diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 274dfd1..24730d2 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1682972682,
-        "narHash": "sha256-+XyTwr4jZuDlT5l/0LynDVtvdWj8WmAwDEP/2rZ+1hk=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-QuwwK2R4dAXTnM/MLwufUZOip8//H8G7i4ivS7YsP08=",
         "type": "git",
         "url": "file:///root/projects/microvm.nix"
       },
diff --git a/hosts/ward/microvms/test/default.nix b/hosts/ward/microvms/test/default.nix
index a3bd2eb..ead4a9b 100644
--- a/hosts/ward/microvms/test/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/ward/microvms/test/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
     ../../../../users/root
   ];
 
+  home-manager.users.root.home.minimal = true;
+
   systemd.network.networks = {
     "10-wan" = {
       # TODO
diff --git a/users/common/default.nix b/users/common/default.nix
index 12d1aeb..908c9cf 100644
--- a/users/common/default.nix
+++ b/users/common/default.nix
@@ -1,70 +1,14 @@
 {pkgs, ...}: {
   imports = [
     ./modules/uid.nix
+    ./modules/minimal.nix
 
-    #./btop.nix
-    #./fish.nix
     ./git.nix
     ./htop.nix
     ./neovim
-    ./nushell.nix
-    #./ssh.nix
-    ./starship.nix
-    #./tmux.nix
-    #./xdg.nix
-    ./zsh
+    ./shell
+    ./utils.nix
   ];
 
