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dotfiles/modules/desktop/terminal.nix
alexion c0ec330024 fix(desktop): switch the terminal from Ghostty to Alacritty
Ghostty's GTK4 window construction made every launch sluggish on neogaia's
integrated graphics (~440 ms to map a window), which a head-to-head
comparison against Alacritty confirmed. Alacritty's lightweight OpenGL
renderer opens fast on the iGPU, so it becomes the terminal on Super+Return.

The choice stays reversible per host, so a capable host such as zeus could
adopt Ghostty later.
2026-07-22 09:46:27 -04:00

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{
config,
lib,
pkgs,
...
}:
# Alacritty as the desktop terminal, a lightweight GPU renderer that opens
# fast on the laptop's integrated graphics.
let
cfg = config.modules.desktop.terminal;
user = config.user.name;
in
{
options.modules.desktop.terminal.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Alacritty as the desktop terminal";
config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
home-manager.users.${user}.home.packages = [ pkgs.alacritty ];
};
}