diff --git a/common.nix b/common.nix
index ae566df..0bd5471 100644
--- a/common.nix
+++ b/common.nix
@@ -34,28 +34,6 @@ _: {
     "kmsconvt@tty1".enable = false;
   };
 
-  #hardware stuff
-  hardware = {
-    enableRedistributableFirmware = true;
-    opengl = {
-      enable = true;
-      driSupport = true;
-      driSupport32Bit = true;
-    };
-  };
-  #sound settings
-  security.rtkit.enable = true;
-  sound.enable = lib.mkForce false; #disable alsa
-  hardware.pulseaudio.enable = lib.mkForce false; #disable pulseAudio
-  services.pipewire = {
-    enable = true;
-    audio.enable = true;
-    wireplumber.enable = true;
-    alsa.enable = true;
-    alsa.support32Bit = true;
-    pulse.enable = true;
-    jack.enable = true;
-  };
   networking = {
     firewall = {
       enable = true;
@@ -91,5 +69,4 @@ _: {
     };
   };
   i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
-  services.gvfs.enable = true; #gvfs for pcmanfm
 }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index e91507e..8f19947 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
           modules = [
             (import ./modules inputs)
             (import ./common.nix inputs)
-            (import ./nix.nix inputs)
             (import ./systems/gerg-desktop inputs)
             {
               nixpkgs.overlays = [
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@
           modules = [
             (import ./modules inputs)
             (import ./common.nix inputs)
-            (import ./nix.nix inputs)
             (import ./systems/game-laptop inputs)
           ];
         };
@@ -96,7 +94,6 @@
           modules = [
             (import ./modules inputs)
             (import ./common.nix inputs)
-            (import ./nix.nix inputs)
             (import ./systems/mom-laptop inputs)
           ];
         };
diff --git a/imports/dwm.nix b/imports/dwm.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e9aa6f7..0000000
--- a/imports/dwm.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-{suckless, ...}: {
-  pkgs,
-  settings,
-  ...
-}: {
-  environment.systemPackages = [suckless.packages.${pkgs.system}.dmenu];
-  services.xserver = {
-    enable = true;
-    exportConfiguration = true; #make config debuggable
-    layout = "us";
-    libinput.enable = true;
-    xautolock.enable = false;
-    desktopManager.xterm.enable = false;
-    excludePackages = [pkgs.xterm];
-    windowManager.dwm = {
-      enable = true;
-      package = suckless.packages.${pkgs.system}.dwm;
-    };
-    displayManager = {
-      sessionCommands = ''
-        feh --bg-scale ${../misc/recursion.png}
-      '';
-      defaultSession = "none+dwm";
-      lightdm = {
-        enable = true;
-        background = ../misc/recursion.png;
-        extraConfig = "minimum-vt=1";
-        greeters.mini = {
-          enable = true;
-          user = settings.username;
-          extraConfig = ''
-            [greeter]
-            show-password-label = false
-            password-label-text =
-            invalid-password-text =
-            show-input-cursor = false
-            password-alignment = center
-            password-input-width = 19
-            show-image-on-all-monitors = true
-
-
-            [greeter-theme]
-            font = "OverpassMono Nerd Font"
-            font-size = 1.1em
-            text-color = "#7AA2F7"
-            error-color = "#DB4B4B"
-            background-color = "#000000"
-            window-color = "#000000"
-            border-color = "#000000"
-            password-character = -1
-            password-color = "#7AA2F7"
-            password-background-color = "#24283B"
-            password-border-color = "#000000"
-            password-border-radius = 0.341125em
-          '';
-        };
-      };
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/imports/gnome.nix b/imports/gnome.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 28a25b8..0000000
--- a/imports/gnome.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-_: {
-  pkgs,
-  settings,
-  ...
