diff --git a/linux_configuration/nix-poc/configuration.nix b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/configuration.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84daf98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/configuration.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./modules/arch-parity-poc.nix
+  ];
+
+  linuxConfigPoc = {
+    enable = true;
+    mainUser = "kuhy";
+
+    # Turn this on when you intentionally want to run the original imperative
+    # shell installers during activation (hosts install + guard setup, etc.).
+    # Keep it off by default for safe evaluation and incremental migration.
+    enableImperativeBootstrap = false;
+  };
+
+  # Minimal baseline the host config still needs while this remains a POC.
+  networking.hostName = "arch-parity-poc";
+  time.timeZone = "Europe/Warsaw";
+
+  # Convenience tools for verification/debugging during migration.
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    git
+    jq
+  ];
+
+  system.stateVersion = "25.05";
+}
diff --git a/linux_configuration/nix-poc/flake.nix b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59ed399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  description = "NixOS proof-of-concept for linux_configuration parity";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    home-manager = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }:
+    let
+      system = "x86_64-linux";
+    in {
+      nixosConfigurations.arch-parity-poc = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
+        inherit system;
+        modules = [
+          home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
+          ./configuration.nix
+        ];
+      };
+    };
+}
diff --git a/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity-poc.nix b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity-poc.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8337b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity-poc.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ ... }:
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./arch-parity/options.nix
+    ./arch-parity/packages.nix
+    ./arch-parity/report.nix
+    ./arch-parity/desktop.nix
+    ./arch-parity/system-maintenance.nix
+    ./arch-parity/hosts-guards.nix
+    ./arch-parity/bootstrap.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/bootstrap.nix b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/bootstrap.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d99599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/bootstrap.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.linuxConfigPoc;
+  repo = toString cfg.repoPath;
+in {
+  config = lib.mkIf (cfg.enable && cfg.enableImperativeBootstrap) {
+    system.activationScripts.linuxConfigImperativeBootstrap = {
+      text = ''
+        echo "[linuxConfigPoc] Running imperative bootstrap scripts"
+        bash ${repo}/hosts/install.sh || true
+        bash ${repo}/hosts/guard/setup_hosts_guard.sh || true
+        bash ${repo}/scripts/setup_periodic_system.sh || true
+      '';
+      deps = [ "users" "groups" ];
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/desktop.nix b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/desktop.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9734246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/desktop.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.linuxConfigPoc;
+in {
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    services.xserver.enable = true;
+    services.xserver.windowManager.i3.enable = true;
+    services.xserver.displayManager.startx.enable = true;
+
+    # Mirror i3 + i3blocks config deployment using Home Manager.
+    home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
+    home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+    home-manager.users.${cfg.mainUser} = {
+      xdg.configFile."i3/config".source = "${cfg.repoPath}/i3-configuration/i3/config";
+      xdg.configFile."i3blocks/config".source = "${cfg.repoPath}/i3-configuration/i3blocks/config";
+      xdg.configFile."i3blocks".recursive = true;
+      xdg.configFile."i3blocks".source = "${cfg.repoPath}/i3-configuration/i3blocks";
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/hosts-guards.nix b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/hosts-guards.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33e418a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/hosts-guards.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.linuxConfigPoc;
+  repo = toString cfg.repoPath;
+  commonScriptPath = with pkgs; [
+    bash
+    coreutils
+    findutils
+    gawk
+    gnugrep
+    gnused
+    util-linux
+  ];
+
+  customHostsEntries = pkgs.runCommand "linux-config-custom-hosts" { } ''
+    sed -n '/^# Custom blocking entries$/,/^EOF$/p' ${cfg.repoPath}/hosts/install.sh \
+      | sed '$d' > "$out"
+  '';
+in {
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    networking.extraHosts = builtins.readFile customHostsEntries;
+
+    # Protect hosts lookup ordering against bypasses.
