openssh
@@ -130,8 +131,3 @@ lib.mkMerge [
   ];
 }
 
-  (remoteHome "desko")
-  (remoteHome "lappy")
-  (remoteHome "moby")
-]
-

hosts/common/hardware.nix

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
   # non-free firmware
   hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware = true;
+  services.fwupd.enable = true;
 
   # powertop will default to putting USB devices -- including HID -- to sleep after TWO SECONDS
   powerManagement.powertop.enable = false;

hosts/common/home/default.nix

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { ... }:
 {
   imports = [
-    ./keyring
+    ./keyring.nix
     ./mime.nix
     ./ssh.nix
     ./xdg-dirs.nix

hosts/common/home/keyring.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ config, sane-lib, ... }:
+
+{
+  sane.user.persist.private = [ ".local/share/keyrings" ];
+
+  sane.user.fs."private/.local/share/keyrings/default" = {
+    generated.script.script = builtins.readFile ../../../scripts/init-keyring;
+    # TODO: is this `wantedBy` needed? can we inherit it?
+    wantedBy = [ config.sane.fs."/home/colin/private".unit ];
+  };
+}

hosts/common/home/keyring/default.nix

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ config, pkgs, sane-lib, ... }:
-
-let
-  init-keyring = pkgs.static-nix-shell.mkBash {
-    pname = "init-keyring";
-    src = ./.;
-  };
-in
-{
-  sane.user.persist.private = [ ".local/share/keyrings" ];
-
-  sane.user.fs."private/.local/share/keyrings/default" = {
-    generated.command = [ "${init-keyring}/bin/init-keyring" ];
-    wantedBy = [ config.sane.fs."/home/colin/private".unit ];
-    wantedBeforeBy = [ ];  # don't created this as part of `multi-user.target`
-  };
-}

hosts/common/home/mime.nix

@@ -1,28 +1,43 @@
-{ config, lib, ...}:
+{ config, sane-lib, ...}:
 
 let
-  # ProgramConfig -> { "<mime-type>" = { priority, desktop }; }
+  www = config.sane.programs.web-browser.config.browser.desktop;
-  weightedMimes = prog: builtins.mapAttrs (_key: desktop: { priority = prog.mime.priority; desktop = desktop; }) prog.mime.associations;
+  pdf = "org.gnome.Evince.desktop";
-  # [ { "<mime-type>" = { priority, desktop } ]; } ] -> { "<mime-type>" = [ { priority, desktop } ... ]; }
+  md = "obsidian.desktop";
-  mergeMimes = mimes: lib.foldAttrs (item: acc: [item] ++ acc) [] mimes;
+  thumb = "org.gnome.gThumb.desktop";
-  # [ { priority, desktop } ... ] -> Self
+  video = "vlc.desktop";
-  sortOneMimeType = associations: builtins.sort (l: r: assert l.priority != r.priority; l.priority < r.priority) associations;
+  # audio = "mpv.desktop";
-  sortMimes = mimes: builtins.mapAttrs (_k: sortOneMimeType) mimes;
+  audio = "vlc.desktop";
-  removePriorities = mimes: builtins.mapAttrs (_k: associations: builtins.map (a: a.desktop) associations) mimes;
-
-  # [ ProgramConfig ]
-  enabledPrograms = builtins.filter (p: p.enabled) (builtins.attrValues config.sane.programs);
-  # [ { "<mime-type>" = { prority, desktop } ]
-  enabledWeightedMimes = builtins.map weightedMimes enabledPrograms;
 in
 {
+
   # the xdg mime type for a file can be found with:
   # - `xdg-mime query filetype path/to/thing.ext`
-  # the default handler for a mime type can be found with:
-  # - `xdg-mime query default <mimetype>`  (e.g. x-scheme-handler/http)
-  #
   # we can have single associations or a list of associations.
   # there's also options to *remove* [non-default] associations from specific apps
   xdg.mime.enable = true;
-  xdg.mime.defaultApplications = removePriorities (sortMimes (mergeMimes enabledWeightedMimes));
+  xdg.mime.defaultApplications = {
+    # AUDIO
+    "audio/flac" = audio;
+    "audio/mpeg" = audio;
+    "audio/x-vorbis+ogg" = audio;
+    # IMAGES
+    "image/heif" = thumb;  # apple codec
+    "image/png" = thumb;
+    "image/jpeg" = thumb;
+    # VIDEO
+    "video/mp4" = video;
+    "video/quicktime" = video;
+    "video/webm" = video;
+    "video/x-matroska" = video;
+    # HTML
+    "text/html" = www;
+    "x-scheme-handler/http" = www;
+    "x-scheme-handler/https" = www;
+    "x-scheme-handler/about" = www;
+    "x-scheme-handler/unknown" = www;
+    # RICH-TEXT DOCUMENTS
+    "application/pdf" = pdf;
+    "text/markdown" = md;
+  };
 }

hosts/common/home/ssh.nix

@@ -1,29 +1,26 @@
-# TODO: this should be moved to users/colin.nix
+{ config, lib, sane-lib, ... }:
-{ config, lib, ... }:
 
+with lib;
 let
   host = config.networking.hostName;
   user-pubkey-full = config.sane.ssh.pubkeys."colin@${host}" or {};
   user-pubkey = user-pubkey-full.asUserKey or null;
-  host-keys = lib.filter (k: k.user == "root") (lib.attrValues config.sane.ssh.pubkeys);
+  host-keys = filter (k: k.user == "root") (attrValues config.sane.ssh.pubkeys);
-  known-hosts-text = lib.concatStringsSep
+  known-hosts-text = concatStringsSep
     "\n"
-    (builtins.map (k: k.asHostKey) host-keys)
+    (map (k: k.asHostKey) host-keys)
   ;
 in
 {
   # ssh key is stored in private storage
-  sane.user.persist.private = [
+  sane.user.persist.private = [ ".ssh/id_ed25519" ];
-    { type = "file"; path = ".ssh/id_ed25519"; }
+  sane.user.fs.".ssh/id_ed25519.pub" =
-  ];
+    mkIf (user-pubkey != null) (sane-lib.fs.wantedText user-pubkey);
-  sane.user.fs.".ssh/id_ed25519.pub" = lib.mkIf (user-pubkey != null) {
+  sane.user.fs.".ssh/known_hosts" = sane-lib.fs.wantedText known-hosts-text;
-    symlink.text = user-pubkey;
-  };
-  sane.user.fs.".ssh/known_hosts".symlink.text = known-hosts-text;
 
   users.users.colin.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys =
   let
-    user-keys = lib.filter (k: k.user == "colin") (lib.attrValues config.sane.ssh.pubkeys);
+    user-keys = filter (k: k.user == "colin") (attrValues config.sane.ssh.pubkeys);
   in
-    builtins.map (k: k.asUserKey) user-keys;
+    map (k: k.asUserKey) user-keys;
 }

hosts/common/home/xdg-dirs.nix

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-{ ... }:
+{ lib, sane-lib, ...}:
 
 {
   # XDG defines things like ~/Desktop, ~/Downloads, etc.
   # these clutter the home, so i mostly don't use them.
-  sane.user.fs.".config/user-dirs.dirs".symlink.text = ''
+  sane.user.fs.".config/user-dirs.dirs" = sane-lib.fs.wantedText ''
     XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/.xdg/Desktop"
     XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/dev"
     XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/tmp"
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 
   # prevent `xdg-user-dirs-update` from overriding/updating our config
   # see <https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man5/user-dirs.conf.5.html>
-  sane.user.fs.".config/user-dirs.conf".symlink.text = "enabled=False";
+  sane.user.fs.".config/user-dirs.conf" = sane-lib.fs.wantedText "enabled=False";
 }

hosts/common/ids.nix

@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
   sane.ids.pict-rs.gid = 2409;
   sane.ids.sftpgo.uid = 2410;
   sane.ids.sftpgo.gid = 2410;
-  sane.ids.trust-dns.uid = 2411;
-  sane.ids.trust-dns.gid = 2411;
 
   sane.ids.colin.uid = 1000;
   sane.ids.guest.uid = 1100;

hosts/common/net.nix

@@ -11,37 +11,17 @@
   # - `man iwd.config`  for global config
   # - `man iwd.network` for per-SSID config
   # use `iwctl` to control
-  # networking.networkmanager.wifi.backend = "iwd";
+  networking.networkmanager.wifi.backend = "iwd";
-  # networking.wireless.iwd.enable = true;
+  networking.wireless.iwd.enable = true;
-  # networking.wireless.iwd.settings = {
+  networking.wireless.iwd.settings = {
-  #   # auto-connect to a stronger network if signal drops below this value
+    # auto-connect to a stronger network if signal drops below this value
-  #   # bedroom -> bedroom connection is -35 to -40 dBm
+    # bedroom -> bedroom connection is -35 to -40 dBm
-  #   # bedroom -> living room connection is -60 dBm
+    # bedroom -> living room connection is -60 dBm
-  #   General.RoamThreshold = "-52";  # default -70
+    General.RoamThreshold = "-52";  # default -70
-  #   General.RoamThreshold5G = "-52";  # default -76
+    General.RoamThreshold5G = "-52";  # default -76
-  # };
+  };
-
-  # plugins mostly add support for establishing different VPN connections.
-  # the default plugin set includes mostly proprietary VPNs:
-  # - fortisslvpn (Fortinet)
-  # - iodine (DNS tunnels)
-  # - l2tp
-  # - openconnect (Cisco Anyconnect / Juniper / ocserv)
-  # - openvpn
-  # - vpnc (Cisco VPN)
-  # - sstp
-  #
-  # i don't use these, and notably they drag in huge dependency sets and don't cross compile well.
-  # e.g. openconnect drags in webkitgtk (for SSO)!
-  networking.networkmanager.plugins = lib.mkForce [];
 
   networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [
     1900  # to received UPnP advertisements. required by sane-ip-check-upnp
   ];
-
-  # keyfile.path = where networkmanager should look for connection credentials
-  networking.networkmanager.extraConfig = ''
-    [keyfile]
-    path=/var/lib/NetworkManager/system-connections
-  '';
 }

hosts/common/persist.nix

@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
   sane.persist.stores.private.prefix = "/home/colin";
 
   sane.persist.sys.plaintext = [
-    # TODO: these should be private.. somehow
     "/var/log"
     "/var/backup"  # for e.g. postgres dumps
-  ];
+    # TODO: move elsewhere
-  sane.persist.sys.cryptClearOnBoot = [
+    "/var/lib/alsa"                # preserve output levels, default devices
+    "/var/lib/colord"              # preserve color calibrations (?)
+    "/var/lib/machines"            # maybe not needed, but would be painful to add a VM and forget.
+    "/var/lib/systemd/backlight"   # backlight brightness
     "/var/lib/systemd/coredump"
   ];
 }

hosts/common/programs/aerc.nix

@@ -2,8 +2,5 @@
 { ... }:
 
 {
-  sane.programs.aerc = {
+  sane.programs.aerc.secrets.".config/aerc/accounts.conf" = ../../../secrets/common/aerc_accounts.conf.bin;
-    secrets.".config/aerc/accounts.conf" = ../../../secrets/common/aerc_accounts.conf.bin;
-    mime.associations."x-scheme-handler/mailto" = "aerc.desktop";
-  };
 }

hosts/common/programs/alacritty.nix

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# alacritty terminal emulator
-# - config options: <https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/blob/master/extra/man/alacritty.5.scd>
-#   - `man 5 alacritty`
-#   - defaults: <https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/releases>  -> alacritty.yml
-# - irc: #alacritty on libera.chat
-{ lib, ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.alacritty = {
-    env.TERMINAL = lib.mkDefault "alacritty";
-    # note: alacritty will switch to .toml config in 13.0 release
-    # - run `alacritty migrate` to convert the yaml to toml
-    fs.".config/alacritty/alacritty.yml".symlink.text = ''
-      font:
-        size: 14
-
-      key_bindings:
-        - { key: N,         mods: Control,        action: CreateNewWindow }
-        - { key: PageUp,    mods: Control,        action: ScrollPageUp }
-        - { key: PageDown,  mods: Control,        action: ScrollPageDown }
-        - { key: PageUp,    mods: Control|Shift,  action: ScrollPageUp }
-        - { key: PageDown,  mods: Control|Shift,  action: ScrollPageDown }
-    '';
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix

@@ -1,216 +1,340 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
 let
-  declPackageSet = pkgs: {
+  inherit (builtins) attrNames;
-    package = null;
-    suggestedPrograms = pkgs;
-  };
-in
-{
-  sane.programs = {
-    # PACKAGE SETS
-    "sane-scripts.backup" = declPackageSet [
-      "sane-scripts.backup-ls"
-      "sane-scripts.backup-restore"
-    ];
-    "sane-scripts.bittorrent" = declPackageSet [
-      "sane-scripts.bt-add"
-      "sane-scripts.bt-rm"
-      "sane-scripts.bt-search"
-      "sane-scripts.bt-show"
-    ];
-    "sane-scripts.dev" = declPackageSet [
-      "sane-scripts.dev-cargo-loop"
-      "sane-scripts.git-init"
-    ];
-    "sane-scripts.cli" = declPackageSet [
-      "sane-scripts.deadlines"
-      "sane-scripts.find-dotfiles"
-      "sane-scripts.ip-check"
-      "sane-scripts.ip-reconnect"
-      "sane-scripts.private-change-passwd"
-      "sane-scripts.private-do"
-      "sane-scripts.private-init"
-      "sane-scripts.private-lock"
-      "sane-scripts.private-unlock"
-      "sane-scripts.rcp"
-      "sane-scripts.reboot"
-      "sane-scripts.reclaim-boot-space"
-      "sane-scripts.reclaim-disk-space"
-      "sane-scripts.secrets-dump"
-      "sane-scripts.secrets-unlock"
-      "sane-scripts.secrets-update-keys"
-      "sane-scripts.shutdown"
-      "sane-scripts.ssl-dump"
-      "sane-scripts.sudo-redirect"
-      "sane-scripts.sync-from-servo"
-      "sane-scripts.vpn-down"
-      "sane-scripts.vpn-up"
-      "sane-scripts.which"
-      "sane-scripts.wipe-browser"
-    ];
-    "sane-scripts.sys-utils" = declPackageSet [
-      "sane-scripts.ip-port-forward"
-      "sane-scripts.sync-music"
-    ];
 
+  flattenedPkgs = pkgs // (with pkgs; {
+    # XXX can't `inherit` a nested attr, so we move them to the toplevel
+    "cacert.unbundled" = pkgs.cacert.unbundled;
+    "gnome.cheese" = gnome.cheese;
+    "gnome.dconf-editor" = gnome.dconf-editor;
+    "gnome.file-roller" = gnome.file-roller;
+    "gnome.gnome-disk-utility" = gnome.gnome-disk-utility;
+    "gnome.gnome-maps" = gnome.gnome-maps;
+    "gnome.nautilus" = gnome.nautilus;
+    "gnome.gnome-system-monitor" = gnome.gnome-system-monitor;
+    "gnome.gnome-terminal" = gnome.gnome-terminal;
+    "gnome.gnome-weather" = gnome.gnome-weather;
+    "gnome.totem" = gnome.totem;
+    "libsForQt5.plasmatube" = libsForQt5.plasmatube;
+  });
 
-    sysadminUtils = declPackageSet [
+  sysadminPkgs = {
-      "btrfs-progs"
+    inherit (flattenedPkgs)
+      btrfs-progs
       "cacert.unbundled"  # some services require unbundled /etc/ssl/certs
-      "cryptsetup"
+      cryptsetup
-      "dig"
+      dig
-      "efibootmgr"
+      efibootmgr
-      "fatresize"
+      fatresize
-      "fd"
+      fd
-      "file"
+      file
-      # "fwupd"
+      gawk
-      "gawk"
+      git
-      "git"
+      gptfdisk
-      "gptfdisk"
+      hdparm
-      "hdparm"
+      htop
-      "htop"
+      iftop
-      "iftop"
+      inetutils  # for telnet
-      "inetutils"  # for telnet
+      iotop
-      "iotop"
+      iptables
-      "iptables"
+      jq
-      "jq"
+      killall
-      "killall"
+      lsof
-      "lsof"
+      miniupnpc
-      "miniupnpc"
+      nano
-      "nano"
+      netcat
-      #  "ncdu"  # ncurses disk usage. doesn't cross compile (zig)
+      nethogs
-      "neovim"
+      nmap
-      "netcat"
+      openssl
-      "nethogs"
+      parted
-      "nmap"
+      pciutils
-      "openssl"
+      powertop
-      "parted"
+      pstree
-      "pciutils"
+      ripgrep
-      "powertop"
+      screen
-      "pstree"
+      smartmontools
-      "ripgrep"
+      socat
-      "screen"
+      strace
-      "smartmontools"
+      subversion
-      "socat"
+      tcpdump
-      "strace"
+      tree
-      "subversion"
+      usbutils
-      "tcpdump"
+      wget
-      "tree"
+      wirelesstools  # iwlist
-      "usbutils"
+    ;
-      "wget"
+  };
-      "wirelesstools"  # iwlist
+  sysadminExtraPkgs = {
-    ];
+    # application-specific packages
-    sysadminExtraUtils = declPackageSet [
+    inherit (pkgs)
-      "backblaze-b2"
+      backblaze-b2
-      "duplicity"
+      duplicity
-      "sane-scripts.backup"
+      sqlite  # to debug sqlite3 databases
-      "sqlite"  # to debug sqlite3 databases
+    ;
-    ];
+  };
 