-}: {
-  environment.gnome.excludePackages =
-    (with pkgs; [
-      gnome-photos
-      gnome-tour
-      gnome-console
-      gnome-text-editor
-      gnome-online-accounts
-    ])
-    ++ (with pkgs.gnome; [
-      gnome-terminal
-      gnome-weather
-      gnome-shell
-      gnome-calculator
-      gnome-disk-utility
-      gnome-maps
-      gnome-clocks
-      gnome-remote-desktop
-      gnome-calendar
-      gnome-music
-      simple-scan
-      cheese # webcam tool
-      gedit # text editor
-      epiphany # web browser
-      geary # email reader
-      evince # document viewer
-      gnome-characters
-      totem # video player
-      tali # poker game
-      iagno # go game
-      hitori # sudoku game
-      atomix # puzzle game
-    ]);
-  services.xserver = {
-    enable = true;
-    exportConfiguration = true; #make config debuggable
-    layout = "us";
-    libinput.enable = true;
-    xautolock.enable = false;
-    desktopManager.xterm.enable = false;
-    excludePackages = [pkgs.xterm];
-    desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
-    displayManager = {
-      autoLogin = {
-        enable = true;
-        user = settings.username;
-      };
-      defaultSession = "gnome";
-      lightdm = {
-        enable = true;
-        extraConfig = "minimum-vt=1";
-        background = ../misc/recursion.png;
-        greeters.mini = {
-          enable = true;
-          user = settings.username;
-          extraConfig = ''
-            [greeter]
-            show-password-label = false
-            password-label-text =
-            invalid-password-text =
-            show-input-cursor = false
-            password-alignment = center
-            password-input-width = 19
-            show-image-on-all-monitors = true
-
-
-            [greeter-theme]
-            font = "OverpassMono Nerd Font"
-            font-size = 1.1em
-            text-color = "#7AA2F7"
-            error-color = "#DB4B4B"
-            background-color = "#000000"
-            window-color = "#000000"
-            border-color = "#000000"
-            password-character = -1
-            password-color = "#7AA2F7"
-            password-background-color = "#24283B"
-            password-border-color = "#000000"
-            password-border-radius = 0.341125em
-          '';
-        };
-      };
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/imports/xfce.nix b/imports/xfce.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bd6a39c..0000000
--- a/imports/xfce.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-_: {
-  pkgs,
-  settings,
-  ...
-}: {
-  services.xserver = {
-    enable = true;
-    exportConfiguration = true; #make config debuggable
-    layout = "us";
-    libinput.enable = true;
-    xautolock.enable = false;
-    desktopManager.xterm.enable = false;
-    excludePackages = [pkgs.xterm];
-    desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
-    displayManager = {
-      autoLogin = {
-        enable = true;
-        user = settings.username;
-      };
-      defaultSession = "xfce";
-      lightdm = {
-        enable = true;
-        extraConfig = "minimum-vt=1";
-        background = ../misc/recursion.png;
-        greeters.mini = {
-          enable = true;
-          user = settings.username;
-          extraConfig = ''
-            [greeter]
-            show-password-label = false
-            password-label-text =
-            invalid-password-text =
-            show-input-cursor = false
-            password-alignment = center
-            password-input-width = 19
-            show-image-on-all-monitors = true
-
-
-            [greeter-theme]
-            font = "OverpassMono Nerd Font"
-            font-size = 1.1em
-            text-color = "#7AA2F7"
-            error-color = "#DB4B4B"
-            background-color = "#000000"
-            window-color = "#000000"
-            border-color = "#000000"
-            password-character = -1
-            password-color = "#7AA2F7"
-            password-background-color = "#24283B"
-            password-border-color = "#000000"
-            password-border-radius = 0.341125em
-          '';
-        };
-      };
-    };
-    desktopManager.xfce = {
-      enable = true;
-      enableScreensaver = true;
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/modules/DE-WM/default.nix b/modules/DE-WM/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d10f5cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/DE-WM/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+inputs: {
+  imports = [
+    (import ./gnome.nix inputs)
+    (import ./xfce.nix inputs)
+    (import ./dwm.nix inputs)
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/DE-WM/dwm.nix b/modules/DE-WM/dwm.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c584b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/DE-WM/dwm.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{suckless, ...}: {
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  options,
+  lib,
+  self,
+  ...
