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Keep Windows and NixOS WSL available for a week

Keep the Windows host plugged into power. These steps prevent normal idle sleep, pause Windows Update restarts, and keep the WSL instance running.

Prevent sleep and hibernation on AC power

Run in Windows CMD as Administrator:

Project Coldfront

High-end Intel Arrow Lake workstation build. Functional, not pretty, no RGB. All specifications below were validated against manufacturer product pages and independent reviews in 2026 (see Sources). Every listed component is current and the parts are fully compatible with each other.

Parts List

Part	Product	Model number

Optaining Latest ISO for Ventoy

direct url: https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-unstable/latest-nixos-graphical-x86_64-linux.iso

Download to Ventoy

nix --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes run nixpkgs#wget -- "https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-unstable/latest-nixos-graphical-x86_64-linux.iso"

Ventoy default mount path: /run/media/nixos/Ventoy

A checklist to see if Wayland meets my needs.

Wayland is NOT Ready Yet

Nvidia Prime offloading for laptops with hybrid graphics (support for external monitors via USB-C/Thunderport)
xkill alternative. Currently in wayland each DE/WM uses its own method.
- KDE (KWin): qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin killWindow
- Sway
  - SIGTERM: swaymsg kill. Default keybind: $Mod + Shift + q
SIGKILL: kill -9 $(swaymsg -t get_tree | jq '.. | select(.type?) | select(.focused==true).pid')

Fix VMware shared folders not mounting on Linux guest:

sudo sed -i '/^#user_allow_other$/s/^#//' /etc/fuse.conf
sudo /usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other

# make perm by adding to fstab
echo ".host:/ /mnt fuse.vmhgfs-fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab > /dev/null

[!NOTE]

Centralized File Sharing

Site	Size Limit	API	Clearnet Mirrors	Tor Mirrors	Online
GoFile.io	No Limit	API	N/A

	{
	"cleanupPeriodDays": 30,
	"env": {
	"CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC": 1,
	"DISABLE_TELEMETRY": 1,
	"CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_TELEMETRY": 0,
	"DISABLE_ERROR_REPORTING": 1,
	"CLAUDE_BASH_MAINTAIN_PROJECT_WORKING_DIR": 1,
	"CLAUDE_BASH_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS": 120000,
	"CLAUDE_BASH_MAX_TIMEOUT_MS": 600000,

	default_language_version:
	python: python3.13
	fail_fast: true
	repos:
	# Use the Ruff version managed by the project's dev dependencies for consistency
	- repo: local
	hooks:
	- id: ruff
	name: "Ruff (Linter)"
	stages: [pre-commit]

	<style>
	:root {
	--lt-color-gray-100: #d8dee9;
	--lt-color-gray-200: #e5e9f0;
	--lt-color-gray-300: #eceff4;
	--lt-color-gray-400: #8fbcbb;
	--lt-color-gray-500: #88c0d0;
	--lt-color-gray-600: #81a1c1;
	--lt-color-gray-700: #5e81ac;
	--lt-color-gray-800: #4c566a;