{
  pkgs,
  settings,
  ...
}: {
environment.gnome.excludePackages = (with pkgs; [
  gnome-photos
  gnome-tour
]) ++ (with pkgs.gnome; [
  cheese # webcam tool
  gnome-music
  gnome-terminal
  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 = {
      sessionCommands = ''
        feh --bg-scale ${../images/recursion.png}
      '';
      gdm.enable = true;
};
    };
}