+  iphonePkgs = {
+    inherit (pkgs)
+      ifuse
+      ipfs
+      libimobiledevice
+    ;
+  };
+
+  tuiPkgs = {
+    inherit (pkgs)
+      aerc  # email client
+      offlineimap  # email mailox sync
+      sfeed  # RSS fetcher
+      visidata  # TUI spreadsheet viewer/editor
+      w3m
+    ;
+  };
+
+  consoleMediaPkgs = {
+    inherit (pkgs)
+      ffmpeg
+      imagemagick
+      sox
+      yt-dlp
+    ;
+  };
   # TODO: split these into smaller groups.
   # - moby doesn't want a lot of these.
   # - categories like
   #   - dev?
   #   - debugging?
-    consoleUtils = declPackageSet [
+  consolePkgs = {
-      "alsaUtils"  # for aplay, speaker-test
+    inherit (pkgs)
-      # "cdrtools"
+      alsaUtils  # for aplay, speaker-test
-      "clinfo"
+      cdrtools
-      "dmidecode"
+      clinfo
-      "dtrx"  # `unar` alternative, "Do The Right eXtraction"
+      dmidecode
-      "efivar"
+      efivar
-      # "flashrom"
+      flashrom
-      "git"  # needed as a user package, for config.
+      fwupd
-      # "gnupg"
+      gh  # MS GitHub cli
-      # "gocryptfs"
+      git  # needed as a user package, for config.
-      # "gopass"
+      gnupg
-      # "gopass-jsonapi"
+      gocryptfs
-      "helix"  # text editor
+      gopass  # TODO: shouldn't be needed here
-      # "kitty"  # XXX needs to be in consolueUtils because `ssh servo` from kitty sets `TERM=xterm-kitty` in the remote and breaks things
+      gopass-jsonapi
-      "libsecret"  # for managing user keyrings. TODO: what needs this? lift into the consumer
+      kitty  # TODO: move to GUI, but `ssh servo` from kitty sets `TERM=xterm-kitty` in the remove and breaks things
-      "lm_sensors"  # for sensors-detect. TODO: what needs this? lift into the consumer
+      libsecret  # for managing user keyrings
-      "lshw"
+      lm_sensors  # for sensors-detect
-      # "memtester"
+      lshw
-      "neovim"  # needed as a user package, for swap persistence
+      # memtester
-      # "nettools"
+      neovim
-      # "networkmanager"
+      # nettools
-      # "nixos-generators"
+      # networkmanager
-      "nmon"
+      nixpkgs-review
-      # "node2nix"
+      # nixos-generators
-      # "oathToolkit"  # for oathtool
+      nmon
-      # "ponymix"
+      # node2nix
-      "pulsemixer"
+      # oathToolkit  # for oathtool
-      "python3"
+      # ponymix
-      # "python3Packages.eyeD3"  # music tagging
+      pulsemixer
-      "ripgrep"  # needed as a user package so that its user-level config file can be installed
+      python3
-      "rsync"
+      ripgrep  # needed as a user package so that its user-level config file can be installed
-      "sane-scripts.bittorrent"
+      rsync
-      "sane-scripts.cli"
+      # python3Packages.eyeD3  # music tagging
-      "snapper"
+      sane-scripts
-      "sops"
+      sequoia
-      "speedtest-cli"
+      snapper
-      # "ssh-to-age"
+      sops
-      "sudo"
+      speedtest-cli
-      # "tageditor"  # music tagging
+      # ssh-to-age
-      # "unar"
+      sudo
-      "wireguard-tools"
+      # tageditor  # music tagging
-      "xdg-terminal-exec"
+      unar
-      "xdg-utils"  # for xdg-open
+      wireguard-tools
-      # "yarn"
+      xdg-utils  # for xdg-open
-      "zsh"
+      # yarn
-    ];
+      zsh
+    ;
+  };
 
-    desktopConsoleUtils = declPackageSet [
+  guiPkgs = {
-      "gh"  # MS GitHub cli
+    inherit (flattenedPkgs)
-      "nix-index"
+      # celluloid  # mpv frontend
-      "nixpkgs-review"
+      cozy  # audiobook player
-      "sane-scripts.dev"
+      # emote
-      "sequoia"
+      evince  # works on phosh
-    ];
 
-    consoleMediaUtils = declPackageSet [
+      # { pkg = fluffychat-moby; persist.plaintext = [ ".local/share/chat.fluffy.fluffychat" ]; }  # TODO: ship normal fluffychat on non-moby?
-      "ffmpeg"
-      "imagemagick"
-      "sox"
-      "yt-dlp"
-    ];
 
-    tuiApps = declPackageSet [
+      # foliate  # e-book reader
-      "aerc"  # email client
-      "msmtp"  # sendmail
-      "offlineimap"  # email mailbox sync
-      "sfeed"  # RSS fetcher
-      "visidata"  # TUI spreadsheet viewer/editor
-      "w3m"  # web browser
-    ];
 
-    iphoneUtils = declPackageSet [
+      # XXX by default fractal stores its state in ~/.local/share/<UUID>.
-      "ifuse"
+      # after logging in, manually change ~/.local/share/keyrings/... to point it to some predictable subdir.
-      "ipfs"
+      # then reboot (so that libsecret daemon re-loads the keyring...?)
-      "libimobiledevice"
+      # { pkg = fractal-latest; persist.private = [ ".local/share/fractal" ]; }
-      "sane-scripts.sync-from-iphone"
+      # { pkg = fractal-next; persist.private = [ ".local/share/fractal" ]; }
-    ];
 
-    devPkgs = declPackageSet [
+      # "gnome.cheese"
-      "clang"
+      # gnome-feeds  # RSS reader (with claimed mobile support)
-      "nodejs"
+      "gnome.file-roller"
-      "tree-sitter"
+      # "gnome.gnome-maps"  # works on phosh
-    ];
+      "gnome.nautilus"
+      # gnome-podcasts
+      # "gnome.gnome-system-monitor"
+      # "gnome.gnome-terminal"  # works on phosh
+      # "gnome.gnome-weather"
+      gpodder
+      gthumb
+      jellyfin-media-player
+      komikku
+      koreader
+      # lollypop
+      # mpv
+      # networkmanagerapplet
+      # newsflash
+      nheko
+      pavucontrol
+      # picard  # music tagging
+      # "libsForQt5.plasmatube"  # Youtube player
+      soundconverter
+      # sublime-music
+      # tdesktop  # broken on phosh
+      # tokodon
+      vlc
+      # pleroma client (Electron). input is broken on phosh. TODO(2023/02/02): fix electron19 input (insecure)
+      # whalebird
+      xterm  # broken on phosh
+    ;
+  };
+  desktopGuiPkgs = {
+    inherit (flattenedPkgs)
+      audacity
+      brave  # for the integrated wallet -- as a backup
+      chromium
+      dino
+      electrum
+      element-desktop
+      font-manager
+      gajim  # XMPP client
+      gimp  # broken on phosh
+      "gnome.dconf-editor"
+      "gnome.gnome-disk-utility"
+      # "gnome.totem"  # video player, supposedly supports UPnP
+      handbrake
+      hase
+      inkscape
+      kdenlive
+      kid3  # audio tagging
+      krita
+      libreoffice-fresh
+      mumble
+      obsidian
+      slic3r
+      steam
+      wireshark  # could maybe ship the cli as sysadmin pkg
+    ;
+  };
+  x86GuiPkgs = {
+    inherit (pkgs)
+      discord
 
+      # kaiteki  # Pleroma client
+      # gnome.zenity # for kaiteki (it will use qarma, kdialog, or zenity)
+      # gpt2tc  # XXX: unreliable mirror
 
-    # INDIVIDUAL PACKAGE DEFINITIONS
+      # logseq  # Personal Knowledge Management
+      losslesscut-bin
+      makemkv
+      monero-gui
+      signal-desktop
+      spotify
+      tor-browser-bundle-bin
+      zecwallet-lite
+    ;
+  };
+
+  # packages not part of any package set; not enabled by default
+  otherPkgs = {
+    inherit (pkgs)
+      lemmy-server
+      mx-sanebot
+      stepmania
+    ;
+  };
+
+  # define -- but don't enable -- the packages in some attrset.
+  declarePkgs = pkgsAsAttrs: lib.mapAttrs (_n: p: {
+    # no need to actually define the package here: it's defaulted
+    # package = mkDefault p;
+  }) pkgsAsAttrs;
+in
+{
+  sane.programs = lib.mkMerge [
+    (declarePkgs consoleMediaPkgs)
+    (declarePkgs consolePkgs)
+    (declarePkgs desktopGuiPkgs)
+    (declarePkgs guiPkgs)
+    (declarePkgs iphonePkgs)
+    (declarePkgs sysadminPkgs)
+    (declarePkgs sysadminExtraPkgs)
+    (declarePkgs tuiPkgs)
+    (declarePkgs x86GuiPkgs)
+    (declarePkgs otherPkgs)
+    {
+      # link the various package sets into their own meta packages
+      consoleMediaUtils = {
+        package = null;
+        suggestedPrograms = attrNames consoleMediaPkgs;
+      };
+      consoleUtils = {
+        package = null;
+        suggestedPrograms = attrNames consolePkgs;
+      };
+      desktopGuiApps = {
+        package = null;
+        suggestedPrograms = attrNames desktopGuiPkgs;
+      };
+      guiApps = {
+        package = null;
+        suggestedPrograms = (attrNames guiPkgs)
+          ++ [ "web-browser" ]
+          ++ [ "tuiApps" ]
+          ++ lib.optional (pkgs.system == "x86_64-linux") "x86GuiApps";
+      };
+      iphoneUtils = {
+        package = null;
+        suggestedPrograms = attrNames iphonePkgs;
+      };
+      sysadminUtils = {
+        package = null;
+        suggestedPrograms = attrNames sysadminPkgs;
+      };
+      sysadminExtraUtils = {
+        package = null;
+        suggestedPrograms = attrNames sysadminExtraPkgs;
+      };
+      tuiApps = {
+        package = null;
+        suggestedPrograms = attrNames tuiPkgs;
+      };
+      x86GuiApps = {
+        package = null;
+        suggestedPrograms = attrNames x86GuiPkgs;
+      };
+    }
+    {
+      # nontrivial package definitions
+
+      dino.persist.private = [ ".local/share/dino" ];
 
