diff --git a/apps/shell/fish/key-bindings.fish b/apps/shell/fish/key-bindings.fish
index dfc06f8..6f1a54e 100755
--- a/apps/shell/fish/key-bindings.fish
+++ b/apps/shell/fish/key-bindings.fish
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ function fish_user_key_bindings
 	bind -M insert \ce end-of-line
 	bind -M insert \ca beginning-of-line
 	bind -M insert \cw forward-word
+	bind -M insert \ct tmuxswitcher
 
 	bind -M insert \cv edit_command_buffer
 	bind -M default \cv edit_command_buffer
diff --git a/apps/shell/tmux/conf b/apps/shell/tmux/conf
index 5482a21..303a37b 100644
--- a/apps/shell/tmux/conf
+++ b/apps/shell/tmux/conf
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ bind-key -n C-l if-shell "$is_vim" "send-keys C-l" "select-pane -R"
 # bind-key -T copy-mode-vi "y" send -X copy-selection
 bind-key -T copy-mode-vi "y" send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel -X 'clip'
 
+# various control binds
+bind-key n command-prompt -p "New Session:" "new-session -s '%1'"
+bind-key K kill-pane
+bind-key C-S-k kill-session -C
+
 set-environment -g TMUX_PLUGIN_MANAGER_PATH "~/.config/tmux/plugins/"
 
 # list of plugins
diff --git a/env/desktop/nix/base.nix b/env/desktop/nix/base.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ea6280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env/desktop/nix/base.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
+# your system.	Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
+# and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).
+
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+	imports = [
+		./hardware-configuration.nix
+		# TODO: fork?
+    (import "${builtins.fetchTarball https://github.com/rycee/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz}/nixos")
+	];
+
+	home-manager.users.daniel = {
+	}
+
+	# TODO: bootloader will vary by device
+	boot = {
+		supportedFilesystems = [ "exfat" ];
+		loader = {
+			grub = {
+				enable = true;
+				version = 2;
+				device = "/dev/sda";
+			};
+		};
+	};
+
+	networking = {
+		hostName = "nether";
+		useDHCP = true;
+		firewall = {
+			allowedTCPPorts = [ 22 80 443 7770 ];
+			allowedUDPPorts = [ 53 57 63 67 7770 ];
+			# enable = false;
+		};
+	};
+
+	i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
+	console = {
+		font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
+		keyMap = "us";
+	};
+
+	time.timeZone = "America/Chicago";
+
+	environment = {
+		systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+			wget lsof vim git curl fish fzf neovim
+		];
+		variables.EDITOR = "nvim";
+	};
+
+	services = {
+		openssh.enable = true;
+
+		xserver = {
+			enable = true;
+			layout = "us";
+			libinput.enable = true;
+			desktopManager.plasma5.enable = true;
+		};
+	};
+
+	fonts = {
+		enableFontDir = true;
+		enableGhostscriptFonts = true;
+
+		fontconfig = {
+			enable = true;
+			antialias = true;
+			useEmbeddedBitmaps = true;
+
+			defaultFonts = {
+				serif = [ "Iosevka Type" ];
+				sansSerif = [ "Iosevka Type" ];
+				monospace = [ "Iosevka Type" ];
+			};
+		};
+
+		fonts = with pkgs; [
+			iosevka
+			nerdfonts
+		];
+	};
+
+	sound.enable = true;
+	hardware.pulseaudio.enable = true;
+
+	users.extraUsers.daniel = {
+		isNormalUser = true;
+		group = "users";
+		extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
+		home = "/home/daniel/.home";
+		shell = pkgs.fish;
+		createHome = true;
+		uid = 1000;
+	};
+
+	nixpkgs.config = {
+		allowUnfree = true;
+	};
+
+	system.stateVersion = "20.03";
+}