+    system.nssDatabases.hosts = [ "files" "myhostname" "dns" ];
+
+    systemd.services.hosts-guard = {
+      description = "Enforce canonical /etc/hosts contents";
+      after = [ "local-fs.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        ExecStart = "${repo}/hosts/guard/enforce-hosts.sh";
+        Nice = "10";
+        IOSchedulingClass = "idle";
+      };
+      path = commonScriptPath;
+    };
+
+    systemd.paths.hosts-guard = {
+      description = "Watch /etc/hosts and trigger enforcement";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      pathConfig = {
+        PathChanged = [ "/etc/hosts" ];
+        Unit = "hosts-guard.service";
+      };
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.nsswitch-guard = {
+      description = "Enforce canonical /etc/nsswitch.conf (prevents hosts bypass)";
+      after = [ "local-fs.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        ExecStart = "${repo}/hosts/guard/enforce-nsswitch.sh";
+        Nice = "10";
+        IOSchedulingClass = "idle";
+      };
+      path = commonScriptPath;
+    };
+
+    systemd.paths.nsswitch-guard = {
+      description = "Watch /etc/nsswitch.conf for tampering";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      pathConfig = {
+        PathChanged = [ "/etc/nsswitch.conf" ];
+        Unit = "nsswitch-guard.service";
+      };
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.resolved-guard = {
+      description = "Enforce canonical /etc/systemd/resolved.conf (prevents hosts bypass)";
+      after = [ "local-fs.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        ExecStart = "${repo}/hosts/guard/enforce-resolved.sh";
+        Nice = "10";
+        IOSchedulingClass = "idle";
+      };
+      path = commonScriptPath;
+    };
+
+    systemd.paths.resolved-guard = {
+      description = "Watch /etc/systemd/resolved.conf for tampering";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      pathConfig = {
+        PathChanged = [ "/etc/systemd/resolved.conf" "/etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d" ];
+        Unit = "resolved-guard.service";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/options.nix b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/options.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80aeb08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/options.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+{ lib, ... }:
+{
+  options.linuxConfigPoc = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Arch linux_configuration parity proof-of-concept";
+
+    repoPath = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.path;
+      default = ../../..;
+      description = "Path to the linux_configuration repository root.";
+    };
+
+    mainUser = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "kuhy";
+      description = "Primary desktop username for user-scoped config (i3/i3blocks).";
+    };
+
+    enableImperativeBootstrap = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = "Run original shell installers at activation (hosts + guard + periodic setup).";
+    };
+
+    enableResolutionReport = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = "Generate a package resolution report grouped by migration category.";
+    };
+
+    resolutionReportEtcPath = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "linux-config-poc/package-resolution-report.txt";
+      description = "Path under /etc where the package resolution report is materialized.";
+    };
+
+    enableResolutionReportJson = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = "Generate a machine-readable JSON package resolution report.";
+    };
+
+    resolutionReportJsonEtcPath = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "linux-config-poc/package-resolution-report.json";
+      description = "Path under /etc where the JSON package resolution report is materialized.";
+    };
+
+    packageMap = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.attrsOf lib.types.str;
+      default = {
+        # Fonts / desktop
+        "ttf-dejavu" = "dejavu_fonts";
+        "noto-fonts" = "noto-fonts";
+        "ttf-font-awesome" = "font-awesome";
+        "adobe-source-sans-pro-fonts" = "source-sans";
+        "ttf-liberation" = "liberation_ttf";
+
+        # Toolchain / language ecosystems
+        "go-tools" = "gotools";
+        "cargo" = "cargo";
+        "rust" = "rustc";
+        "nodejs" = "nodejs";
+        "npm" = "nodejs";
+        "yarn" = "yarn";
+        "node-gyp" = "nodePackages.node-gyp";
+        "lua52" = "lua5_2";
+
+        # Python package translations
+        "python-nose" = "python3Packages.nose";
+        "python-pyproject-metadata" = "python3Packages.pyproject-metadata";
+        "meson-python" = "python3Packages.meson-python";
+        "python-numpy" = "python3Packages.numpy";
