From b93123bb5a562096ddf8c6876519e758824d754e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thiago Sposito <th.spo@pm.me>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:57:54 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] chore: vm optmizations

---
 hosts/Nixstation/default.nix                | 2 +-
 hosts/Nixstation/hardware-configuration.nix | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hosts/Nixstation/default.nix b/hosts/Nixstation/default.nix
index de4ff33..379e0e8 100644
--- a/hosts/Nixstation/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/Nixstation/default.nix
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
   };
 
   environment = {
+    gnome.excludePackages = [ pkgs.epiphany ];
     systemPackages = with pkgs; [
       act
       btrfs-progs
       cudatoolkit
-
     ];
   };
 
diff --git a/hosts/Nixstation/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/Nixstation/hardware-configuration.nix
index 0c1950a..4c38ab4 100644
--- a/hosts/Nixstation/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/Nixstation/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@
       "sd_mod"
       "xhci_pci"
     ];
-    kernelParams = [ "amd_pstate=active" "usbcore.autosuspend=-1" ];
+    kernelParams = [ # used to improve VM perfomance (guix experiments)
+      "amd_pstate=active"
+      "usbcore.autosuspend=-1"
+      "hugepagesz=1G" 
+      "hugepages=16" 
+      "default_hugepagesz=1G"
+    ];
     initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
     kernelModules = [ "kvm-amd" "iwlwifi" ];
     extraModulePackages = [ ];