Try generating a vm with the config

flake.lock

@@ -155,6 +155,24 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "flake-utils_2": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems_2"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "home-manager": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -199,14 +217,15 @@
     "nanostatus": {
       "inputs": {
         "ags": "ags",
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils_2",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_3"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1757604536,
+        "lastModified": 1757689076,
-        "narHash": "sha256-q0zKPGRi5oW59IpYkxmjyRRLtqwsDaDFbb+oOcFpg2s=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-RcNvTv6R/Kl5k/Pe9ZENZGbuw82ZU6Ssx6zOqkjdFPE=",
         "owner": "larstvei",
         "repo": "nanostatus",
-        "rev": "9338759e13edeca8d8dc14a3b3b8485d5c2fa22e",
+        "rev": "ab494b22a5c4fc6e8f07423d5f3b585dee790c6d",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -251,6 +270,21 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixlib_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1736643958,
+        "narHash": "sha256-tmpqTSWVRJVhpvfSN9KXBvKEXplrwKnSZNAoNPf/S/s=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs.lib",
+        "rev": "1418bc28a52126761c02dd3d89b2d8ca0f521181",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs.lib",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixos-generators": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixlib": "nixlib",
@@ -273,6 +307,27 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixos-generators_2": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixlib": "nixlib_2",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1751903740,
+        "narHash": "sha256-PeSkNMvkpEvts+9DjFiop1iT2JuBpyknmBUs0Un0a4I=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "nixos-generators",
+        "rev": "032decf9db65efed428afd2fa39d80f7089085eb",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "nixos-generators",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1754498491,
@@ -360,6 +415,7 @@
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "nanostatus": "nanostatus",
         "nix-rosetta-builder": "nix-rosetta-builder",
+        "nixos-generators": "nixos-generators_2",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_4",
         "zen-browser": "zen-browser"
       }
@@ -379,6 +435,21 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "systems_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "zen-browser": {
       "inputs": {
         "home-manager": "home-manager_2",

flake.nix

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
       url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+    nixos-generators = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/nixos-generators";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
     nix-rosetta-builder = {
       url = "github:cpick/nix-rosetta-builder";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -30,6 +34,7 @@
       darwin,
       nixpkgs,
       home-manager,
+      nixos-generators,
       nix-rosetta-builder,
       nanostatus,
       emacs-larstvei,
@@ -60,5 +65,26 @@
           ./machines/thinkpad
         ];
       };
+
+      packages.x86_64-linux.vm = nixos-generators.nixosGenerate {
+        system = "x86_64-linux";
+        format = "qcow-efi";
+        specialArgs = { inherit emacs-larstvei nanostatus zen-browser; };
+        modules = [
+          home-manager.nixosModules.default
+          ./machines/vm
+        ];
+      };
+
+      packages.aarch64-linux.vm = nixos-generators.nixosGenerate {
+        system = "aarch64-linux";
+        format = "qcow-efi";
+        specialArgs = { inherit emacs-larstvei nanostatus zen-browser; };
+        modules = [
+          home-manager.nixosModules.default
+          ./machines/vm
+        ];
+      };
+
     };
 }

machines/vm/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ../../modules/base
+    ../../modules/nixos
+  ];
+
+  networking.hostName = "larstvei-vm";
+
+  # VM-friendly bits
+  services.qemuGuest.enable = true; # qemu-guest-agent
+  services.spice-vdagentd.enable = true; # better clipboard/display if using SPICE
+
+  # In VMs Hyprland can benefit from this
+  environment.sessionVariables.WLR_NO_HARDWARE_CURSORS = "1";
+
+  # Use EFI boot in the image
+  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
+  boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
+
+  system.stateVersion = "25.05";
+}

modules/tools/academic/default.nix

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
 {
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    zotero
+    # zotero
   ];
 }