From 2f8f5e340bdadf5624c4c9ca8c10d42d7c143742 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: randogoth <kflux@posteo.de>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 22:12:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore(terminal): switch default terminal to ptyxis

---
 modules/desktop/desktop-entries.nix                 | 11 +++++------
 modules/desktop/gnome-minimal.nix                   |  4 ++--
 modules/desktop/patches/logo-menu-custom-menu.patch |  2 +-
 modules/system/packages.nix                         |  2 +-
 modules/system/shell.nix                            |  6 +++---
 templates/home-home.nix                             |  6 +++---
 6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/desktop/desktop-entries.nix b/modules/desktop/desktop-entries.nix
index 1db26e5..7da1689 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/desktop-entries.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop/desktop-entries.nix
@@ -25,24 +25,23 @@ let
     comment = "Browse files";
   };
 
-  ghosttyDesktopOverride = pkgs.makeDesktopItem {
-    name = "com.mitchellh.ghostty";
+  ptyxisDesktopOverride = pkgs.makeDesktopItem {
+    name = "org.gnome.Ptyxis";
     desktopName = "Terminal";
     genericName = "Terminal Emulator";
-    exec = "ghostty";
-    icon = "com.mitchellh.ghostty";
+    exec = "ptyxis";
+    icon = "org.gnome.Ptyxis";
     categories = [
       "System"
       "TerminalEmulator"
       "Utility"
     ];
     terminal = false;
-    comment = "Fast GPU-accelerated terminal";
   };
 in
 {
   environment.systemPackages = lib.mkAfter [
     (lib.hiPrio thunarDesktopOverride)
-    (lib.hiPrio ghosttyDesktopOverride)
+    (lib.hiPrio ptyxisDesktopOverride)
   ];
 }
diff --git a/modules/desktop/gnome-minimal.nix b/modules/desktop/gnome-minimal.nix
index 5c9e9ea..d1d69eb 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/gnome-minimal.nix
+++ b/modules/desktop/gnome-minimal.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ in
             disable-user-extensions = false;
             favorite-apps = [
               "thunar.desktop"
-              "com.mitchellh.ghostty.desktop"
+              "org.gnome.Ptyxis.desktop"
               "com.ranfdev.DistroShelf.desktop"
               "io.github.kolunmi.Bazaar.desktop"
             ];
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ in
 
           "org/gnome/shell/extensions/logo-menu" = {
             menu-button-icon-image = lib.gvariant.mkInt32 51;
-            menu-button-terminal = "ghostty";
+            menu-button-terminal = "ptyxis";
             menu-button-system-monitor = "missioncenter";
             menu-button-extensions-app = "com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager.desktop";
             hide-softwarecentre = true;
diff --git a/modules/desktop/patches/logo-menu-custom-menu.patch b/modules/desktop/patches/logo-menu-custom-menu.patch
index 10a4cd5..d9fb4c3 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/patches/logo-menu-custom-menu.patch
+++ b/modules/desktop/patches/logo-menu-custom-menu.patch
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ diff -ru logo-menu-patch-orig/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.logo-menu.gsche
  
      <key type="s" name="menu-button-terminal">
 -      <default>"gnome-terminal"</default>
-+      <default>"ghostty"</default>
++      <default>"ptyxis"</default>
        <summary>Menu Button Terminal</summary>
        <description>Change the Menu Button Terminal.</description>
      </key>
diff --git a/modules/system/packages.nix b/modules/system/packages.nix
index e738730..da62cd8 100644
--- a/modules/system/packages.nix
+++ b/modules/system/packages.nix
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
     pkgs.dnsmasq
     pkgs.fastfetch
     pkgs.flatpak
-    pkgs.ghostty
     pkgs.git
     pkgs.home-manager
     pkgs.just
     pkgs.libnotify
     pkgs.micro
+    pkgs.ptyxis
     pkgs.p7zip
     pkgs.podman-compose
     pkgs.xdg-utils
diff --git a/modules/system/shell.nix b/modules/system/shell.nix
index 86e7b49..74cbfe8 100644
--- a/modules/system/shell.nix
+++ b/modules/system/shell.nix
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ in
     pkgs.zoxide
   ];
 
-  # Use Ghostty as the default terminal emulator.
+  # Use Ptyxis as the default terminal emulator.
   environment.sessionVariables = {
-    TERMINAL = "${pkgs.ghostty}/bin/ghostty";
-    DEFAULT_TERMINAL = "${pkgs.ghostty}/bin/ghostty";
+    TERMINAL = "${pkgs.ptyxis}/bin/ptyxis";
+    DEFAULT_TERMINAL = "${pkgs.ptyxis}/bin/ptyxis";
   };
 
   programs.bash = {
diff --git a/templates/home-home.nix b/templates/home-home.nix
index e59fd49..55b89c4 100644
--- a/templates/home-home.nix
+++ b/templates/home-home.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     thunderbird         # full-featured Mozilla e-mail client
     # geary               # default GNOME email client
 
-    # ptyxis              # container aware GNOME terminal
+    # ghostty             # GPU accelerated terminal emulator
     # alacritty           # GPU accelerated terminal emulator
     # kitty               # GPU accelerated terminal emulator
 
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ home-manager switch --flake ~/.config/home-manager#$USER
 
   home.sessionVariables = {
     # you can change the default terminal and editor here
-    TERMINAL = "${pkgs.ghostty}/bin/ghostty";
-    DEFAULT_TERMINAL = "${pkgs.ghostty}/bin/ghostty";
+    TERMINAL = "${pkgs.ptyxis}/bin/ptyxis";
+    DEFAULT_TERMINAL = "${pkgs.ptyxis}/bin/ptyxis";
     EDITOR = "micro";
     DBX_CONTAINER_HOME_PREFIX = "$HOME/distrobox";
   };