diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32a5013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '**/test.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      boolean:
+        description: 'Boolean'
+        required: true
+        type: boolean      
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: docker
+    if: inputs.boolean || vars.RUN_DEFAULT == '1'
+    container:
+      image: git.agaric.com/agaric/deploycontainer:0.0.5
+    env:
+      COMPOSER_IGNORE_PLATFORM_REQS: 1
+      COMPOSER_ARGS: "install --no-dev --no-progress --no-interaction --no-scripts --optimize-autoloader"
+      SHHH: "${{ secrets.SHHH }}"
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Run Gomplate Action
+        uses: https://github.com/ammarlakis/action-gomplate@v1
+        with:
+          input_file: 'testing.template'
+          output_file: 'testing.md'
+      - name: inspect environment
+        shell: "bash --noprofile --norc -exo pipefail {0}"
+        run: |
+          env
+          jq . - <<'EOF'
+          ${{ toJSON(github) }}
+          EOF
+          jq . - <<'EOF'
+          ${{ toJSON(forge) }}
+          EOF
+          jq . - <<'EOF'
+          ${{ toJSON(secrets) }}
+          EOF
+          jq . - <<'EOF'
+          ${{ toJSON(inputs) }}
+          EOF
+          jq . - <<'EOF'
+          ${{ toJSON(vars) }}
+          EOF
+          cat testing.md
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index cf47d56..de7a02e 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1759337100,
-        "narHash": "sha256-CcT3QvZ74NGfM+lSOILcCEeU+SnqXRvl1XCRHenZ0Us=",
+        "lastModified": 1761344779,
+        "narHash": "sha256-6LNSptFYhiAd0M/maJoixJw7V0Kp5BSoMRtIahcfu3M=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "004753ae6b04c4b18aa07192c1106800aaacf6c3",
+        "rev": "c644cb018f9fdec55f5ac2afb4713a8c7beb757c",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1759036355,
-        "narHash": "sha256-0m27AKv6ka+q270dw48KflE0LwQYrO7Fm4/2//KCVWg=",
+        "lastModified": 1761114652,
+        "narHash": "sha256-f/QCJM/YhrV/lavyCVz8iU3rlZun6d+dAiC3H+CDle4=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "e9f00bd893984bc8ce46c895c3bf7cac95331127",
+        "rev": "01f116e4df6a15f4ccdffb1bcd41096869fb385c",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/hosts/default/configuration.nix b/hosts/default/configuration.nix
index 1877c8c..eea65c3 100644
--- a/hosts/default/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/default/configuration.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ in
   boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-amd" "nct6775" ];
 
   # Fix problems with hanging on RX6700 (disables PSR - Panel Self Refresh)
-  boot.kernelParams = [ "amdgpu.dcdebugmask=0x10" ];
+  boot.kernelParams = [ "amdgpu.dcdebugmask=0x10" "pcie_port_pm=off" "pcie_aspm.policy=performance" ];
 
   boot.extraModulePackages = [
     (amdgpu-kernel-module.overrideAttrs (_: {
@@ -135,9 +135,17 @@ in
   # services.xserver.enable = true;
 
   # Enable the KDE Plasma Desktop Environment.
-  services.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
-  services.displayManager.sddm.wayland.enable = true;
-  services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;
+  #services.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
+  #services.displayManager.sddm.wayland.enable = true;
+  #services.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;
+
+  # Enable the Cosmic Desktop Environment:
+  # Enable the login manager
+  services.displayManager.cosmic-greeter.enable = true;
+  # Enable the COSMIC DE itself
+  services.desktopManager.cosmic.enable = true;
+  # Enable XWayland support in COSMIC
+  services.desktopManager.cosmic.xwayland.enable = true;
 