+}:
+with lib; let
+  cfg = config.localModules.dwm;
+in {
+  options.localModules.dwm = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "";
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.systemPackages = [suckless.packages.${pkgs.system}.dmenu];
+    services.xserver = {
+      enable = true;
+      windowManager.dwm = {
+        enable = true;
+        package = suckless.packages.${pkgs.system}.dwm;
+      };
+      displayManager = {
+        sessionCommands = ''
+          feh --bg-scale ${self + /misc/recursion.png}
+        '';
+        defaultSession = "none+dwm";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/DE-WM/gnome.nix b/modules/DE-WM/gnome.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf8564f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/DE-WM/gnome.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+_: {
+  config,
+  lib,
+  options,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+with lib; let
+  cfg = config.localModules.gnome;
+in {
+  options.localModules.gnome = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "";
+  };
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.gnome.excludePackages =
+      (with pkgs; [
+        gnome-photos
+        gnome-tour
+        gnome-console
+        gnome-text-editor
+        gnome-online-accounts
+      ])
+      ++ (with pkgs.gnome; [
+        gnome-terminal
+        gnome-weather
+        gnome-shell
+        gnome-calculator
+        gnome-disk-utility
+        gnome-maps
+        gnome-clocks
+        gnome-remote-desktop
+        gnome-calendar
+        gnome-music
+        simple-scan
+        cheese # webcam tool
+        gedit # text editor
+        epiphany # web browser
+        geary # email reader
+        evince # document viewer
+        gnome-characters
+        totem # video player
+        tali # poker game
+        iagno # go game
+        hitori # sudoku game
+        atomix # puzzle game
+      ]);
+    services.xserver = {
+      enable = true;
+      desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
+      displayManager.defaultSession = "gnome";
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/DE-WM/xfce.nix b/modules/DE-WM/xfce.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a42d9e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/DE-WM/xfce.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+_: {
+  config,
+  lib,
+  options,
+  ...
+}:
+with lib; let
+  cfg = config.localModules.xfce;
+in {
+  options.localModules.xfce = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "";
+  };
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    services.xserver = {
+      enable = true;
+      desktopManager.xfce = {
+        enable = true;
+        enableScreensaver = true;
+      };
+      displayManager.defaultSession = "xfce";
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/DM/autoLogin.nix b/modules/DM/autoLogin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0973e66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/DM/autoLogin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+_: {
+  config,
+  lib,
+  options,
+  settings,
+  ...
+}:
+with lib; let
+  cfg = config.localModules.autoLogin;
+in {
+  options.localModules.autoLogin = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "";
+  };
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    services.xserver.displayManager = {
+      autoLogin = {
+        enable = true;
+        user = settings.username;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/DM/default.nix b/modules/DM/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9528e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/DM/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+inputs: {
+  imports = [
+    (import ./lightDM.nix inputs)
+    (import ./autoLogin.nix inputs)
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/DM/lightDM.nix b/modules/DM/lightDM.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a06a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/DM/lightDM.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+_: {
+  config,
+  lib,
+  options,
+  settings,
+  self,
+  ...
