test

lib/default.nix

@@ -33,24 +33,28 @@
   mkContainer = { 
     hostname, 
     username  ? "albert",
+    desktop   ? null, 
     system    ? "x86_64-linux", 
     theme     ? "stylix",
+    type      ? "default",
     repo      ? "nixpkgs",
-    unfree    ? false
+    unfree    ? false,
+    pkgs      ? import inputs.${repo} 
+      { inherit system; config.allowUnfree = unfree; hostPlatform = system; },
+    pkgs-unstable ? import inputs.nixpkgs-unstable  
+      { inherit system; config.allowUnfree = unfree; hostPlatform = system; }
   }: { 
     bindMounts = import ../nixos/containers/${hostname}/mounts.nix;
     autoStart  = true;
     privateNetwork = false;
-    specialArgs = { inherit inputs unfree repo hostname username theme system; };
-    config = { inputs, unfree, repo, hostname, username, theme, system, ... }: {
+    specialArgs = { inherit pkgs-unstable hostname username desktop theme system repo unfree stateVersion; };
+    config = { lib, config, pkgs-unstable, hostname, username, desktop, theme, system, repo, stateVersion, ... }: {
     # Choose whether to pull from stable or unstable 
-      # pkgs-unstable will always be inherited from the host system
     nixpkgs.pkgs = import inputs.${repo} {
       inherit system; 
       config.allowUnfree = unfree; 
       hostPlatform = system;
     };
-
       imports = [ 
         ../nixos/containers
       ];

nixos/containers/rdesktop/default.nix

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-{ ... }: {
+{ lib, desktop, ... }: {
   imports = [
     ../../common/software/packages.nix
-    ../../common/desktops/plasma6
-  ];
+  ] ++ lib.optional (builtins.isString desktop) ../../common/desktops/${desktop};
    
   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 3389 ];
   services.xrdp.enable = true;

nixos/hosts/framework-server/containers.nix

@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ in {
 
   # Set up the bridge network:
   containers = {
-    rdesktop = libx.mkContainer { hostname = "rdesktop"; unfree = true; repo = "nixpkgs-unstable"; };
+    rdesktop = libx.mkContainer { hostname = "rdesktop"; unfree = true; repo = "nixpkgs-unstable"; desktop = "xfce"; };
   };
 }