I thought I’ll make this thread for all of you out there who have questions but are afraid to ask them. This is your chance!

I’ll try my best to answer any questions here, but I hope others in the community will contribute too!

  • @[email protected]
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    159 months ago

    NixOS. I don’t get what it really is or does? It’s a Linux distribution but with ceavets or something

    • exu
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      219 months ago

      It’s a distribution completely centered around the Nix package manager. This basically allows you to program how your system should look using one programming language. If you want an identical system, just copy that file and you’re set.

      • @[email protected]
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        89 months ago

        I remember that thr kernel didn’t had performance flags set and used, making NixOS not a nice Gaming platform.

        Is this true? Can I fix it for myself easily?

        • @[email protected]
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          89 months ago

          Easily? I’ve heard it’s really time consuming to get it exactly how you like it but the same could be said about a lot of distros.

        • exu
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          49 months ago

          Are you talking about that vm.max_memory something?
          Not sure how you’d change it in Nix exactly, but should be simple enough.

        • @sxt
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          39 months ago

          Been gaming on nixos for a month or two and haven’t had any issues AFAICT

        • @thedeadwalking4242
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          29 months ago

          Honestly I get more preformace on nixos than I have with other distros

      • @[email protected]
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        -69 months ago

        I remember that thr kernel didn’t had performance flags set and used, making NixOS not a nice Gaming platform.

        Is this true? Can I fix it for myself easily?

      • @[email protected]
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        -69 months ago

        I remember that thr kernel didn’t had performance flags set and used, making NixOS not a nice Gaming platform.

        Is this true? Can I fix it for myself easily?

      • @[email protected]
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        -79 months ago

        I remember that thr kernel didn’t had performance flags set and used, making NixOS not a nice Gaming platform.

        Is this true? Can I fix it for myself easily?