diff --git a/nixos-rpi/README.md b/nixos-rpi/README.md
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+currently this just contains a copy of the rpi nixos config, not tied to `../quick-switch.sh` which is for the system76 galago laptop.
+
+eventually find a way to modularize and reuse config chunks across both systems!
diff --git a/nixos-rpi/configuration.nix b/nixos-rpi/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 extlinux boot loader. (NixOS wants to enable GRUB by default)
+  boot.loader.grub.enable = false;
+  # Enables the generation of /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
+  boot.loader.generic-extlinux-compatible.enable = true;
+
+  # swap
+  swapDevices = [{
+    device = "/var/lib/swapfile";
+    size = 16 * 1024;
+  }];
+
+  networking.hostName = "nixos-rpi"; # Define your hostname.
+  # Pick only one of the below networking options.
+  networking.wireless.enable = true; # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
+  # networking.networkmanager.enable = true;  # Easiest to use and most distros use this by default.
+
+  # Set your time zone.
+  time.timeZone = "America/New_York";
+
+  # 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_US.UTF-8";
+  # console = {
+  #   font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
+  #   keyMap = "us";
+  #   useXkbConfig = true; # use xkb.options in tty.
+  # };
+
+  # Enable the X11 windowing system.
+  # services.xserver.enable = true;
+
+
+
+
+  # Configure keymap in X11
+  # services.xserver.xkb.layout = "us";
+  # services.xserver.xkb.options = "eurosign:e,caps:escape";
+
+  # Enable CUPS to print documents.
+  # services.printing.enable = 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.nixos = {
+    isNormalUser = true;
+    extraGroups = [ "wheel" ]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user.
+    packages = with pkgs; [
+      tree
+      git
+    ];
+  };
+
+  # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
+  # $ nix search wget
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
+    wget
+  ];
+
+  # 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;
+
+  # 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 - see https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#sec-upgrading for how
+  # to actually do that.
+  #
+  # 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 = "24.05"; # Did you read the comment?
+
+}
diff --git a/nixos-rpi/hardware-configuration.nix b/nixos-rpi/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 = [ ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
+
+  fileSystems."/" =
+    {
+      device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/44444444-4444-4444-8888-888888888888";
+      fsType = "ext4";
+    };
+
+  swapDevices = [ ];
+
+  # 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.enu1u1.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  # networking.interfaces.wlan0.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "aarch64-linux";
+}
+
diff --git a/nixos-rpi/update-config.sh b/nixos-rpi/update-config.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash 
+set -euo pipefail
+
+sudo cp *.nix /etc/nixos
+sudo nixos-rebuild switch
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