diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
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+# 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
+    ];
+
+  # Bootloader.
+  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
+  boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
+
+  boot.initrd.luks.devices."luks-db49c136-7de8-4ab6-8e05-754bab13925d".device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/db49c136-7de8-4ab6-8e05-754bab13925d";
+  networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
+  # networking.wireless.enable = true;  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
+
+  # Configure network proxy if necessary
+  # networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
+  # networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";
+
+  # Enable networking
+  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
+
+  # Set your time zone.
+  time.timeZone = "America/Chicago";
+
+  # Select internationalisation properties.
+  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
+
+  i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
+    LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  };
+
+  # Enable the X11 windowing system.
+  services.xserver.enable = true;
+
+  # Enable the GNOME Desktop Environment.
+  services.xserver.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
+  services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
+
+  # Configure keymap in X11
+  services.xserver = {
+    layout = "us";
+    xkbVariant = "";
+    excludePackages = [ pkgs.xterm ];
+  };
+  
+
+
+  # Enable CUPS to print documents.
+  services.printing.enable = true;
+
+  # Enable sound with pipewire.
+  sound.enable = true;
+  hardware.pulseaudio.enable = false;
+  security.rtkit.enable = true;
+  services.pipewire = {
+    enable = true;
+    alsa.enable = true;
+    alsa.support32Bit = true;
+    pulse.enable = true;
+    # If you want to use JACK applications, uncomment this
+    #jack.enable = true;
+
+    # use the example session manager (no others are packaged yet so this is enabled by default,
+    # no need to redefine it in your config for now)
+    #media-session.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.joshuaelm = {
+    isNormalUser = true;
+    description = "Joshua Elmasri";
+    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
+    packages = with pkgs; [
+      firefox
+    #  thunderbird
+    ];
+  };
+
+  # Allow unfree packages
+  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+
+  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
+  # $ nix search wget
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    neovim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
+    git
+  ];
+
+  # Enable Steam
+  programs.steam = {
+    enable = true;
+    remotePlay.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Steam Remote Play
+    dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Source Dedicated Server
+};
+
+  # 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 = true;
+
+  # Open ports in the firewall.
+  # networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
+  # networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
+  # Or disable the firewall altogether.
+  # networking.firewall.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 = "23.11"; # Did you read the comment?
+
+  # Enable lakes
+ nix = {
+  package = pkgs.nixUnstable;
+  extraOptions = ''
+    experimental-features = nix-command flakes
+  '';
+};
+
+}
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1705496572,
+        "narHash": "sha256-rPIe9G5EBLXdBdn9ilGc0nq082lzQd0xGGe092R/5QE=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "842d9d80cfd4560648c785f8a4e6f3b096790e19",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "My flakes configuration";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }@inputs:
+    {
+      nixosConfigurations = {
+        nixos = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+          system = "x86_64-linux";
+          modules = [ ./configuration.nix];
+        };
+      };
+    };
+}
diff --git a/hardware-configuration.nix b/hardware-configuration.nix
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+# Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
+# and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
+# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
+{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports =
+    [ (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
+    ];
+
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "ahci" "nvme" "usbhid" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-amd" ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+
+  fileSystems."/" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/02f01d24-1b9e-461d-a04d-ed96956965b8";
+      fsType = "ext4";
+    };
+
+  boot.initrd.luks.devices."luks-3ec9ede1-2243-4b13-b844-65e4d52bb8ad".device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/3ec9ede1-2243-4b13-b844-65e4d52bb8ad";
+
+  fileSystems."/boot" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/635E-26F4";
+      fsType = "vfat";
+    };
+
+  swapDevices =
+    [ { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/d6ee62ed-d698-417c-98d1-65f5c18b22c0"; }
+    ];
+
+  # Enables DHCP on each ethernet and wireless interface. In case of scripted networking
+  # (the default) this is the recommended approach. When using systemd-networkd it's
+  # still possible to use this option, but it's recommended to use it in conjunction
+  # with explicit per-interface declarations with `networking.interfaces.<interface>.useDHCP`.
+  networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.enp3s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
+  hardware.cpu.amd.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
+}