   # Configure keymap in X11 (presumably, XWayland uses something different?)
   #services.xserver.xkb = {
@@ -236,6 +244,9 @@ in
   # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
   # $ nix search wget
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    freerdp # connect to KDE remotely w/RDP instead (KDE 6.1 servers)...seems it's still an xwindows client that's most tested. 🤮
+    openh264 # rather, this is the client library 
+    dos2unix # convert file line endings
     dnsmasq # temporarily allowed for connection sharing
     ansible # automation/software-defined-configuration tool
     binutils # gnu bin utils
@@ -262,7 +273,7 @@ in
     amdgpu_top # top-like monitor for AMD GPUs
     direnv # autoload .envrc files
     zoxide # directory navigator (z)
-    nextcloud-client # next cloud UI
+    # nextcloud-client # next cloud UI (also just fialed to build. Gah... damn KDE lib issues
     file # show file types
     tldr # cli command summary
     stress # system workload generator
@@ -288,7 +299,7 @@ in
     distrobox # instant alternate OS availability
     pigz # muti-treaded replacement for gzip
     unzip # old standard zip handler
-    rpi-imager # rasbperry pi os burner util
+    # rpi-imager # rasbperry pi os burner util (1.9.6 failed build)
     # screenkey # broadcast key presses
     superfile # cli file manager
     mpv # movie player
@@ -311,6 +322,7 @@ in
     gimp # GIMP image manipulation proggy
     zed-editor # the most hopeful replacement for vscode...if I never learn nvim
     noisetorch # noise/background filter for mic
+    go # golang - general purpose programming
   ];
   programs.zsh.enable = true;
   programs.git = {
@@ -380,11 +392,11 @@ in
   #services.rustdesk-server.openFirewall = false;
   # RX 6700 XT setup
   hardware.graphics.extraPackages = [
-    pkgs.amdvlk
+    #pkgs.amdvlk - replaced by RADV (enabled by default)
     pkgs.libcap
     pkgs.libva
     pkgs.mesa
-    pkgs.rocmPackages.clr.icd
+    #pkgs.rocmPackages.clr.icd ...no idea if this is causing the rocm-related build fail.
     #pkgs.pcre2
     #pkgs.libselinux
     #pkgs.rocmPackages.rocblas
@@ -394,17 +406,19 @@ in
     #pkgs.rocmPackages.rocm-device-libs
     #pkgs.rocmPackages.rpp
   ];
+  hardware.graphics.enable = true;
+  hardware.graphics.enable32Bit = true;
 
   # To enable Vulkan support for 32-bit applications, also add:
-  hardware.graphics.extraPackages32 = [
-    pkgs.driversi686Linux.amdvlk
-  ];
+  #hardware.graphics.extraPackages32 = [
+  #  pkgs.driversi686Linux.amdvlk - replaced by RADV..hopefully also 32-bit enabled by default.
+  #];
 
   hardware.amdgpu.opencl.enable = true;
 
   services.ollama = {
     enable = true;
-    acceleration = "rocm";
+    acceleration = "rocm"; # hipblaslt not compiling at present
     environmentVariables = {
       HCC_AMDGPU_TARGET = "gfx1031"; # used to be necessary, but doesn't seem to anymore
       OLLAMA_LOAD_TIMEOUT = "2m"; # Reduce load timeout (from 5 min)...if it's that big, forget it.
diff --git a/hosts/default/home.nix b/hosts/default/home.nix
index 0daa07c..da29966 100644
--- a/hosts/default/home.nix
+++ b/hosts/default/home.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@
     # EDITOR = "emacs";
   };
   # For Monado:
-  xdg.configFile."openxr/1/active_runtime.json".source = "${pkgs.monado}/share/openxr/1/openxr_monado.json";
+  xdg.configFile."openxr/1/active_runtime.json" = {
+    source = "${pkgs.monado}/share/openxr/1/openxr_monado.json";
+    force = true;
+  };
 
   # For WiVRn:
   #xdg.configFile."openxr/1/active_runtime.json".source = "${pkgs.wivrn}/share/openxr/1/openxr_wivrn.json";
diff --git a/testing.template b/testing.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..192472f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing.template
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ .Env.SHHH }}