no fucking clue what I changed but good luck (^_^)*

hosts/lolcathost/default.nix

@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@
 }: let
   home-manager = builtins.fetchTarball {
     url = "https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-24.11.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0c07xj74vsj37d3a8f98i9rhhhr99ckwlp45n40f0qkmigm3pk8s";
-    #sha256 = "15k41il0mvmwyv6jns4z8k6khhmb22jk5gpcqs1paym3l01g6abn";
+    sha256 = "1qsvg11b5d05z2gvxq2pp6xfg3gpcd363id0h52sicikx3vai93s";
   };
 in {
   imports = [
     ./hardware-configuration.nix
     (import "${home-manager}/nixos")
     inputs.spicetify-nix.nixosModules.default
+
+    ../modules/steam.nix
   ];
 
   programs.spicetify = let
@@ -67,10 +68,10 @@ in {
   networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
 
   # Open ports in the firewall.
-  # networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
+  #networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
   # networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
   # Or disable the firewall altogether.
-  networking.firewall.enable = true;
+  networking.firewall.enable = false;
 
   # ----- SERVICES -----
   services = {
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ in {
       # literally me fr (personal account)
       me = {
         isNormalUser = true;
-        extraGroups = ["wheel" "docker"];
+        extraGroups = ["wheel" "netdev" "docker"];
         shell = pkgs.bash; #pkgs.fish
         packages = let
           # TODO: can I just do this: https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.18/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake#url-like-syntax
@@ -187,6 +188,15 @@ in {
     ];
   };
 
+  # set environment variables
+  environment.sessionVariables = {
+    # folder names with capitalisation look awful!
+    XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR = "$HOME/downloads";
+
+    # Hint Electrons apps to use Wayland
+    NIXOS_OZONE_WL = "1";
+  };
+
   # ---- SYSTEM PACKAGES -----
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
     # User Environment
@@ -207,6 +217,9 @@ in {
     # DEBUG: using neofetch temporarily to see if my system upgrades properly
     neofetch
 
+    openvpn
+    inetutils
+
     # fish plugins
     grc # colorise command outputs
 
@@ -250,6 +263,8 @@ in {
     zsh.enable = true;
     fish.enable = true;
 
+    nix-ld.enable = true;
+
     # I want to use fish as my login shell but it always goes terrible
     # cause it isn't POSIX compliant, so instead Bash is my login and
     # will just exec fish (^-^)
@@ -295,8 +310,8 @@ in {
     # TODO: change my default fonts
     fontconfig = {
       defaultFonts = {
-        serif = ["Iosevka"]; # TODO: package Iosevka Etoile since Iosevka isn't a serif font
-        sansSerif = ["Iosevka "];
+        serif = ["Geist"]; # TODO: package Iosevka Etoile since Iosevka isn't a serif font
+        sansSerif = ["Geist"];
         monospace = ["Cousine"];
         emoji = ["Noto Emoji"];
       };

hosts/modules/steam.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: {
+  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfreePredicate = pkg:
+    builtins.elem (lib.getName pkg) [
+      "steam"
+      "steam-original"
+      "steam-unwrapped"
+      "steam-run"
+    ];
+
+  programs.steam = {
+    enable = true;
+    remotePlay.openFirewall = true;
+    dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true;
+    localNetworkGameTransfers.openFirewall = true;
+  };
+
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    steamcmd
+  ];
+}