       # creds, but also 200 MB of node modules, etc
       discord.persist.private = [ ".config/discord" ];
 
+      # creds/session keys, etc
+      element-desktop.persist.private = [ ".config/Element" ];
+
       # `emote` will show a first-run dialog based on what's in this directory.
       # mostly, it just keeps a LRU of previously-used emotes to optimize display order.
       # TODO: package [smile](https://github.com/mijorus/smile) for probably a better mobile experience.
       emote.persist.plaintext = [ ".local/share/Emote" ];
 
-    fluffychat-moby.persist.plaintext = [ ".local/share/chat.fluffy.fluffychat" ];
-
       # MS GitHub stores auth token in .config
       # TODO: we can populate gh's stuff statically; it even lets us use the same oauth across machines
       gh.persist.private = [ ".config/gh" ];
@@ -221,6 +345,13 @@ in
 
       mumble.persist.private = [ ".local/share/Mumble" ];
 
+      # not strictly necessary, but allows caching articles; offline use, etc.
+      nheko.persist.private = [
+        ".config/nheko"  # config file (including client token)
+        ".cache/nheko"  # media cache
+        ".local/share/nheko"  # per-account state database
+      ];
+
       # settings (electron app)
       obsidian.persist.plaintext = [ ".config/obsidian" ];
 
@@ -237,8 +368,8 @@ in
 
       tokodon.persist.private = [ ".cache/KDE/tokodon" ];
 
-    # hardenedMalloc solves an "unable to connect to Tor" error when pressing the "connect" button
+      # hardenedMalloc solves a crash at startup
-    # - still required as of 2023/07/14
+      # TODO 2023/02/02: is this safe to remove yet?
       tor-browser-bundle-bin.package = pkgs.tor-browser-bundle-bin.override {
         useHardenedMalloc = false;
       };
@@ -249,5 +380,6 @@ in
 
       # zcash coins. safe to delete, just slow to regenerate (10-60 minutes)
       zecwallet-lite.persist.private = [ ".zcash" ];
-  };
+    }
+  ];
 }

hosts/common/programs/cantata.nix

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# cantata is a mpd frontend.
-# before launching it, run `mopidy` in some tab
-# TODO: auto-launch mopidy when cantata launches?
-{ ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.cantata = {
-    persist.plaintext = [
-      ".cache/cantata"  # album art
-      ".local/share/cantata/library"  # library index (?)
-    ];
-    fs.".config/cantata/cantata.conf".symlink.text = ''
-      [General]
-      fetchCovers=true
-      storeCoversInMpdDir=false
-      version=2.5.0
-
-      [Connection]
-      allowLocalStreaming=true
-      applyReplayGain=true
-      autoUpdate=false
-      dir=~/Music
-      host=localhost
-      partition=
-      passwd=
-      port=6600
-      replayGain=off
-      streamUrl=
-
-      [LibraryPage]
-      artist\gridZoom=100
-      artist\searchActive=false
-      artist\viewMode=detailedtree
-    '';
-    suggestedPrograms = [ "mopidy" ];
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/chatty.nix

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
-let
-  chattyNoOauth = pkgs.chatty.override {
-    # the OAuth feature (presumably used for web-based logins) pulls a full webkitgtk.
-    # especially when using the gtk3 version of evolution-data-server, it's an ancient webkitgtk_4_1.
-    # disable OAuth for a faster build & smaller closure
-    evolution-data-server = pkgs.evolution-data-server.override {
-      enableOAuth2 = false;
-      gnome-online-accounts = pkgs.gnome-online-accounts.override {
-        # disables the upstream "goabackend" feature -- presumably "Gnome Online Accounts Backend"
-        # frees us from webkit_4_1, in turn.
-        enableBackend = false;
-        gvfs = pkgs.gvfs.override {
-          # saves 20 minutes of build time, for unused feature
-          samba = null;
-        };
-      };
-    };
-  };
-  chatty-latest = pkgs.chatty-latest.override {
-    evolution-data-server-gtk4 = pkgs.evolution-data-server-gtk4.override {
-      gnome-online-accounts = pkgs.gnome-online-accounts.override {
-        # disables the upstream "goabackend" feature -- presumably "Gnome Online Accounts Backend"
-        # frees us from webkit_4_1, in turn.
-        enableBackend = false;
-        gvfs = pkgs.gvfs.override {
-          # saves 20 minutes of build time, for unused feature
-          samba = null;
-        };
-      };
-    };
-  };
-in
-{
-  sane.programs.chatty = {
-    # package = chattyNoOauth;
-    package = chatty-latest;
-    suggestedPrograms = [ "gnome-keyring" ];
-    persist.private = [
-      ".local/share/chatty"  # matrix avatars and files
-      # not just XMPP; without this Chatty will regenerate its device-id every boot.
-      # .purple/ contains XMPP *and* Matrix auth, logs, avatar cache, and a bit more
-      ".purple"
-    ];
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/default.nix

@@ -3,56 +3,29 @@
 {
   imports = [
     ./aerc.nix
-    ./alacritty.nix
     ./assorted.nix
-    ./cantata.nix
-    ./chatty.nix
     ./cozy.nix
-    ./dino.nix
-    ./element-desktop.nix
-    ./epiphany.nix
-    ./evince.nix
-    ./firefox.nix
-    ./fontconfig.nix
-    ./fractal.nix
-    ./fwupd.nix
-    ./g4music.nix
     ./git.nix
     ./gnome-feeds.nix
-    ./gnome-keyring.nix
-    ./gnome-weather.nix
     ./gpodder.nix
-    ./gthumb.nix
-    ./helix.nix
     ./imagemagick.nix
     ./jellyfin-media-player.nix
     ./kitty
     ./komikku.nix
     ./koreader
     ./libreoffice.nix
-    ./lemoa.nix
-    ./megapixels.nix
-    ./mepo.nix
-    ./mopidy.nix
     ./mpv.nix
-    ./msmtp.nix
     ./neovim.nix
     ./newsflash.nix
-    ./nheko.nix
-    ./nix-index.nix
-    ./obsidian.nix
     ./offlineimap.nix
-    ./rhythmbox.nix
     ./ripgrep.nix
     ./sfeed.nix
     ./splatmoji.nix
     ./steam.nix
     ./sublime-music.nix
-    ./tangram.nix
-    ./tuba.nix
     ./vlc.nix
+    ./web-browser.nix
     ./wireshark.nix
-    ./xarchiver.nix
     ./zeal.nix
     ./zsh
   ];

hosts/common/programs/dino.nix

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# usage:
-# - start a DM with a rando via
-#   - '+' -> 'start conversation'
-# - add a user to your roster via
-#   - '+' -> 'start conversation' -> '+'  (opens the "add contact" dialog)
-#   - this triggers a popup on the remote side asking them for confirmation
-#   - after the remote's confirmation there will be a local popup for you to allow them to add you to their roster
-# - to make a call:
-#   - ensure the other party is in your roster
-#   - open a DM with the party
-#   - click the phone icon at top (only visible if other party is in your roster)
-{ ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.dino.persist.private = [ ".local/share/dino" ];
-}

hosts/common/programs/element-desktop.nix

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{ ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.element-desktop = {
-    # creds/session keys, etc
-    persist.private = [ ".config/Element" ];
-
-    suggestedPrograms = [ "gnome-keyring" ];
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/epiphany.nix

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# epiphany web browser
-# - GTK4/webkitgtk
-#
-# usability notes:
-# - touch-based scroll works well (for moby)
-# - URL bar constantly resets cursor to the start of the line as i type
-#   - maybe due to the URLbar suggestions getting in the way
-{ pkgs, ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.epiphany = {
-    # XXX(2023/07/08): running on moby without this hack fails, with:
-    # - `bwrap: Can't make symlink at /var/run: File exists`
-    # this could be due to:
-    # - epiphany is somewhere following a symlink into /var/run instead of /run
-    #   - (nothing in `env` or in this repo touches /var/run)
-    # - no xdg-desktop-portal is installed  (unlikely)
-    #
-    # a few other users have hit this, in different contexts:
-    # - <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-builder/-/issues/1164>
-    # - <https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/3477>
-    # - <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/197085>
-    package = pkgs.epiphany.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
-      preFixup = ''
-        gappsWrapperArgs+=(
-          --set WEBKIT_DISABLE_SANDBOX_THIS_IS_DANGEROUS "1"
-        );
-      '' + (upstream.preFixup or "");
-    });
-    persist.private = [
-      ".cache/epiphany"
-      ".local/share/epiphany"
-      # also .config/epiphany, but appears empty
-    ];
-    mime.priority = 200;  # default priority is 100: install epiphany only as a fallback
-    mime.associations = let
-      desktop = "org.gnome.Epiphany.desktop";
-    in {
-      "text/html" = desktop;
-      "x-scheme-handler/http" = desktop;
-      "x-scheme-handler/https" = desktop;
-      "x-scheme-handler/about" = desktop;
-      "x-scheme-handler/unknown" = desktop;
-    };
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/evince.nix

