diff --git a/modules/desktop/gnome.nix b/modules/desktop/gnome.nix
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+# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
+# your system. Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page, on
+# https://search.nixos.org/options and in the NixOS manual (`nixos-help`).
+
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+#  imports =
+#    [ 
+#    ];
+
+  # Enable the X11 windowing system.
+  services.xserver.enable = true;
+  services.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
+  services.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
+  
+  # Configure keymap in X11
+  services.xserver.xkb.layout = "de";
+  # services.xserver.xkb.options = "eurosign:e,caps:escape";
+
+  programs.dconf.enable = true; 
+  programs.bash.enable = true;
+
+  # Enable gnome-settings-daemon udev rules
+  services.udev.packages = with pkgs; [
+    gnome-settings-daemon
+  ];
+
+
+  environment.gnome.excludePackages = with pkgs; [
+  gnome-tour
+  gnome-music
+  epiphany
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/shell/aliases.nix b/modules/shell/aliases.nix
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+{ pkgs, ... }: {
+
+  home.shellAliases = {
+    # System Updates
+    update = "sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake /home/martin/.config/nixos-config#dukebook";
+    upgrade = "nix flake update && upgrade";
+
+    # Navigation & Komfort
+    ll = "ls -la";
+    ".." = "cd ..";
+    g = "git";
+
+    # GNOME spezifisch (dconf dumpen)
+    gconfig = "dconf dump / | dconf2nix > gnome-settings.nix";
+        };
+}
diff --git a/modules/user/gnome-home.nix b/modules/user/gnome-home.nix
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+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  imports = [
+    ../shell/alacritty.nix
+    ../shell/aliases.nix
+    ];
+
+  # Home Manager needs a bit of information about you and the paths it should
+  # manage.
+  home.username = "martin";
+  home.homeDirectory = "/home/martin";
+
+  # This value determines the Home Manager release that your configuration is
+  # compatible with. This helps avoid breakage when a new Home Manager release
+  # introduces backwards incompatible changes.
+  #
+  # You should not change this value, even if you update Home Manager. If you do
+  # want to update the value, then make sure to first check the Home Manager
+  # release notes.
+  home.stateVersion = "25.11"; # Please read the comment before changing.
+
+  # The home.packages option allows you to install Nix packages into your
+  # environment.
+
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+     htop
+     noto-fonts
+     fira-code
+     nerd-fonts.fira-code
+     gnomeExtensions.blur-my-shell
+     gnomeExtensions.dash-to-dock
+     gnomeExtensions.appindicator
+     unzip
+     zip
+     yazi
+     p7zip
+     inetutils
+     signal-desktop
+  ];
+
+  dconf.settings = {
+    "org/gnome/desktop/interface" = {
+      color-scheme = "prefer-dark";
+      enable-hot-corners = false;
+    };
+
+    "org/gnome/shell" = {
+      # This activates the extensions you installed above
+      enabled-extensions = [
+        "blur-my-shell@aunetx"
+        "dash-to-dock@micxgx.gmail.com"
+        "appindicatorsupport@rgcjonas.gmail.com"
+      ];
+    };
+
+    "org/gnome/shell/extensions/dash-to-dock" = {
+      dash-max-icon-size = 32;
+      extend-height = false;
+      dock-position = "BOTTOM";
+      transparency-mode = "FIXED";
+    };
+  };
+  # Home Manager is pretty good at managing dotfiles. The primary way to manage
+  # plain files is through 'home.file'.
+  home.file = {
+    # # Building this configuration will create a copy of 'dotfiles/screenrc' in
+    # # the Nix store. Activating the configuration will then make '~/.screenrc' a
+    # # symlink to the Nix store copy.
+    # ".screenrc".source = dotfiles/screenrc;
+
+    # # You can also set the file content immediately.
+    # ".gradle/gradle.properties".text = ''
+    #   org.gradle.console=verbose
+    #   org.gradle.daemon.idletimeout=3600000
+    # '';
+  };
+  gtk = {
+      enable = true;
+
+      iconTheme = {
+        name = "Papirus-Dark";
+        package = pkgs.papirus-icon-theme;
+      };
+
+      theme = {
+        name = "palenight";
+        package = pkgs.palenight-theme;
+      };
+
+      cursorTheme = {
+        name = "Numix-Cursor";
+        package = pkgs.numix-cursor-theme;
+      };
+
+      gtk3.extraConfig = {
+        Settings = ''
+          gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme=1
+        '';
+      };
+
+      gtk4.extraConfig = {
+        Settings = ''
+          gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme=1
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  # Home Manager can also manage your environment variables through
+  # 'home.sessionVariables'. If you don't want to manage your shell through Home
+  # Manager then you have to manually source 'hm-session-vars.sh' located at
+  # either
+  #
+  #  ~/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh
+  #
+  # or
+  #
+  #  /etc/profiles/per-user/martin/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh
+  #
+#  home.sessionVariables = {
+#    # EDITOR = "emacs";
+#    GTK_THEME = "palenight";
+#  };
+
+  # Let Home Manager install and manage itself.
+#  fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
+#  programs.home-manager.enable = true;
+}