Dhupee's Unified Dotfiles

• Dhupee's Unified Dotfiles
  • What is this
  • Screenshots
  • File Structure
  • Installation
    • Linux / NixOS
    • Windows
      • Installing
      • Uninstalling Scoop as cleanly as possible
  • Removing Dotfiles
  • Tools I use in this dotfiles
  • References for me
  • To-Do List

Important

I USE NIXOS, BTW

What is this

This is my current dotfiles that I will use in the next few years or might be my last dotfiles repo, this repo is unified all of the tools i use, not only for NixOS, Android, WSL and Windows in limited sense, and maybe hopefully servers and Macs if i have money.

By combining both Chezmoi, NixOS, and Home-Manager, not only I benefit from NixOS/Home-Manager reproducability for my Linux/WSL/Android config, using Chezmoi allows me to use my dotfiles on setups that don't/can't use Nix like Windows or Random PCs/Servers that shouldn't be littered with Nix immutability.

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Screenshots

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File Structure

This is how I structure my nix-configs currently, it might will have few more diretories in the future.

the naming scheme is auto generated by Chezmoi, so don't be surprised.

on the front you will have:

Directory	Description
AppData	Windows equivalent of .config/ or .local I think
dot_config	Config files, for now it only have powershell
dot_distrobox-recipe	my recipe for distroboxes I might use, the command is long so having that is neat
dot_scripts	my scripts, it has bash and powershell, some of them are carry over from my old dotfiles
dot_torrents	we are a pirate!!
dot_node-red	node-red stuff for IoT
mutable-configs	configs that is mutable, not worth it to be carried to home directory since it will changed a lot, will be symlinked by the home-manager or other methods depend on what I need
dot_nix-configs	my actual NixOS configs
private_dot_secrets	well...encrypted files, configs, secrets
private_dot_ssh	obviously...my ssh key
Templates	templates of files...maybe not a lot that I added atm
Wallpapers	Waifu and car picture for Wallpapers

then when it comes to my actual .nix-configs, the directories looks like this.

Directory	Description
aliases	my aliases...also carried from my old dotfiles
configs	mostly my configuration files of packages, tried not to use nix for this so I can use it on non Nix systems
droids	configurations for Nix On Droid, NixOS but for Android (a Termux-based app)
home	my home-manager configs, tried to seperate from systems as much as possible
image	config for images for deploying NixOS to somewhere
linux	my systems configs for NixOS
machines	hardware-configuration.nix backup and also hardware tweak for any machines I use
modules	modules of nix configs, seperated by systems and home-manager ofc
theming	modules for my ricing, has Gnome, KDE Plasma 6, maybe Hyprland if I want a neckbeard

This thing obviously can change overtime as this dotfiles grow, and I can forgot the directories.

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Installation

Linux / NixOS

1. Install Nix - To use this Dotfiles, you need Nix to install Chezmoi. You can install it using the Nix installer.

   Then grab my configs:

   nix-shell -p chezmoi git --run "chezmoi init dhupee"

2. Drop your Age key - put the Age key where Chezmoi can read it and run chezmoi apply. That unlocks all the encrypted bits and installs my dotfiles.

   Finally, from the .nix-configs directory, fire off:

   sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#nitro   # if you're on NixOS
   home-manager switch --flake .#dhupee        # always

   Swap the flake names if you're not nitro/dhupee – look inside flake.nix for alternatives. If you're on a non‑NixOS distro, skip the nixos-rebuild and just use Home‑Manager.

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Windows

Installing

Windows support is lighter than Linux/WSL, but Chezmoi makes it work. Setup takes four steps:

1. Install Scoop - This Dotfiles for Windows uses Scoop to install it's program, to install Scoop, run:

   Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
   Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression

   After this, you should be able to run scoop install chezmoi to install chezmoi from there

2. Place your Age key – Copy your age.key file into your home directory (%USERPROFILE%). Chezmoi needs it to decrypt your encrypted files.

3. Bootstrap Chezmoi – Open a terminal and initialise the repo:

   chezmoi init dhupee

   Apply the dotfiles – Run:

   chezmoi apply

   Install your applications – The dotfiles only handle configs; you supply the actual software. I recommend Scoop for most CLI tools and Winget for apps that need system integration.

Note

This setup is intentionally kept minimal compared to my NixOS machines, but it gives you consistent scripts, aliases, and shell customisation on Windows.

Uninstalling Scoop as cleanly as possible

By design, Scoop isolates almost all instalation in Scoop folder in %USERPROFILE%, However if you want it to be deleted as clean as possible, do this few steps

1. Uninstall Scoop and all its apps

   scoop uninstall scoop

2. Delete leftover directories (if they still exist)

   Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:USERPROFILE\scoop" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
   Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:USERPROFILE\.config\scoop" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

3. Clean your PATH and Scoop‑related environment variables Open System Properties → Environment Variables and remove:

   • Any user/system Path entries containing scoop (e.g., %USERPROFILE%\scoop\shims).
   • Any user/system variables named SCOOP or SCOOP_GLOBAL.

4. Restart your terminal for changes to take effect.

Removing Dotfiles

Because Dotfiles is managed using Chezmoi, in order to remove dotfiles from BOTH Sources and Destination, run:

chezmoi destroy

Then you can let it rip, remove Scoop or Nix, depending on the systems

Tools I use in this dotfiles

• Home Manager
• Determinate Nix Installer
• Plasma Manager
• Nix On Droid
• NixOS WSL
• Spicetify Nix
• Nix Portable
• NixOS-Generator
• Scoop Package Manager

References for me

• Arch Wiki
• Awesome Nix
• Partitioning NixOS with Disko
• Nix Shorts, A collection of short notes about Nix, down to what is immediately needed for users.
  • Your First Derivation
• Nix.Dev
• Installing a Custom NixOS Image on a Raspberry Pi
• Python and NixOS: A match made in hell
• Nixpkgs Overlays
• Librephoenix's NixOS Config Guide for Nerds and Other Cool People Youtube Playlist

To-Do List

• NixOS profile specifically for Klipper Servers, for my 3D printer
• Live USB profile, packages as an custom ISO