diff --git a/machines/talos/configuration.nix b/machines/talos/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, on
+# https://search.nixos.org/options and in the NixOS manual (`nixos-help`).
+
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports =
+    [ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
+      ./hardware-configuration.nix
+    ];
+
+  # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
+  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
+  boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
+  boot.kernelParams =
+    [
+      "video=efifb:mode=0"
+      "fbcon=rotate:1"
+    ];
+  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
+
+  networking.hostName = "talos"; # Define your hostname.
+  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;  # Easiest to use and most distros use this by default.
+
+  # Set your time zone.
+  time.timeZone = "Europe/London";
+
+  # Select internationalisation properties.
+  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_GB.UTF-8";
+  console = {
+     font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
+     useXkbConfig = true; # use xkb.options in tty.
+  };
+
+  # Enable the X11 windowing system.
+  services.xserver.enable = true;
+  services.xserver.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
+  #services.xserver.displayManager.gdm.wayland = false;
+  services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
+
+  # Configure keymap in X11
+  services.xserver.xkb.layout = "us";
+
+  # Enable sound.
+  sound.enable = true;
+  hardware.pulseaudio.enable = true;
+
+  # Enable sensors
+  hardware.sensor.iio.enable = true;
+
+  # Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
+  services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;
+
+  services.xserver.xrandrHeads =
+  [
+    {
+      output = "DSI-1";
+      primary = true;
+      monitorConfig = ''
+        Option "Rotate" "left"
+      '';
+    }
+  ];
+
+  # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
+  users = {
+    defaultUserShell = pkgs.zsh;
+    users.nikdoof = {
+      isNormalUser = true;
+      extraGroups = [ "wheel" ]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user.
+      shell = pkgs.zsh;
+      openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
+        "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIHWO2qwHaPaQs46na4Aa6gMkw5QqRHUMGQphtgAcDJOw"
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+
+  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
+  # $ nix search wget
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    git
+    lsof
+  ];
+
+  programs.zsh.enable = true;
+
+  # Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
+  services.openssh = {
+    enable = true;
+    settings = {
+      PermitRootLogin = "yes";
+    };
+  };
+
+  networking.firewall.enable = true;
+
+  # Copy the NixOS configuration file and link it from the resulting system
+  # (/run/current-system/configuration.nix). This is useful in case you
+  # accidentally delete configuration.nix.
+  system.copySystemConfiguration = true;
+
+  # This option defines the first version of NixOS you have installed on this particular machine,
+  # and is used to maintain compatibility with application data (e.g. databases) created on older NixOS versions.
+  #
+  # Most users should NEVER change this value after the initial install, for any reason,
+  # even if you've upgraded your system to a new NixOS release.
+  #
+  # This value does NOT affect the Nixpkgs version your packages and OS are pulled from,
+  # so changing it will NOT upgrade your system.
+  #
+  # This value being lower than the current NixOS release does NOT mean your system is
+  # out of date, out of support, or vulnerable.
+  #
+  # Do NOT change this value unless you have manually inspected all the changes it would make to your configuration,
+  # and migrated your data accordingly.
+  #
+  # For more information, see `man configuration.nix` or https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options#opt-system.stateVersion .
+  system.stateVersion = "23.11"; # Did you read the comment?
+}
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diff --git a/machines/talos/hardware-configuration.nix b/machines/talos/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" "nvme" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+
+  fileSystems."/" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/f04b8df1-c2ca-48f8-9fb8-7a74f4338842";
+      fsType = "xfs";
+    };
+
+  fileSystems."/boot" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/8A59-35C6";
+      fsType = "vfat";
+    };
+
+  swapDevices =
+    [ { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/a30c504f-ae52-473e-b68e-6a51fe2add31"; }
+    ];
+
+  # 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.enp1s0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
+  hardware.cpu.intel.updateMicrocode = lib.mkDefault config.hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware;
+}
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