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{ ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.evince.mime.associations."application/pdf" = "org.gnome.Evince.desktop";
-}

hosts/common/programs/fontconfig.nix

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-{
-  fonts = lib.mkIf config.sane.programs.fontconfig.enabled {
-    fontconfig.enable = true;
-    fontconfig.defaultFonts = {
-      emoji = [ "Font Awesome 6 Free" "Noto Color Emoji" ];
-      monospace = [ "Hack" ];
-      serif = [ "DejaVu Serif" ];
-      sansSerif = [ "DejaVu Sans" ];
-    };
-    #vvv enables dejavu_fonts, freefont_ttf, gyre-fonts, liberation_ttf, unifont, noto-fonts-emoji
-    enableDefaultPackages = true;
-    packages = with pkgs; [ font-awesome noto-fonts-emoji hack-font ];
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/fractal.nix

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.fractal = {
-    # package = pkgs.fractal-latest;
-    package = pkgs.fractal-next;
-
-    # XXX by default fractal stores its state in ~/.local/share/stable/<UUID>.
-    persist.private = [ ".local/share/stable" ];
-
-    suggestedPrograms = [ "gnome-keyring" ];
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/fwupd.nix

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, ... }:
-{
-  services.fwupd = lib.mkIf config.sane.programs.fwupd.enabled {
-    # enables the dbus service, which i think the frontend speaks to.
-    enable = true;
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/g4music.nix

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# N.B.: requires first-run setup on moby:
-# - UI will render transparent
-# - click the hamburger (top-right: immediately left from close button)
-#   > Preferences
-#     > Background-blur mode: change from "Always" to "Never"
-#
-# the background blur is probably some dconf setting somewhere.
-{ ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.g4music = {
-    persist.plaintext = [
-      # index?
-      ".cache/com.github.neithern.g4music"
-    ];
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/git.nix

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 { lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
 let
-  # TODO: use formats.gitIni or lib.generators.toGitINI
-  # - see: <repo:nixos/nixpkgs:pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix>
   mkCfg = lib.generators.toINI { };
 in
 {
@@ -13,15 +11,7 @@ in
     user.name = "Colin";
     user.email = "colin@uninsane.org";
 
-    alias.br      = "branch";
     alias.co = "checkout";
-    alias.cp      = "cherry-pick";
-    alias.d       = "difftool";
-    alias.dif     = "diff";  # common typo
-    alias.difsum  = "diff --compact-summary";  #< show only the list of files which changed, not contents
-    alias.rb      = "rebase";
-    alias.st      = "status";
-    alias.stat    = "status";
 
     # difftastic docs:
     # - <https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/git.html>
@@ -32,10 +22,5 @@ in
 
     # render dates as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS +TZ
     log.date = "iso";
-
-    sendemail.annotate = "yes";
-    sendemail.confirm = "always";
-
-    stash.showPatch = true;
   };
 }

hosts/common/programs/gnome-keyring.nix

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.gnome-keyring = {
-    package = pkgs.gnome.gnome-keyring;
-  };
-  # adds gnome-keyring as a xdg-data-portal (xdg.portal)
-  services.gnome.gnome-keyring = lib.mkIf config.sane.programs.gnome-keyring.enabled {
-    enable = true;
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/gnome-weather.nix

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# preferences are saved via dconf; see `dconf dump /`
-# cache dir is just for weather data (or maybe a http cache)
-{ ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.gnome-weather = {
-    persist.plaintext = [
-      ".cache/libgweather"
-    ];
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/gthumb.nix

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.gthumb = {
-    # compile without webservices to avoid the expensive webkitgtk dependency
-    package = pkgs.gthumb.override { withWebservices = false; };
-    mime.associations = {
-      "image/gif" = "org.gnome.gThumb.desktop";
-      "image/heif" = "org.gnome.gThumb.desktop";  # apple codec
-      "image/png" = "org.gnome.gThumb.desktop";
-      "image/jpeg" = "org.gnome.gThumb.desktop";
-      "image/svg+xml" = "org.gnome.gThumb.desktop";
-      "image/webp" = "org.gnome.gThumb.desktop";
-    };
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/helix.nix

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# Helix text editor
-# debug log: `~/.cache/helix/helix.log`
-# binary name is `hx`
-{ ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.helix = {
-    # grammars need to be persisted when developing them
-    # - `hx --grammar fetch` and `hx --grammar build`
-    # but otherwise, they ship as part of HELIX_RUNTIME, in the nix store
-    # persist.plaintext = [ ".config/helix/runtime/grammars" ];
-    fs.".config/helix/config.toml".symlink.text = ''
-      # docs: <https://docs.helix-editor.com/configuration.html>
-      [editor.soft-wrap]
-      enable = true
-
-      [editor.whitespace.render]
-      space = "all"
-      tab = "all"
-      newline = "none"
-    '';
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/imagemagick.nix

@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
     };
     suggestedPrograms = [ "ghostscript" ];
   };
+  sane.programs.ghostscript = {};
 }

hosts/common/programs/jellyfin-media-player.nix

@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 {
   sane.programs.jellyfin-media-player = {
     # package = pkgs.jellyfin-media-player;
-    # qt6 version is slightly buggy, but also most qtwebengine apps (e.g. zeal) are on qt5
+    package = pkgs.jellyfin-media-player-qt6;
-    #   so using qt6 would force yet *another* qtwebengine compile.
-    # package = pkgs.jellyfin-media-player-qt6;
 
     # jellyfin stores things in a bunch of directories: this one persists auth info.
     # it *might* be possible to populate this externally (it's Qt stuff), but likely to

hosts/common/programs/kitty/default.nix

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-{ lib, ... }:
+{ ... }:
 
 {
-  sane.programs.kitty = {
+  sane.programs.kitty.fs.".config/kitty/kitty.conf".symlink.text = ''
-    fs.".config/kitty/kitty.conf".symlink.text = ''
     # docs: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/
     # disable terminal bell (when e.g. you backspace too many times)
     enable_audio_bell no
@@ -10,8 +9,6 @@
     map ctrl+n new_os_window_with_cwd
     include ${./PaperColor_dark.conf}
   '';
-    env.TERMINAL = lib.mkDefault "kitty";
-  };
 
   #  include ${pkgs.kitty-themes}/themes/PaperColor_dark.conf
 

hosts/common/programs/koreader/default.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, sane-lib, ... }:
+{ config, lib, sane-lib, ... }:
 
 let
   feeds = sane-lib.feeds;
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ let
     # limit = 0                    => download and keep *all* articles
     # download_full_article = true => populate feed by downloading the webpage -- not just what's encoded in the RSS <article> tags
     # - use this for articles where the RSS only encodes content previews
-    # - in practice, most articles don't work with download_full_article = false
     # enable_filter         = true => only render content that matches the filter_element css selector.
     let fields = [
       (lib.escapeShellArg feed.url)
       "limit = 5"
-      "download_full_article = true"
+      "download_full_article = false"
       "include_images = true"
       "enable_filter = false"
       "filter_element = \"\""
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ let
   ) wantedFeeds;
 in {
   sane.programs.koreader = {
-    package = pkgs.koreader-from-src;
     # koreader applies these lua "patches" at boot:
     # - <https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/User-patches>
     # - TODO: upstream this patch to koreader

hosts/common/programs/lemoa.nix

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{ ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.lemoa = {
-    # creds
-    persist.private = [ ".local/share/io.github.lemmygtk.lemoa" ];
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/libreoffice.nix

@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ ... }:
 
 {
-  sane.programs.libreoffice = {
+  # libreoffice: disable first-run stuff
-    # package = pkgs.libreoffice-bin;
+  sane.programs.libreoffice-fresh.fs.".config/libreoffice/4/user/registrymodifications.xcu".symlink.text = ''
-    # package = pkgs.libreoffice-still;
-    package = pkgs.libreoffice-fresh;
-
-    # disable first-run stuff
-    fs.".config/libreoffice/4/user/registrymodifications.xcu".symlink.text = ''
     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
     <oor:items xmlns:oor="http://openoffice.org/2001/registry" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
       <item oor:path="/org.openoffice.Office.Common/Misc"><prop oor:name="FirstRun" oor:op="fuse"><value>false</value></prop></item>
@@ -16,5 +11,4 @@
   '';
   # <item oor:path="/org.openoffice.Setup/Product"><prop oor:name="LastTimeDonateShown" oor:op="fuse"><value>1667693880</value></prop></item>
   # <item oor:path="/org.openoffice.Setup/Product"><prop oor:name="LastTimeGetInvolvedShown" oor:op="fuse"><value>1667693880</value></prop></item>
-  };
 }

hosts/common/programs/megapixels.nix

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.megapixels.package = pkgs.megapixels.override {
-    # megapixels uses zbar to read barcodes.
-    # zbar by default ships zbarcam-gtk and zbarcam-qt, neither of which megapixels needs.
-    # but the latter takes a dep on qt, which bloats the closure and the build, so disable this feature.
-    zbar = pkgs.zbar.override {
-      enableVideo = false;
-    };
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/mepo.nix

