Add workstation-specific settings

docs/99_MY_FLAKE.md

@@ -145,8 +145,12 @@ The resulting file should then look something like this:
     };
 
     device = {
-      virtual-machine = false;
+      roles = {
+        type = "laptop";
+        virtual-machine = false;
+      };
       cpu.type = "intel";
+      hasTPM = true;
     };
 
     home-manager = {

hosts/herugrim/default.nix

@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@
     };
 
     device = {
-      virtual-machine = false;
+      roles = {
+        type = "laptop";
+        virtual-machine = false;
+      };
       cpu.type = "intel";
       hasTPM = true;
     };

hosts/vbox_nix/default.nix

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
       username = "itsdrike";
     };
     device = {
+      type = "desktop";
       virtual-machine = true;
       cpu.type = "amd";
     };

options/default.nix

@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ _: {
     ./device
     ./home
     ./system
+    ./workstation
   ];
 }

options/device/default.nix

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-_: {
+{
   imports = [
     ./hardware.nix
+    ./roles.nix
   ];
 }

options/device/hardware.nix

@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
-    virtual-machine = mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.bool;
-      default = false;
-      description = "Is this system a virtual machine?";
-    };
-
     hasTPM = mkOption {
       type = lib.types.bool;
       default = false;

options/device/roles.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib, config, ... }: let 
+  inherit (lib) mkOption types;
+
+  cfg = config.myOptions.device;
+in {
+  options.myOptions.device.roles = {
+    type = mkOption {
+      type = types.enum ["laptop" "desktop" "server"];
+      default = "";
+      description = ''
+        The type/purpoes of the device that will be used within the rest of the configuration.
+          - laptop: portable devices with battery optimizations
+          - desktop: stationary devices configured for maximum performance
+          - server: server and infrastructure
+      '';
+    };
+
+    virtual-machine = mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = "Is this system a virtual machine?";
+    };
+
+    isWorkstation = mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = builtins.elem cfg.type ["laptop" "desktop"];
+      readOnly = true;
+      description = ''
+        Is this machine a workstation?
+
+        Workstation machines are meant for regular day-to-day use.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}

options/workstation/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ lib, config, ... }: with lib; let
+  inherit (lib) mkEnableOption mkOption literalExpression types;
+
+  cfg = config.myOptions.workstation;
+in
+{
+  options.myOptions.workstation = {
+    printing = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption ''
+        printing support using cups.
+
+        Also adds some drivers for common printers.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}

system/default.nix

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   imports = [
     ./shared
+    ./roles
   ];
 }

system/roles/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./workstation
+  ];
+}

system/roles/workstation/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./services
+    ./programs
+    ./fonts.nix
+  ];
+}

system/roles/workstation/fonts.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+{pkgs, ...}: {
+  fonts = {
+    enableDefaultPackages = false;
+
+    fontconfig = {
+      defaultFonts = let
+        common = [
+          "Iosevka Nerd Font"
+          "Symbols Nerd Font"
+          "Noto Color Emoji"
+        ];
+      in {
+        monospace = [
+          "Source Code Pro Medium"
+          "Source Han Mono"
+        ]
+        ++ common;
+
+        sansSerif = [
+          "Lexend"
+        ]
+        ++ common;
+
+        serif = [
+          "Noto Serif"
+        ]
+        ++ common;
+
+        emoji = [
+          "Noto Color Emoji"
+        ]
+        ++ common;
+      };
+    };
+
+    fontDir = {
+      enable = true;
+      decompressFonts = true;
+    };
+
+    packages = with pkgs; [
+      # programming fonts
+      sarasa-gothic
+      source-code-pro
+
+      # desktop fonts
+      corefonts # MS fonts
+      b612 # high legibility
+      material-icons
+      material-design-icons
+      roboto
+      work-sans
+      comic-neue
+      source-sans
+      inter
+      lato
+      lexend
+      dejavu_fonts
+      noto-fonts
+      noto-fonts-cjk
+
+      # emojis
+      noto-fonts-color-emoji
+      twemoji-color-font
+      openmoji-color
+      openmoji-black
+      font-awesome
+
+      # defaults worth keeping
+      dejavu_fonts
+      freefont_ttf
+      gyre-fonts
+      liberation_ttf
+      unifont
+
+      # specific nerd fonts only
+      # (installing all nerd fonts is slow and takes gigabytes)
+      # see: <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/shas.nix>
+      # for all available fonts
+      (nerdfonts.override {
+        fonts = [
+          "JetBrainsMono"
+          "Iosevka"
+          "NerdFontsSymbolsOnly"
+          "FiraCode"
+          "FiraMono"
+          "Hack"
+          "HeavyData"
+        ];
+      })
+    ];
+  };
+}

system/roles/workstation/programs/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./misc.nix
+  ];
+}

system/roles/workstation/programs/misc.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  programs = {
+    # allow non-root users to mount fuse filesystems with allow_other
+    fuse.userAllowOther = true;
+
+    # show network usage
+    bandwhich.enable = true;
+
+    # network inspection utility
+    wireshark.enable = true;
+
+    # gnome's keyring manager
+    seahorse.enable = true;
+  };
+}

system/roles/workstation/services/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./earlyoom.nix
+    ./mount.nix
+    ./printing.nix
+  ];
+}
+

system/roles/workstation/services/earlyoom.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{pkgs, ...}: {
+  # https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-09-28-earlyoom.html
+  # avoid the linux kernel locking itself when we're putting too much strain on the memory
+  # this helps avoid having to shut down forcefully when we OOM
+  services.earlyoom = {
+    enable = true;
+    enableNotifications = true; # annoying, but we want to know what's killed
+    freeSwapThreshold = 2;
+    freeMemThreshold = 2;
+    extraArgs = [
+      "-g" # kill all processes within a process group
+      "--avoid 'Hyprland|soffice|soffice.bin|firefox|thunderbird)$'" # things we want to not kill
+      "--prefer '^(electron|.*.exe)$'" # I wish we could kill electron permanently
+    ];
+
+    # we should ideally write the logs into a designated log file; or even better, to the journal
+    # for now we can hope this echo sends the log to somewhere we can observe later
+    killHook = pkgs.writeShellScript "earlyoom-kill-hook" ''
+      echo "Process $EARLYOOM_NAME ($EARLYOOM_PID) was killed"
+    '';
+  };
+}

system/roles/workstation/services/mount.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ config, ... }:
+{
+  services = {
+    # enable GVfs, a userspace virtual filesystem
+    # (allows viewing ftp,sftp,... directly from the file manager)
+    gvfs.enable = true;
+
+    # Storage daemon required for udiskie auto-mount
+    udisks2.enable = !config.boot.isContainer;
+  };
+}

system/roles/workstation/services/printing.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: let
+  inherit (lib) mkIf;
+
+  cfg = config.myOptions.workstation.printing;
+in {
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    # enable cups and add some drivers for common printers
+    services = {
+      printing = {
+        enable = true;
+        drivers = with pkgs; [
+          gutenprint
+          hplip
+        ];
+      };
+
+      # required for network discovery of printers
+      avahi = {
+        enable = true;
+        # resolve .local domains for printers
+        nssmdns4 = true;
+        # open the avahi port(s) in the firewall
+        openFirewall = true;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}