This is a working example of my nixos installation, which includes all the apps i use regularly, be aware this will build Thunderbird from source
# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on # your system. Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page # and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’). { config, pkgs, ... }: { imports = [ # Include the results of the hardware scan. ./hardware-configuration.nix ]; # Use the GRUB 2 boot loader. boot.loader.grub.enable = true; boot.loader.grub.version = 2; # boot.loader.grub.efiSupport = true; # boot.loader.grub.efiInstallAsRemovable = true; # boot.loader.efi.efiSysMountPoint = "/boot/efi"; # Define on which hard drive you want to install Grub. boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda"; # or "nodev" for efi only boot.loader.grub.useOSProber = true; networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname. networking.wireless.enable = true; # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant. # Set your time zone. time.timeZone = "Europe/London"; # The global useDHCP flag is deprecated, therefore explicitly set to false here. # Per-interface useDHCP will be mandatory in the future, so this generated config # replicates the default behaviour. networking.useDHCP = false; networking.interfaces.eno0.useDHCP = true; networking.interfaces.wlp2s0.useDHCP = true; # Configure network proxy if necessary # networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/"; # networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain"; # Select internationalisation properties. i18n.defaultLocale = "en_GB.UTF-8"; console = { font = "Lat2-Terminus16"; keyMap = "uk"; }; # Enable the Plasma 5 Desktop Environment. services.xserver.enable = true; services.xserver.displayManager.sddm.enable = true; services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5.enable = true; services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "modesetting" ]; services.xserver.useGlamor = true; # Configure keymap in X11 services.xserver.layout = "gb"; # services.xserver.xkbOptions = "eurosign:e"; # Enable CUPS to print documents. services.printing.enable = true; services.printing.drivers = [ pkgs.hplip ]; services.avahi.enable = true; # Important to resolve .local domains of printers, otherwise you get an error # like "Impossible to connect to XXX.local: Name or service not known" services.avahi.nssmdns = true; # Enable sound. sound.enable = true; hardware.pulseaudio.enable = true; # Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager). services.xserver.libinput.enable = true; # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’. users.users.username = { isNormalUser = true; extraGroups = [ "wheel" "networkmanager" ]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user. }; # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run: # $ nix search wget environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ firefox qutebrowser thunderbird keepassxc krita kde-gtk-config kdeplasma-addons plasma-browser-integration ark pkgs.kdeApplications.dolphin-plugins pkgs.kdeApplications.kipi-plugins pkgs.kdeApplications.kio-extras sddm-kcm gwenview kolourpaint kcolorchooser dragon okular skanlite kcalc krename gsmartcontrol imagemagick gimp kdeconnect tlp rsync wget syncthing libreoffice w3m sshfs mc aerc htop ]; # Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are # started in user sessions. # programs.mtr.enable = true; # programs.gnupg.agent = { # enable = true; # enableSSHSupport = true; # }; # List services that you want to enable: # Enable the OpenSSH daemon. services.openssh.enable = false; # Open ports in the firewall. networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [22000]; networking.firewall.allowedTCPPortRanges = [ { from = 1714; to = 1764; } ]; networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [21027 ]; networking.firewall.allowedUDPPortRanges = [ { from = 1714; to = 1764; } ]; # Or disable the firewall altogether. # networking.firewall.enable = false; services = { syncthing = { enable = true; user = "username"; dataDir = "/home/username/Syncthing-Folders/"; configDir = "/home/username/Syncthing-Folders/.config/syncthing"; }; }; #systemd.services.systemd-udev-settle.enable = false; #systemd.services.NetworkManager-wait-online.enable = false; # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions # on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave # this value at the release version of the first install of this system. # Before changing this value read the documentation for this option # (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html). system.stateVersion = "20.09"; # Did you read the comment? }