+        "python-markdown" = "python3Packages.markdown";
+        "python-pyparsing" = "python3Packages.pyparsing";
+        "python-pyqt5" = "python3Packages.pyqt5";
+        "python-pefile" = "python3Packages.pefile";
+        "python-booleanoperations" = "python3Packages.booleanoperations";
+        "python-brotli" = "python3Packages.brotli";
+        "python-defcon" = "python3Packages.defcon";
+        "python-fontmath" = "python3Packages.fontmath";
+        "python-fontpens" = "python3Packages.fontpens";
+        "python-fonttools" = "python3Packages.fonttools";
+        "python-fs" = "python3Packages.fs";
+        "python-tqdm" = "python3Packages.tqdm";
+        "python-unicodedata2" = "python3Packages.unicodedata2";
+        "python-zopfli" = "python3Packages.zopfli";
+        "python-pyaml" = "python3Packages.pyyaml";
+
+        # Java / Perl
+        "java-hamcrest" = "hamcrest";
+        "perl-font-ttf" = "perlPackages.FontTTF";
+        "perl-sort-versions" = "perlPackages.SortVersions";
+
+        # Multimedia / desktop mismatches
+        "pavucontrol-qt" = "pavucontrol";
+        "qt5-wayland" = "qt5.qtwayland";
+        "qt6-tools" = "qt6.full";
+        "qt6-shadertools" = "qt6.qtshadertools";
+        "ffmpeg" = "ffmpeg-full";
+        "pyside6" = "python3Packages.pyside6";
+
+        # TeX stack consolidation
+        "texlive-plaingeneric" = "texliveFull";
+        "texlive-latexextra" = "texliveFull";
+        "texlive-bibtexextra" = "texliveFull";
+        "texlive-pictures" = "texliveFull";
+        "texlive-fontsextra" = "texliveFull";
+        "texlive-formatsextra" = "texliveFull";
+        "texlive-pstricks" = "texliveFull";
+        "texlive-games" = "texliveFull";
+        "texlive-humanities" = "texliveFull";
+        "texlive-science" = "texliveFull";
+      };
+      description = "Mapping from Arch package names to nixpkgs attributes.";
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/packages.nix b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/packages.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f0939f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/packages.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.linuxConfigPoc;
+
+  readList = file:
+    let
+      lines = lib.splitString "\n" (builtins.readFile file);
+      trimmed = map lib.strings.trim lines;
+    in
+      builtins.filter (line: line != "" && !(lib.hasPrefix "#" line)) trimmed;
+
+  pacmanPackageFile = "${toString cfg.repoPath}/fresh-install/pacman_packages.txt";
+  aurPackageFile = "${toString cfg.repoPath}/fresh-install/aur_packages.txt";
+
+  pacmanNamesRaw = readList pacmanPackageFile;
+  aurLinesRaw = readList aurPackageFile;
+  aurNames = map (line: builtins.head (lib.splitString " " line)) aurLinesRaw;
+
+  mappedPacmanNames = map
+    (name: if builtins.hasAttr name cfg.packageMap then builtins.getAttr name cfg.packageMap else name)
+    pacmanNamesRaw;
+
+  resolvePackage = name: lib.attrByPath (lib.splitString "." name) null pkgs;
+
+  resolvedPacmanPkgs = builtins.filter (pkg: pkg != null) (map resolvePackage mappedPacmanNames);
+  missingPacmanPkgs = builtins.filter (name: (resolvePackage name) == null) mappedPacmanNames;
+in {
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    warnings = [
+      "linuxConfigPoc: ${toString (builtins.length resolvedPacmanPkgs)} pacman packages resolved to nixpkgs attrs."
+      "linuxConfigPoc: ${toString (builtins.length missingPacmanPkgs)} pacman packages still need mapping/overlays."
+      "linuxConfigPoc: ${toString (builtins.length aurNames)} AUR packages detected and not yet represented as Nix derivations."
+      "linuxConfigPoc: pacman-wrapper policy/challenges remain imperative scripts; full Nix-native equivalent requires dedicated policy module."
+    ];
+
+    environment.systemPackages =
+      lib.unique (
+        (with pkgs; [
+          acpi
+          bc
+          dex
+          i3blocks
+          i3lock
+          i3status
+          iw
+          jq
+          networkmanagerapplet
+          pavucontrol
+          terminator
+          xss-lock
+        ])
+        ++ resolvedPacmanPkgs
+      );
+  };
+}
diff --git a/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/report.nix b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/report.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7f3c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/report.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.linuxConfigPoc;
+
+  readList = file:
+    let
+      lines = lib.splitString "\n" (builtins.readFile file);
+      trimmed = map lib.strings.trim lines;
+    in
+      builtins.filter (line: line != "" && !(lib.hasPrefix "#" line)) trimmed;
+
+  pacmanPackageFile = "${toString cfg.repoPath}/fresh-install/pacman_packages.txt";