-  home = {
-    packages = with pkgs; [
-      bandwhich
-      btop
-      fd
-      file
-      neofetch
-      rclone
-      ripgrep
-      rnr
-      rsync
-      sd
-      tree
-      rage
-    ];
-
-    shellAliases = {
-      l = "ls -lahF --group-directories-first --show-control-chars --quoting-style=escape --color=auto";
-      t = "tree -F --dirsfirst -L 2";
-      tt = "tree -F --dirsfirst -L 3 --filelimit 16";
-      cpr = "rsync -axHAWXS --numeric-ids --info=progress2";
-
-      md = "mkdir";
-      rmd = "rm --one-file-system -d";
-      cp = "cp -vi";
-      mv = "mv -vi";
-      rm = "rm --one-file-system -I";
-      chmod = "chmod -c --preserve-root";
-      chown = "chown -c --preserve-root";
-
-      ip = "ip --color";
-      tmux = "tmux -2";
-      rg = "rg -S";
-
-      zf = "zathura --fork";
-    };
-  };
-
-  programs = {
-    atuin = {
-      enable = true;
-      settings.auto_sync = false;
-    };
-    bat = {
-      enable = true;
-      config.theme = "base16";
-    };
-    fzf.enable = true;
-    gpg.enable = true;
-  };
-
   xdg.configFile."nixpkgs/config.nix".text = "{ allowUnfree = true; }";
 }
diff --git a/users/common/git.nix b/users/common/git.nix
index af7f88e..42f3e21 100644
--- a/users/common/git.nix
+++ b/users/common/git.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {lib, ...}: {
+  # TODO use git-fuzzy.
+  # TODO integrate git-fuzzy and difft
   programs.gitui.enable = true;
   programs.git = {
     enable = true;
diff --git a/users/common/modules/minimal.nix b/users/common/modules/minimal.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd19e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/common/modules/minimal.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{lib, ...}: {
+  options = {
+    home.minimal = lib.mkEnableOption "minimal setup only (e.g. for virtual machines)";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/users/common/neovim/default.nix b/users/common/neovim/default.nix
index 1bb682a..ded4a1b 100644
--- a/users/common/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/users/common/neovim/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 {
+  config,
   lib,
   pkgs,
   ...
 }: {
-  programs = {
-    neovim = {
-      enable = true;
-      viAlias = true;
-      vimAlias = true;
-      vimdiffAlias = true;
-      withPython3 = true;
-      extraPython3Packages = pyPkgs: with pyPkgs; [openai];
-      withNodeJs = true;
-      defaultEditor = true;
-    };
+  programs.neovim = {
+    enable = true;
+    viAlias = true;
+    vimAlias = true;
+    vimdiffAlias = true;
+    withPython3 = true;
+    extraPython3Packages = pyPkgs: with pyPkgs; [openai];
+    withNodeJs = true;
+    defaultEditor = true;
+  };
+  xdg.configFile = lib.mkIf (!config.home.minimal) {
+    "nvim/lua".source = ./lua;
+    "nvim/init.lua".source = ./init.lua;
   };
-  xdg.configFile."nvim/lua".source = ./lua;
-  xdg.configFile."nvim/init.lua".source = ./init.lua;
   home.packages = with pkgs; [gcc shellcheck stylua];
 }
diff --git a/users/common/shell/default.nix b/users/common/shell/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fc52af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/common/shell/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{pkgs, ...}: {
+  imports = [
+    ./nushell.nix
+    ./starship.nix
+    ./zsh
+  ];
+
+  home.shellAliases = {
+    l = "ls -lahF --group-directories-first --show-control-chars --quoting-style=escape --color=auto";
+    t = "tree -F --dirsfirst -L 2";
+    tt = "tree -F --dirsfirst -L 3 --filelimit 16";
+    cpr = "rsync -axHAWXS --numeric-ids --info=progress2";
+
+    md = "mkdir";
+    rmd = "rm --one-file-system -d";
+    cp = "cp -vi";
+    mv = "mv -vi";
+    rm = "rm --one-file-system -I";
+    chmod = "chmod -c --preserve-root";
+    chown = "chown -c --preserve-root";
+
+    ip = "ip --color";
+    tmux = "tmux -2";
+    rg = "rg -S";
+  };
+
+  programs.atuin = {
+    enable = true;
+    settings.auto_sync = false;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/users/common/fish.nix b/users/common/shell/fish.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from users/common/fish.nix
rename to users/common/shell/fish.nix
diff --git a/users/common/nushell.nix b/users/common/shell/nushell.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from users/common/nushell.nix
rename to users/common/shell/nushell.nix
diff --git a/users/common/starship.nix b/users/common/shell/starship.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from users/common/starship.nix
rename to users/common/shell/starship.nix
diff --git a/users/common/zsh/default.nix b/users/common/shell/zsh/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from users/common/zsh/default.nix
rename to users/common/shell/zsh/default.nix
diff --git a/users/common/zsh/zshrc b/users/common/shell/zsh/zshrc
similarity index 100%
rename from users/common/zsh/zshrc
rename to users/common/shell/zsh/zshrc
diff --git a/users/common/utils.nix b/users/common/utils.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..340afa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/common/utils.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{pkgs, ...}: {
+  home = {
+    packages = with pkgs; [
+      bandwhich
+      btop
+      fd
+      file
+      neofetch
+      rclone
+      ripgrep
+      rnr
+      rsync
+      sd
+      tree
+      rage
+    ];
+  };
+
+  programs = {
+    bat = {
+      enable = true;
+      config.theme = "base16";
+    };
+    fzf.enable = true;
+    gpg.enable = true;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/users/myuser/default.nix b/users/myuser/default.nix
index 8c912e8..0804e8c 100644
--- a/users/myuser/default.nix
+++ b/users/myuser/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ in {
   home-manager.users.${myuser} = {
     imports = [
       #impermanence.home-manager.impermanence
-      ../common
+      ../common/core
       ./dev.nix
       ./gpg.nix
       ./ssh.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ in {
       username = config.users.users.${myuser}.name;
       shellAliases = {
         p = "cd ~/projects";
+        zf = "zathura --fork";
       };
     };
   };
diff --git a/users/common/graphical/default.nix b/users/myuser/graphical/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from users/common/graphical/default.nix
rename to users/myuser/graphical/default.nix
diff --git a/users/common/graphical/kitty.nix b/users/myuser/graphical/kitty.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from users/common/graphical/kitty.nix
rename to users/myuser/graphical/kitty.nix