| 27 May 2026 |
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| Miraiy | Are there any good resources on NixOS that explain how to set up NixOS for gaming, or any suggested public configurations I can use as a starting point? I’m looking for something more advanced than just the Vimjoyer video on the subject. For example, a kernel like the one used in CachyOS, Gamescope, etc... | 13:12:44 |
 K900 | install nixos
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| K900 | install your gamese
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| K900 | * 2.. install your games | 13:15:05 |
| K900 | install your games
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| K900 | don't listen to youtubers telling you you NEED THIS 20 AMAZING HACKS TO MAKE MORE GAMING
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| K900 | OK actually two things you probably do want | 13:17:13 |
| K900 | use unstable
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| K900 | use linux_latest
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| Soenke Klinger | MiraiyWe have https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Category:Gaming . But normally its quite easy as K900 said. Just use steam and other availabe tools from nixpkgs. If not possible install games/programs via Flathub. And install Bottles as flatpak und run other game hubs (epic, battlenet, ..) as bottle. | 14:34:04 |
 magic_rb | Use programs.steam.enable not just adding steam to systemPackages | 15:45:41 |
| magic_rb | Use jovian if you want the big screen UI experienE | 15:46:02 |
| magic_rb | * | 15:46:06 |
| Soenke Klinger | * MiraiyWe have https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Category:Gaming . But normally its quite easy as K900 said. Just use steam (programs.steam.enable=true) and other availabe tools from nixpkgs. If not possible install games/programs via Flathub. And install Bottles as flatpak und run other game hubs (epic, battlenet, ..) as bottle. (edited to reflect later comment from magic_rb) | 17:02:48 |
 niklaskorz | I'd rephrase that as console experience | 18:02:52 |
| niklaskorz | no big screen on steam deck | 18:02:58 |
| niklaskorz | smol screen | 18:03:04 |
 Samuel | Heroic also works well on NixOS and I'd always prefer that over Bottles | 18:11:53 |
 neobrain | No love for umu? D: | 18:24:48 |
| Miraiy | thanks for the tips guys and sorry for the "repetitive question"... My bad | 19:28:37 |
| K900 | It's really not that the question is repetitive | 19:29:32 |
| K900 | It's that people on youtube will tell you to run all kinds of random shit so you get like +0.3FPS | 19:29:45 |
| K900 | When in practice none of it actually does anything but add complexity and make things more likely to break | 19:30:02 |
| niklaskorz | Heroic uses umu | 20:23:57 |
 woobilicious | Someone should write a nix wrapper for uwu, I like heroic, but it's still imperative and clunky to setup and use. | 20:27:29 |
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