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# docs: <https://git.sr.ht/~mil/mepo>
-# irc #mepo:irc.oftc.net
-{ config, lib, ... }:
-
-{
-  sane.programs.mepo = {
-    persist.plaintext = [ ".cache/mepo/tiles" ];
-    # ~/.cache/mepo/savestate has precise coordinates and pins: keep those private
-    persist.private = [
-      { type = "file"; path = ".cache/mepo/savestate"; }
-    ];
-
-    # give mepo access to gpsd for location data, if that's enabled.
-    # same with geoclue2.
-    suggestedPrograms = lib.optional config.services.gpsd.enable "gpsd"
-      ++ lib.optional config.services.geoclue2.enable "geoclue2-with-demo-agent"
-    ;
-  };
-
-  # programs.mepo = lib.mkIf config.sane.programs.mepo.enabled {
-  #   # enable location services (via geoclue)
-  #   enable = true;
-  #   # more precise, via gpsd ("may require additional config")
-  #   # programs.mepo.gpsd.enable = true
-  # };
-}

hosts/common/programs/mopidy.nix

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# chat: <https://mopidy.zulipchat.com/>
-# config docs: <https://docs.mopidy.com/en/latest/config/>
-# web client: <http://localhost:6680>
-# mpd: hosted on `localhost:6600`, no password`
-#
-# dump config:
-# - `mopidy config`
-# update local file index with
-# - `mopidy local scan`
-#
-# if running as service, those commands are `mopidy --config ... <command>`
-# and config path is found by `systemctl cat mopidy`
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-let
-  # TODO: upstream this as `mopidy.withExtensions`
-  # this is borrowed from the nixos mopidy service
-  mopidyWithExtensions = extensions: with pkgs; buildEnv {
-    name = "mopidy-with-extensions-${mopidy.version}";
-
-    paths = lib.closePropagation extensions;
-    pathsToLink = [ "/${mopidyPackages.python.sitePackages}" ];
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-    postBuild = ''
-      makeWrapper ${mopidy}/bin/mopidy $out/bin/mopidy \
-        --prefix PYTHONPATH : $out/${mopidyPackages.python.sitePackages}
-    '';
-  };
-in
-{
-  sane.programs.mopidy = {
-    package = mopidyWithExtensions (with pkgs; [
-      mopidy-iris  # web client: <https://github.com/jaedb/Iris>
-      mopidy-jellyfin
-      mopidy-local
-      mopidy-mpd
-      mopidy-mpris
-      mopidy-spotify
-      # TODO: mopidy-podcast, mopidy-youtube
-
-      # alternate web clients:
-      # mopidy-moped: <https://github.com/martijnboland/moped>
-      # mopidy-muse: <https://github.com/cristianpb/muse>
-    ]);
-    persist.plaintext = [
-      ".local/share/mopidy/local"  # thumbs, library db
-    ];
-    persist.private = [
-      ".local/share/mopidy/http"  # cookie
-    ];
-    secrets.".config/mopidy/mopidy.conf" = ../../../secrets/common/mopidy.conf.bin;
-    # other folders:
-    # - .cache/mopidy
-    # - .config/mopidy
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/mpv.nix

@@ -1,109 +1,13 @@
-# mpv docs:
+{ ... }:
-# - <https://mpv.io/manual/master>
-# - <https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki>
-# curated mpv mods/scripts/users:
-# - <https://github.com/stax76/awesome-mpv>
-{ pkgs, ... }:
 
 {
   sane.programs.mpv = {
-    package = pkgs.wrapMpv pkgs.mpv-unwrapped {
-      youtubeSupport = false;  #< XXX(2023/08/03): doesn't cross compile until next staging -> master merge
-      scripts = with pkgs.mpvScripts; [
-        mpris
-        # uosc
-        pkgs.mpv-uosc-latest
-      ];
-      extraMakeWrapperArgs = [
-        # 2023/08/29: fixes an error where mpv on moby launches with the message
-        #   "DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Cannot allocate memory"
-        #   audio still works, and controls, screenshotting, etc -- just not the actual rendering
-        # this is likely a regression for mpv 0.36.0.
-        # the actual error message *appears* to come from the mesa library, but it's tough to trace.
-        # run with `--vo=help` to see a list of all output options.
-        # non-exhaustive (F=fails, W=works)
-        # ? libmpv           render API for libmpv
-        # ? gpu              Shader-based GPU Renderer
-        # ? gpu-next         Video output based on libplacebo
-        # ? vdpau            VDPAU with X11
-        # ? wlshm            Wayland SHM video output (software scaling)
-        # ? xv               X11/Xv
-        # W sdl              SDL 2.0 Renderer
-        # F dmabuf-wayland   Wayland dmabuf video output
-        # ? vaapi            VA API with X11
-        # ? x11              X11 (software scaling)
-        # ? null             Null video output
-        # ? caca             libcaca
-        # F drm              Direct Rendering Manager (software scaling)
-        "--add-flags" "--vo=sdl"
-      ];
-    };
     persist.plaintext = [ ".config/mpv/watch_later" ];
-    fs.".config/mpv/input.conf".symlink.text = ''
+    # format is <key>=%<length>%<value>
-      # let volume keys be interpreted by the system.
-      # this is important for sxmo.
-      VOLUME_UP ignore
-      VOLUME_DOWN ignore
-    '';
     fs.".config/mpv/mpv.conf".symlink.text = ''
-      save-position-on-quit=yes
+      save-position-on-quit=%3%yes
-      keep-open=yes
+      keep-open=%3%yes
-
-      # force GUI, even for tracks w/o album art
-      # see: <https://www.reddit.com/r/mpv/comments/rvrrpt/oscosdgui_and_arch_linux/>
-      player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui
-
-      # use uosc instead (for On Screen Controls)
-      osc=no
-      # uosc provides its own seeking/volume indicators, so you also don't need this
-      osd-bar=no
-      # uosc will draw its own window controls if you disable window border
-      border=no
     '';
-    fs.".config/mpv/script-opts/osc.conf".symlink.text = ''
-      # make the on-screen controls *always* visible
-      # unfortunately, this applies to full-screen as well
-      # - docs: <https://mpv.io/manual/master/#on-screen-controller-visibility>
-      # if uosc is installed, this file is unused
-      visibility=always
-    '';
-    fs.".config/mpv/script-opts/uosc.conf".symlink.text = let
-      play_pause_btn = "cycle:play_arrow:pause:no=pause/yes=play_arrow";
-      rev_btn = "command:replay_10:seek -10";
-      fwd_btn = "command:forward_30:seek 30";
-    in ''
-      # docs:
-      # - <https://github.com/tomasklaen/uosc>
-      # - <https://superuser.com/questions/1775550/add-new-buttons-to-mpv-uosc-ui>
-      timeline_style=bar
-      timeline_persistency=paused,audio
-      controls_persistency=paused,audio
-      volume_persistency=audio
-      volume_opacity=0.75
-
-      # speed_persistency=paused,audio
-      # vvv  want a close button?
-      top_bar=always
-      top_bar_persistency=paused
-
-      controls=menu,<video>subtitles,<has_many_audio>audio,<has_many_video>video,<has_many_edition>editions,<stream>stream-quality,space,${rev_btn},${play_pause_btn},${fwd_btn},space,speed:1.0,gap,<video>fullscreen
-
-      text_border=6.0
-      font_bold=yes
-      background_text=ff8080
-      foreground=ff8080
-
-      ui_scale=1.0
-    '';
-
-    mime.priority = 200;  # default = 100; 200 means to yield to other apps
-    mime.associations."audio/flac" = "mpv.desktop";
-    mime.associations."audio/mpeg" = "mpv.desktop";
-    mime.associations."audio/x-vorbis+ogg" = "mpv.desktop";
-    mime.associations."video/mp4" = "mpv.desktop";
-    mime.associations."video/quicktime" = "mpv.desktop";
-    mime.associations."video/webm" = "mpv.desktop";
-    mime.associations."video/x-matroska" = "mpv.desktop";
   };
 }
 

hosts/common/programs/msmtp.nix

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# docs: <https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Msmtp>
-# validate with e.g.
-# - `echo -e "Content-Type: text/plain\r\nSubject: Test\r\n\r\nHello World" | sendmail test@uninsane.org`
-{ config, lib, ... }:
-
-{
-  sane.programs.msmtp = {
-    secrets.".config/msmtp/password.txt" = ../../../secrets/common/msmtp_password.txt.bin;
-  };
-
-  programs.msmtp = lib.mkIf config.sane.programs.msmtp.enabled {
-    enable = true;
-    accounts = {
-      default = {
-        auth = true;
-        tls = true;
-        tls_starttls = false;  # needed else sendmail hangs
-        from = "Colin <colin@uninsane.org>";
-        host = "mx.uninsane.org";
-        user = "colin";
-        passwordeval = "cat ~/.config/msmtp/password.txt";
-      };
-    };
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/neovim.nix

