fix: docker rootless now works due to /etc/hosts permissions change

configuration.nix

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   imports =
     [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
       /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix
-      <home-manager/nixos>
     ];
 
  ## Commented out as defined at the end of the page
@@ -95,8 +94,6 @@
     extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" "docker" "dialout" ];
   };
 
-  home-manager.users.l-wyatt = import /home/l-wyatt/.config/home-manager/home.nix;
-   
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
   # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
   # $ nix search wget
@@ -157,7 +154,7 @@
   services.blueman.enable = true;
 
   # Allow /etc/hosts to be modified without system rebuild
-  environment.etc.hosts.mode = "0700";
+  environment.etc.hosts.mode = "0644";
 
   # Enable flakes and extras
   nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];

err.log

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+building the system configuration...
+error:
+       … while calling the 'head' builtin
+         at /nix/store/j4hbw1ws742nmsfhbd9r22k1qgivk7hc-nixos-25.11/nixos/lib/attrsets.nix:1696:13:
+         1695|           if length values == 1 || pred here (elemAt values 1) (head values) then
+         1696|             head values
+             |             ^
+         1697|           else
+
+       … while evaluating the attribute 'value'
+         at /nix/store/j4hbw1ws742nmsfhbd9r22k1qgivk7hc-nixos-25.11/nixos/lib/modules.nix:1118:7:
+         1117|     // {
+         1118|       value = addErrorContext "while evaluating the option `${showOption loc}':" value;
+             |       ^
+         1119|       inherit (res.defsFinal') highestPrio;
+
+       … while evaluating the option `system.build.toplevel':
+
+       … while evaluating definitions from `/nix/store/j4hbw1ws742nmsfhbd9r22k1qgivk7hc-nixos-25.11/nixos/nixos/modules/system/activation/top-level.nix':
+
+       … while evaluating the option `assertions':
+
+       … while evaluating definitions from `/nix/store/qlchl88ml287pcv5xqyrpcq7jjyl3qgm-home-manager-25.11.tar.gz/home-manager/nixos/common.nix':
+
+       (stack trace truncated; use '--show-trace' to show the full, detailed trace)
+
+       error: The option `home-manager.users.l-wyatt.programs.neovim-kickstart' does not exist. Definition values:
+       - In `/home/l-wyatt/Documents/nixos-configuration/configuration.nix':
+           {
+             enable = true;
+           }
+Command 'nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' --attr config.system.build.toplevel --no-out-link' returned non-zero exit status 1.

flake.lock

@@ -25,15 +25,16 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1771531206,
+        "lastModified": 1772633058,
-        "narHash": "sha256-1R3Wx6KUkMb4x4E5UOhW9p6rqiexzSGGWxZqSHqW5n0=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-SO7JapRy2HPhgmqiLbfnW1kMx5rakPMKZ9z3wtRLQjI=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "91be7cce763fa4022c7cf025a71b0c366d1b6e77",
+        "rev": "080657a04188aca25f8a6c70a0fb2ea7e37f1865",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "nix-community",
+        "ref": "release-25.11",
         "repo": "home-manager",
         "type": "github"
       }
@@ -75,16 +76,16 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1771369470,
+        "lastModified": 1772822230,
-        "narHash": "sha256-0NBlEBKkN3lufyvFegY4TYv5mCNHbi5OmBDrzihbBMQ=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-yf3iYLGbGVlIthlQIk5/4/EQDZNNEmuqKZkQssMljuw=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "0182a361324364ae3f436a63005877674cf45efb",
+        "rev": "71caefce12ba78d84fe618cf61644dce01cf3a96",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "nixos",
-        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "ref": "nixos-25.11",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
         "type": "github"
       }

flake.nix

@@ -1,24 +1,34 @@
 {
-  description = "Home Manager configuration with kickstart.nvim";
+  description = "NixOS configuration with home-manager and kickstart.nvim";
 
   inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11";
     home-manager = {
-      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-25.11";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
     kickstart-nvim.url = "github:0xWheatyz/kickstart.nvim";
   };
 
-  outputs = { nixpkgs, home-manager, kickstart-nvim, ... }: {
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, kickstart-nvim, ... }: {
-    homeConfigurations = {
+    nixosConfigurations = {
-      "l-wyatt" = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
+      nixos = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
-        pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.x86_64-linux;
+        system = "x86_64-linux";
-
         modules = [
-          ./home.nix
+          ./configuration.nix
+          home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
+          {
+            home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+            home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+            home-manager.users.l-wyatt = import /home/l-wyatt/.config/home-manager/home.nix;
+            home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = {
+              inherit kickstart-nvim;
+            };
+            home-manager.sharedModules = [
               kickstart-nvim.homeManagerModules.default
             ];
+          }
+        ];
       };
     };
   };