+  aurPackageFile = "${toString cfg.repoPath}/fresh-install/aur_packages.txt";
+
+  pacmanNamesRaw = readList pacmanPackageFile;
+  aurLinesRaw = readList aurPackageFile;
+  aurNames = map (line: builtins.head (lib.splitString " " line)) aurLinesRaw;
+
+  resolvePackage = path: lib.attrByPath (lib.splitString "." path) null pkgs;
+  existsPath = path: (resolvePackage path) != null;
+
+  mappedRecords = map
+    (original:
+      let
+        mapped = if builtins.hasAttr original cfg.packageMap then builtins.getAttr original cfg.packageMap else original;
+      in {
+        inherit original mapped;
+        resolved = (resolvePackage mapped) != null;
+      })
+    pacmanNamesRaw;
+
+  unresolvedRecords = builtins.filter (record: !record.resolved) mappedRecords;
+
+  sortStrings = builtins.sort (a: b: a < b);
+  sortRecordsByOriginal = builtins.sort (
+    a: b:
+      if a.original == b.original
+      then a.mapped < b.mapped
+      else a.original < b.original
+  );
+
+  candidatePaths = record:
+    let
+      pythonCandidate =
+        if lib.hasPrefix "python-" record.original
+        then "python3Packages.${lib.removePrefix "python-" record.original}"
+        else "";
+      underscoreFromOriginal = lib.replaceStrings [ "-" ] [ "_" ] record.original;
+      dashFromOriginal = lib.replaceStrings [ "_" ] [ "-" ] record.original;
+      underscoreFromMapped = lib.replaceStrings [ "-" ] [ "_" ] record.mapped;
+      dashFromMapped = lib.replaceStrings [ "_" ] [ "-" ] record.mapped;
+      candidates = [
+        record.original
+        record.mapped
+        underscoreFromOriginal
+        dashFromOriginal
+        underscoreFromMapped
+        dashFromMapped
+        pythonCandidate
+      ];
+    in
+      lib.unique (builtins.filter (candidate: candidate != "") candidates);
+
+  easySuggestions = record:
+    builtins.filter
+      (candidate: existsPath candidate)
+      (candidatePaths record);
+  easySuggestionsSorted = record: sortStrings (easySuggestions record);
+
+  isAurOrOverlayLikely = record:
+    (builtins.elem record.original aurNames)
+    || (lib.hasSuffix "-git" record.original)
+    || (lib.hasPrefix "lib32-" record.original)
+    || (lib.hasSuffix "-bin" record.original);
+
+  easyMapRecords = builtins.filter (record: (builtins.length (easySuggestions record)) > 0) unresolvedRecords;
+  needsOverlayRecords = builtins.filter
+    (record: ((builtins.length (easySuggestions record)) == 0) && (isAurOrOverlayLikely record))
+    unresolvedRecords;
+  likelyUnavailableRecords = builtins.filter
+    (record: ((builtins.length (easySuggestions record)) == 0) && !(isAurOrOverlayLikely record))
+    unresolvedRecords;
+
+  easyMapRecordsSorted = sortRecordsByOriginal easyMapRecords;
+  needsOverlayRecordsSorted = sortRecordsByOriginal needsOverlayRecords;
+  likelyUnavailableRecordsSorted = sortRecordsByOriginal likelyUnavailableRecords;
+  aurNamesSorted = sortStrings aurNames;
+
+  formatSimpleRecord = record: "- ${record.original} -> ${record.mapped}";
+  formatEasyRecord = record:
+    "- ${record.original} -> ${record.mapped} | suggestions: ${lib.concatStringsSep ", " (easySuggestionsSorted record)}";
+
+  renderLines = lines:
+    if (builtins.length lines) == 0
+    then "- none"
+    else lib.concatStringsSep "\n" lines;
+
+  toEasyJsonRecord = record: {
+    original = record.original;
+    mapped = record.mapped;
+    suggestions = easySuggestionsSorted record;
+  };
+
+  toSimpleJsonRecord = record: {
+    original = record.original;
+    mapped = record.mapped;
+  };
+
+  reportText = ''
+    linux_configuration nix-poc package resolution report
+    ================================================
+
+    Source files:
+    - ${pacmanPackageFile}
+    - ${aurPackageFile}
+
+    Summary:
+    - Total pacman package entries: ${toString (builtins.length pacmanNamesRaw)}
+    - Unresolved pacman entries after current mapping: ${toString (builtins.length unresolvedRecords)}
+    - AUR package entries: ${toString (builtins.length aurNames)}
+
+    Category: easy-map (likely solvable by small mapping/path fixes)
+    ---------------------------------------------------------------
+    ${renderLines (map formatEasyRecord easyMapRecordsSorted)}
+
+    Category: needs-overlay (AUR/multilib/git/bin packages)
+    -------------------------------------------------------
+    ${renderLines (map formatSimpleRecord needsOverlayRecordsSorted)}
+
+    Category: likely-unavailable (needs manual investigation)
+    ---------------------------------------------------------
+    ${renderLines (map formatSimpleRecord likelyUnavailableRecordsSorted)}
+
+    AUR inventory
+    -------------
+    ${renderLines (map (name: "- ${name}") aurNamesSorted)}
+  '';
+
+  reportJson = {
+    schemaVersion = "1.0";
+    sourceFiles = {