@@ -5,21 +5,35 @@ let
   inherit (lib) concatMapStrings mkIf optionalString;
   # this structure roughly mirrors home-manager's `programs.neovim.plugins` option
   plugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; [
-    {
+    # docs: surround-nvim: https://github.com/ur4ltz/surround.nvim/
+    # docs: vim-surround: https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround
+    { plugin = vim-surround; }
     # docs: fzf-vim (fuzzy finder): https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim
-      plugin = fzf-vim;
+    { plugin = fzf-vim; }
-    }
+    ({
-    {
+      # docs: tex-conceal-vim: https://github.com/KeitaNakamura/tex-conceal.vim/
+      plugin = tex-conceal-vim;
+      type = "viml";
+      config = ''
+        " present prettier fractions
+        let g:tex_conceal_frac=1
+      '';
+    })
+    ({
+      plugin = vim-SyntaxRange;
+      type = "viml";
+      config = ''
+        " enable markdown-style codeblock highlighting for tex code
+        autocmd BufEnter * call SyntaxRange#Include('```tex', '```', 'tex', 'NonText')
+        " autocmd Syntax tex set conceallevel=2
+      '';
+    })
+    ({
       # treesitter syntax highlighting: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Tree_sitters
       # docs: https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter
       # config taken from: https://github.com/i077/system/blob/master/modules/home/neovim/default.nix
       # this is required for tree-sitter to even highlight
-      plugin = nvim-treesitter.withPlugins (_: nvim-treesitter.allGrammars ++ [
+      plugin = nvim-treesitter.withAllGrammars;
-        # XXX: this is apparently not enough to enable syntax highlighting!
-        # nvim-treesitter ships its own queries which may be distinct from e.g. helix.
-        # the queries aren't included when i ship the grammar in this manner
-        pkgs.tree-sitter-nix-shell
-      ]);
       type = "lua";
       config = ''
         require'nvim-treesitter.configs'.setup {
@@ -50,48 +64,15 @@ let
         vim.o.foldmethod = 'expr'
         vim.o.foldexpr = 'nvim_treesitter#foldexpr()'
       '';
-    }
+    })
-    {
-      # docs: tex-conceal-vim: https://github.com/KeitaNakamura/tex-conceal.vim/
-      plugin = tex-conceal-vim;
-      type = "viml";
-      config = ''
-        " present prettier fractions
-        let g:tex_conceal_frac=1
-      '';
-    }
-    {
-      # source: <https://github.com/LnL7/vim-nix>
-      # fixes auto-indent (incl tab size) when editing .nix files
-      plugin = vim-nix;
-    }
-    {
-      # docs: surround-nvim: https://github.com/ur4ltz/surround.nvim/
-      # docs: vim-surround: https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround
-      plugin = vim-surround;
-    }
-    {
-      plugin = vim-SyntaxRange;
-      type = "viml";
-      config = ''
-        " enable markdown-style codeblock highlighting for tex code
-        autocmd BufEnter * call SyntaxRange#Include('```tex', '```', 'tex', 'NonText')
-        " autocmd Syntax tex set conceallevel=2
-      '';
-    }
   ];
   plugin-packages = map (p: p.plugin) plugins;
-  plugin-config-viml = concatMapStrings (p: optionalString (p.type or "" == "viml") p.config) plugins;
+  plugin-config-tex = concatMapStrings (p: optionalString (p.type or "" == "viml") p.config) plugins;
   plugin-config-lua = concatMapStrings (p: optionalString (p.type or "" == "lua") p.config) plugins;
 in
 {
   # private because there could be sensitive things in the swap
-  sane.programs.neovim = {
+  sane.programs.neovim.persist.private = [ ".cache/vim-swap" ];
-    persist.private = [ ".cache/vim-swap" ];
-    env.EDITOR = "vim";
-    # git claims it should use EDITOR, but it doesn't!
-    env.GIT_EDITOR = "vim";
-  };
 
   programs.neovim = mkIf config.sane.programs.neovim.enabled {
     # neovim: https://github.com/neovim/neovim
@@ -99,7 +80,7 @@ in
     viAlias = true;
     vimAlias = true;
     configure = {
-      packages.plugins = {
+      packages.myVimPackage = {
         start = plugin-packages;
       };
       customRC = ''
@@ -135,8 +116,8 @@ in
         set list
         set listchars=tab:▷\·,trail:·,extends:◣,precedes:◢,nbsp:○
 
-        """"" PLUGIN CONFIG (vim)
+        """"" PLUGIN CONFIG (tex)
-        ${plugin-config-viml}
+        ${plugin-config-tex}
 
         """"" PLUGIN CONFIG (lua)
         lua <<EOF

hosts/common/programs/nheko.nix

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{ ... }:
-{
-  # not strictly necessary, but allows caching articles; offline use, etc.
-  sane.programs.nheko.persist.private = [
-    ".config/nheko"  # config file (including client token)
-    ".cache/nheko"  # media cache
-    ".local/share/nheko"  # per-account state database
-  ];
-}

hosts/common/programs/nix-index.nix

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, ... }:
-{
-  # provides `nix-locate`, backed by the manually run `nix-index`
-  sane.programs.nix-index = {
-    persist.plaintext = [ ".cache/nix-index" ];
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/obsidian.nix

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{ ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.obsidian.mime.associations."text/markdown" = "obsidian.desktop";
-}

hosts/common/programs/rhythmbox.nix

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{ ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.rhythmbox = {
-    persist.plaintext = [
-      # playlists; index
-      ".local/share/rhythmbox"
-      # album art
-      ".cache/rhythmbox"
-    ];
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/splatmoji.nix

@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@
       # XXX doesn't seem to understand ~ as shorthand for `$HOME`
       history_file=/home/colin/.local/state/splatmoji/history
       history_length=5
-      paste_command=${pkgs.wtype}/bin/wtype -M Ctrl -k v
+      # TODO: wayland equiv
+      paste_command=xdotool key ctrl+v
       # rofi_command=${pkgs.wofi}/bin/wofi --dmenu --insensitive --cache-file /dev/null
       rofi_command=${pkgs.fuzzel}/bin/fuzzel -d -i -w 60
       xdotool_command=${pkgs.wtype}/bin/wtype
-      xsel_command=${pkgs.findutils}/bin/xargs ${pkgs.wl-clipboard}/bin/wl-copy
+      # TODO: wayland equiv
+      xsel_command=xsel -b -i
     '';
   };
 }

hosts/common/programs/tangram.nix

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# Tangram is a GTK/webkit browser
-# it views each tab as a distinct application, persisted, and where the 'home' button action is specific to each tab.
-# it supports ephemeral tabs, but UX is heavily geared to GCing those as early as possible.
-
-{ pkgs, ... }:
-let
-  dconfProfile = pkgs.writeTextFile {
-    name = "dconf-tangram-profile";
-    destination = "/etc/dconf/profile/tangram";
-    text = ''
-      user-db:tangram
-      system-db:site
-    '';
-  };
-in
-{
-  sane.programs.tangram = {
-    # XXX(2023/07/08): running on moby without disabling the webkit sandbox fails, with:
-    # - `bwrap: Can't make symlink at /var/run: File exists`
-    # see epiphany.nix for more info
-    package = pkgs.tangram.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
-      preFixup = ''
-        gappsWrapperArgs+=(
-          --set WEBKIT_DISABLE_SANDBOX_THIS_IS_DANGEROUS "1"
-          --set DCONF_PROFILE "${dconfProfile}/etc/dconf/profile/tangram"
-        );
-      '' + (upstream.preFixup or "");
-    });
-
-    persist.private = [
-      ".cache/Tangram"
-      ".local/share/Tangram"
-      # dconf achieves atomic writes via `mv`, so a symlink doesn't work
-      # moreover, i have to persist the *whole* directory:
-      # - `user-db:tangram/user` causes a schema failure
-      # - bind-mounting `~/private/.config/dconf/tangram` causes dconf to try a cross-fs `mv`, which fails
-      # - dconf provides no way to specify an alternate ~/.config/dconf dir, except by overriding XDG_CONFIG_HOME
-      # { type = "file"; path = ".config/dconf/tangram"; method = "bind"; }
-      ".config/dconf"
-    ];
-  };
-}

hosts/common/programs/tuba.nix

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{ ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.tuba.suggestedPrograms = [ "gnome-keyring" ];
-}

