diff --git a/configs/desktop.nix b/configs/desktop.nix
index 08184dd..10ea448 100644
--- a/configs/desktop.nix
+++ b/configs/desktop.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
     ../programs/ghostty.nix
     ../programs/gnome.nix
-    ../programs/java.nix
   ];
 
   boot = {
@@ -71,29 +70,36 @@
     enable32Bit = true;
   };
 
-  hm.home = {
-    packages = with pkgs; [
-      chromium
-      (discord.override {
-        withOpenASAR = true;
-        withVencord = true;
-      })
-      gimp
-      gparted
-      idea-ultimate-fixed
-      mpv
-      obsidian
-      strawberry
-      teams-for-linux
-      thunderbird
-      vscode
-
-      # libreoffice stuff
-      libreoffice-qt6-fresh
-      hunspell
-      hunspellDicts.en_US
-      hunspellDicts.fr-moderne
+  hm = {
+    imports = [
+      ../programs/java.nix
     ];
+
+    home = {
+      packages = with pkgs; [
+        chromium
+        (discord.override {
+          withOpenASAR = true;
+          withVencord = true;
+        })
+        gimp
+        gparted
+        idea-ultimate-fixed
+        krita
+        mpv
+        obsidian
+        strawberry
+        teams-for-linux
+        thunderbird
+        vscode
+
+        # libreoffice stuff
+        libreoffice-qt6-fresh
+        hunspell
+        hunspellDicts.en_US
+        hunspellDicts.fr-moderne
+      ];
+    };
   };
 
   i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
diff --git a/programs/dotnet.nix b/programs/dotnet.nix
index 18fe281..58cb4ce 100644
--- a/programs/dotnet.nix
+++ b/programs/dotnet.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+# wee oo wee oo warning !!! this is a home manager module!!! destined to be put in hm's import, not nixos' !!!!
 {
-  environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.jetbrains.rider ];
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  inherit (config.lib.file) mkOutOfStoreSymlink;
+in
+{
+  home = {
+    packages = [ pkgs.jetbrains.rider ];
 
-  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
-    "L /opt/dotnet/8 - - - - ${pkgs.dotnet-sdk_8}/share/dotnet"
-    "L /opt/dotnet/mono - - - - ${pkgs.mono}"
-  ];
+    file = {
+      ".dotnet/8".source = mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${pkgs.dotnet-sdk_8}/share/dotnet";
+      ".dotnet/mono".source = mkOutOfStoreSymlink pkgs.mono;
+    };
+  };
 }
diff --git a/programs/games.nix b/programs/games.nix
index 0b09711..4cee1ff 100644
--- a/programs/games.nix
+++ b/programs/games.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   hm.home.packages = with pkgs; [
     obs-studio
     osu-lazer-bin
-    krita
 
     (prismlauncher.override {
       jdks = [
diff --git a/programs/java.nix b/programs/java.nix
index 33fb810..adcc379 100644
--- a/programs/java.nix
+++ b/programs/java.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+# wee oo wee oo warning !!! this is a home manager module!!! destined to be put in hm's import, not nixos' !!!!
 {
-  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
-    "L /opt/temurin-21 - - - - ${pkgs.temurin-bin-21}"
-    "L /opt/temurin-17 - - - - ${pkgs.temurin-bin-17}"
-    "L /opt/temurin-8 - - - - ${pkgs.temurin-bin-8}"
-  ];
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  inherit (config.lib.file) mkOutOfStoreSymlink;
+in
+{
+  home.file = {
+    ".jdks/temurin-21".source = mkOutOfStoreSymlink pkgs.temurin-bin-21;
+    ".jdks/temurin-17".source = mkOutOfStoreSymlink pkgs.temurin-bin-17;
+    ".jdks/temurin-8".source = mkOutOfStoreSymlink pkgs.temurin-bin-8;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/systems/kilimandjaro/default.nix b/systems/kilimandjaro/default.nix
index 70dc52b..a8bdbee 100644
--- a/systems/kilimandjaro/default.nix
+++ b/systems/kilimandjaro/default.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
   imports = [
     camasca.nixosModules.asus-numpad
     ../../programs/games.nix
-    ../../programs/dotnet.nix.nix
   ];
 
+  hm.imports = [ ../../programs/dotnet.nix ];
+
   services.asus-numpad = {
     enable = true;
     settings.layout = "M433IA";