+}:
+with lib; let
+  cfg = config.localModules.lightdm;
+in {
+  options.localModules.lightdm = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "";
+  };
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    services.xserver = {
+      displayManager = {
+        lightdm = {
+          enable = true;
+          background = self + /misc/recursion.png;
+          extraConfig = "minimum-vt=1";
+          greeters.mini = {
+            enable = true;
+            user = settings.username;
+            extraConfig = ''
+              [greeter]
+              show-password-label = false
+              password-label-text =
+              invalid-password-text =
+              show-input-cursor = false
+              password-alignment = center
+              password-input-width = 19
+              show-image-on-all-monitors = true
+
+
+              [greeter-theme]
+              font = "OverpassMono Nerd Font"
+              font-size = 1.1em
+              text-color = "#7AA2F7"
+              error-color = "#DB4B4B"
+              background-color = "#000000"
+              window-color = "#000000"
+              border-color = "#000000"
+              password-character = -1
+              password-color = "#7AA2F7"
+              password-background-color = "#24283B"
+              password-border-color = "#000000"
+              password-border-radius = 0.341125em
+            '';
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/common/default.nix b/modules/common/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7097285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/common/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+inputs: {
+  imports = [
+    (import ./nix.nix inputs)
+    (import ./x.nix inputs)
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/nix.nix b/modules/common/nix.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from nix.nix
rename to modules/common/nix.nix
diff --git a/modules/common/x.nix b/modules/common/x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c72d600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/common/x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+_: {
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+with lib; {
+  services.xserver = {
+    exportConfiguration = mkDefault true;
+    layout = mkDefault "us";
+    libinput.enable = mkDefault true;
+    xautolock.enable = mkDefault false;
+    desktopManager.xterm.enable = mkDefault false;
+    excludePackages = mkDefault [pkgs.xterm];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/default.nix b/modules/default.nix
index e1ed271..01403a0 100644
--- a/modules/default.nix
+++ b/modules/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 inputs: {
   imports = [
     (import ./sxhkd.nix inputs)
+    (import ./common inputs)
     (import ./unfree.nix inputs)
+    (import ./DE-WM inputs)
+    (import ./DM inputs)
+    (import ./hardware.nix inputs)
   ];
 }
diff --git a/modules/hardware.nix b/modules/hardware.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31660bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/hardware.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+_: {
+  config,
+  options,
+  ...
+}: let
+  cfg = config.localModules.hardware;
+in {
+  options.localModules.hardware = {
+    gpuAcceleration = {
+      disable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+      };
+    };
+    sound = {
+      disable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+  config =
+    mkMerge [
+      (
+        mkIf (! cfg.gpuAcceleration.disable) {
+          hardware = {
+            opengl = {
+              enable = true;
+              driSupport = true;
+              driSupport32Bit = true;
+            };
+          };
+        }
+      )
+      (mkIf (! cfg.sound.disable) {
+        security.rtkit.enable = true;
+        sound.enable = lib.mkForce false; #disable alsa
+        hardware.pulseaudio.enable = lib.mkForce false; #disable pulseAudio
+        services.pipewire = {
+          enable = true;
+          audio.enable = true;
+          wireplumber.enable = true;
+          alsa.enable = true;
+          alsa.support32Bit = true;
+          pulse.enable = true;
+          jack.enable = true;
+        };
+      })
+    ]
+    ++ {
+      hardware = {
+        cpu = {
+          intel.updateMicrocode = true;
+          amd.updateMicrocode = true;
+          enableRedistributableFirmware = true;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+}
diff --git a/systems/gerg-desktop/default.nix b/systems/gerg-desktop/default.nix
index 44cbb5e..f07f3ec 100644
--- a/systems/gerg-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/systems/gerg-desktop/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ inputs: {
 }: {
   imports = [
     #	(import ../imports/boot.nix inputs)
-    (import ../../imports/dwm.nix inputs)
+    #(import ../../imports/dwm.nix inputs)
     (import ../../imports/fonts.nix inputs)
     (import ../../imports/git.nix inputs)
     (import ../../imports/packages.nix inputs)
@@ -23,8 +23,13 @@ inputs: {
 
   localModules = {
     sxhkd.enable = true;
+    dwm.enable = true;
+    lightdm.enable = true;
+    autoLogin.enable = true;
   };
 
+  services.gvfs.enable = true; #gvfs for pcmanfm
+
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
     webcord # talk to people (gross)
     bitwarden #store stuff