this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
53 points (98.2% liked)

Steam Deck

14803 readers
104 users here now

A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title

The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.

Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.

These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.

Rules:

Link to our Matrix Space

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 

SteamOS 3.5 will have a /nix directory to support the NixOS package manager. The package manager will probably not come pre-installed but the folder structure prepared, users will be able to install it without jumping through hoops.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been in developer mode on betas for a while so I wasn't aware that wasn't the vanilla experience. Having a relatively normal Linux package manager could be nice as an easy alternative to Discover.

I'm curious what would be worth getting through nix though. I suppose anything that isn't on Discover, but I haven't had too hard a time finding what I've wanted so far.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I've been hearing a lot about Nix package manager, NixOS, and immutable/atomic Linux distros like BlendOS, VanillaOS, and ChimeraOS with containers and flatpaks on top.

I may be confused but I think conceptually these distributions are moving towards this idea of reproducibility with a strong immutable core OS for the sake of stability. I can see why this would be perfect for an appliance like the Deck.

The idea of a rolling distribution where my configuration simply survives upgrades forever ... sounds like a dream come true. Is it possible?