+      pacman = pacmanPackageFile;
+      aur = aurPackageFile;
+    };
+    summary = {
+      pacmanEntries = builtins.length pacmanNamesRaw;
+      unresolvedPacmanEntries = builtins.length unresolvedRecords;
+      aurEntries = builtins.length aurNames;
+    };
+    categories = {
+      easyMap = map toEasyJsonRecord easyMapRecordsSorted;
+      needsOverlay = map toSimpleJsonRecord needsOverlayRecordsSorted;
+      likelyUnavailable = map toSimpleJsonRecord likelyUnavailableRecordsSorted;
+    };
+    aurInventory = aurNamesSorted;
+  };
+in {
+  config = lib.mkIf (cfg.enable && cfg.enableResolutionReport) {
+    warnings = [
+      "linuxConfigPoc: package resolution report generated at /etc/${cfg.resolutionReportEtcPath}${lib.optionalString cfg.enableResolutionReportJson " and /etc/${cfg.resolutionReportJsonEtcPath}"}"
+    ];
+
+    environment.etc = {
+      "${cfg.resolutionReportEtcPath}".text = reportText;
+    } // lib.optionalAttrs cfg.enableResolutionReportJson {
+      "${cfg.resolutionReportJsonEtcPath}".text = builtins.toJSON reportJson;
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/system-maintenance.nix b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/system-maintenance.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..079f17a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux_configuration/nix-poc/modules/arch-parity/system-maintenance.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.linuxConfigPoc;
+  repo = toString cfg.repoPath;
+  commonScriptPath = with pkgs; [
+    bash
+    coreutils
+    curl
+    findutils
+    gawk
+    gnugrep
+    gnused
+    procps
+    util-linux
+  ];
+in {
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd.services.periodic-system-maintenance = {
+      description = "Periodic System Maintenance (Pacman Wrapper & Hosts File)";
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        User = "root";
+        ExecStart = "${repo}/scripts/system-maintenance/bin/periodic-system-maintenance.sh";
+        StandardOutput = "journal";
+        StandardError = "journal";
+        TimeoutStartSec = "300";
+        TimeoutStopSec = "30";
+        Restart = "no";
+      };
+      path = commonScriptPath;
+    };
+
+    systemd.timers.periodic-system-maintenance = {
+      description = "Run Periodic System Maintenance every hour";
+      wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
+      timerConfig = {
+        OnCalendar = "hourly";
+        OnBootSec = "5min";
+        RandomizedDelaySec = "300";
+        Persistent = true;
+      };
+      unitConfig = {
+        Requires = "periodic-system-maintenance.service";
+      };
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.periodic-system-startup = {
+      description = "System Maintenance on Startup (Pacman Wrapper & Hosts File)";
+      after = [ "network-online.target" "systemd-resolved.service" ];
+      wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        User = "root";
+        ExecStart = "${repo}/scripts/system-maintenance/bin/periodic-system-maintenance.sh";
+        StandardOutput = "journal";
+        StandardError = "journal";
+        RemainAfterExit = true;
+        TimeoutStartSec = "300";
+        TimeoutStopSec = "30";
+      };
+      path = commonScriptPath;
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.hosts-file-monitor = {
+      description = "Hosts File Monitor and Auto-Restore Service";
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "simple";
+        User = "root";
+        ExecStart = "${repo}/scripts/system-maintenance/bin/hosts-file-monitor.sh";
+        Restart = "always";
+        RestartSec = "10";
+        StandardOutput = "journal";
+        StandardError = "journal";
+        NoNewPrivileges = false;
+        PrivateTmp = true;
+        MemoryMax = "50M";
+        CPUQuota = "10%";
+      };
+      path = commonScriptPath;
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.auto-system-update = {
+      description = "Automatic System Update (pacman + yay AUR)";
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        User = "root";
+        ExecStart = "${repo}/scripts/system-maintenance/bin/auto-system-update.sh";
+        StandardOutput = "journal";
+        StandardError = "journal";
+        TimeoutStartSec = "1800";
+        TimeoutStopSec = "30";
+        Restart = "no";
+      };
+      path = commonScriptPath;
+    };
+
+    systemd.timers.auto-system-update = {
+      description = "Run Automatic System Update daily";
+      wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
+      timerConfig = {
+        OnCalendar = "*-*-* 04:00:00";
+        RandomizedDelaySec = "1800";
+        Persistent = true;
+      };
+      unitConfig = {
+        Requires = "auto-system-update.service";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}