hosts/common/programs/vlc.nix

@@ -10,13 +10,8 @@ let
 in
 {
   sane.programs.vlc = {
-    persist.private = [
     # vlc remembers play position in ~/.config/vlc/vlc-qt-interface.conf
-      # filenames are stored in plaintext (unlike mpv, which i think hashes them)
+    persist.plaintext = [ ".config/vlc" ];
-      ".config/vlc"
-      # vlc caches artwork. i'm not sure where it gets the artwork (internet? embedded metadata?)
-      ".cache/vlc"
-    ];
     fs.".config/vlc/vlcrc".symlink.text = ''
       [podcast]
       podcast-urls=${podcast-urls}
@@ -25,13 +20,5 @@ in
       [qt]
       qt-privacy-ask=0
     '';
-
-    mime.associations."audio/flac" = "vlc.desktop";
-    mime.associations."audio/mpeg" = "vlc.desktop";
-    mime.associations."audio/x-vorbis+ogg" = "vlc.desktop";
-    mime.associations."video/mp4" = "vlc.desktop";
-    mime.associations."video/quicktime" = "vlc.desktop";
-    mime.associations."video/webm" = "vlc.desktop";
-    mime.associations."video/x-matroska" = "vlc.desktop";
   };
 }

hosts/common/programs/web-browser.nix

@@ -9,20 +9,21 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ...}:
 with lib;
 let
-  cfg = config.sane.programs.firefox.config;
+  cfg = config.sane.programs.web-browser.config;
-  mobile-prefs = lib.optionals false pkgs.librewolf-pmos-mobile.extraPrefsFiles;
   # allow easy switching between firefox and librewolf with `defaultSettings`, below
   librewolfSettings = {
     browser = pkgs.librewolf-unwrapped;
-    extraPrefsFiles = pkgs.librewolf-unwrapped.extraPrefsFiles ++ mobile-prefs;
+    # browser = pkgs.librewolf-unwrapped.overrideAttrs (drv: {
+    #   # this allows side-loading unsigned addons
+    #   MOZ_REQUIRE_SIGNING = false;
+    # });
     libName = "librewolf";
     dotDir = ".librewolf";
-    cacheDir = ".cache/librewolf";
+    cacheDir = ".cache/librewolf";  # TODO: is it?
     desktop = "librewolf.desktop";
   };
   firefoxSettings = {
     browser = pkgs.firefox-esr-unwrapped;
-    extraPrefsFiles = mobile-prefs;
     libName = "firefox";
     dotDir = ".mozilla/firefox";
     cacheDir = ".cache/mozilla";
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ let
   package = pkgs.wrapFirefox cfg.browser.browser {
     # inherit the default librewolf.cfg
     # it can be further customized via ~/.librewolf/librewolf.overrides.cfg
-    inherit (cfg.browser) extraPrefsFiles libName;
+    inherit (pkgs.librewolf-unwrapped) extraPrefsFiles;
+    inherit (cfg.browser) libName;
 
     extraNativeMessagingHosts = optional cfg.addons.browserpass-extension.enable pkgs.browserpass;
     # extraNativeMessagingHosts = [ pkgs.gopass-native-messaging-host ];
@@ -70,10 +72,7 @@ let
       };
       UserMessaging = {
         ExtensionRecommendations = false;
-        FeatureRecommendations = false;
         SkipOnboarding = true;
-        UrlbarInterventions = false;
-        WhatsNew = false;
       };
 
       # these were taken from Librewolf
@@ -145,62 +144,54 @@ in
 {
   config = mkMerge [
     ({
-      sane.programs.firefox.configOption = mkOption {
+      sane.programs.web-browser.configOption = mkOption {
         type = types.submodule configOpts;
         default = {};
       };
-      sane.programs.firefox.config.addons = {
+      sane.programs.web-browser.config.addons = {
+        # get names from:
+        # - ~/ref/nix-community/nur-combined/repos/rycee/pkgs/firefox-addons/generated-firefox-addons.nix
+        # `wget ...xpi`; `unar ...xpi`; `cat */manifest.json | jq '.browser_specific_settings.gecko.id'`
         browserpass-extension = {
-          package = pkgs.firefox-extensions.browserpass-extension;
+          # package = addon "browserpass-ce" "browserpass@maximbaz.com" "sha256-sXgUBbRvMnRpeIW1MTkmTcoqtW/8RDXAkxAq1evFkpc=";
-          enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+          package = localAddon pkgs.browserpass-extension;
-        };
-        bypass-paywalls-clean = {
-          package = pkgs.firefox-extensions.bypass-paywalls-clean;
           enable = lib.mkDefault true;
         };
+
+        # TODO: build bypass-paywalls from source? it's mysteriously disappeared from the Mozilla store.
+        # bypass-paywalls-clean.package = addon "bypass-paywalls-clean" "{d133e097-46d9-4ecc-9903-fa6a722a6e0e}" "sha256-oUwdqdAwV3DezaTtOMx7A/s4lzIws+t2f08mwk+324k=";
+        # bypass-paywalls-clean.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
+
         ether-metamask = {
-          package = pkgs.firefox-extensions.ether-metamask;
+          package = addon "ether-metamask" "webextension@metamask.io" "sha256-G+MwJDOcsaxYSUXjahHJmkWnjLeQ0Wven8DU/lGeMzA=";
-          enable = lib.mkDefault false;  # until i can disable the first-run notification
+          enable = lib.mkDefault true;
         };
         i2p-in-private-browsing = {
-          package = pkgs.firefox-extensions.i2p-in-private-browsing;
+          package = addon "i2p-in-private-browsing" "i2ppb@eyedeekay.github.io" "sha256-dJcJ3jxeAeAkRvhODeIVrCflvX+S4E0wT/PyYzQBQWs=";
           enable = lib.mkDefault config.services.i2p.enable;
         };
         sidebery = {
-          package = pkgs.firefox-extensions.sidebery;
+          package = addon "sidebery" "{3c078156-979c-498b-8990-85f7987dd929}" "sha256-YONfK/rIjlsrTgRHIt3km07Q7KnpIW89Z9r92ZSCc6w=";
           enable = lib.mkDefault true;
         };
         sponsorblock = {
-          package = pkgs.firefox-extensions.sponsorblock;
+          package = addon "sponsorblock" "sponsorBlocker@ajay.app" "sha256-hRsvLaAsVm3dALsTrJqHTNgRFAQcU7XSaGhr5G6+mFs=";
           enable = lib.mkDefault true;
         };
         ublacklist = {
-          package = pkgs.firefox-extensions.ublacklist;
+          package = addon "ublacklist" "@ublacklist" "sha256-RqY5iHzbL2qizth7aguyOKWPyINXmrwOlf/OsfqAS48=";
           enable = lib.mkDefault true;
         };
         ublock-origin = {
-          package = pkgs.firefox-extensions.ublock-origin;
+          package = addon "ublock-origin" "uBlock0@raymondhill.net" "sha256-eHlQrU/b9X/6sTbHBpGAd+0VsLT7IrVCnd0AQ948lyA=";
           enable = lib.mkDefault true;
         };
       };
     })
     ({
-      sane.programs.firefox = {
+      sane.programs.web-browser = {
         inherit package;
 
-        mime.associations = let
-          inherit (cfg.browser) desktop;
-        in {
-          "text/html" = desktop;
-          "x-scheme-handler/http" = desktop;
-          "x-scheme-handler/https" = desktop;
-          "x-scheme-handler/about" = desktop;
-          "x-scheme-handler/unknown" = desktop;
-        };
-
-        # env.BROWSER = "${package}/bin/${cfg.browser.libName}";
-        env.BROWSER = cfg.browser.libName;  # used by misc tools like xdg-email, as fallback
-
         # uBlock filter list configuration.
         # specifically, enable the GDPR cookie prompt blocker.
         # data.toOverwrite.filterLists is additive (i.e. it supplements the default filters)
@@ -219,7 +210,6 @@ in
            }
           }
         '';
-        # TODO: this is better suited in `extraPrefs` during `wrapFirefox` call
         fs."${cfg.browser.dotDir}/${cfg.browser.libName}.overrides.cfg".symlink.text = ''
           // if we can't query the revocation status of a SSL cert because the issuer is offline,
           // treat it as unrevoked.
@@ -241,22 +231,16 @@ in
         '';
       };
     })
-    (mkIf config.sane.programs.firefox.enabled {
+    (mkIf config.sane.programs.web-browser.enabled {
       # TODO: move the persistence into the sane.programs API (above)
-      # flush the cache to disk to avoid it taking up too much tmp.
+      # flush the cache to disk to avoid it taking up too much tmp
-      sane.user.persist.byPath."${cfg.browser.cacheDir}".store =
+      sane.user.persist.byPath."${cfg.browser.cacheDir}" = lib.mkIf (cfg.persistCache != null) {
-        if (cfg.persistData != null) then
+        store = cfg.persistCache;
-          cfg.persistData
+      };
-        else
-          "cryptClearOnBoot"
-        ;
 
-      sane.user.persist.byPath."${cfg.browser.dotDir}/default".store =
+      sane.user.persist.byPath."${cfg.browser.dotDir}/default" = lib.mkIf (cfg.persistData != null) {
-        if (cfg.persistData != null) then
+        store = cfg.persistData;
-          cfg.persistData
+      };
-        else
-          "cryptClearOnBoot"
-        ;
     })
   ];
 }