It's really not that hard!

mech@feddit.org · 1 month ago

It's really not that hard!

Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 1 month ago

Services.steam.enable = true;

Works easily on Nixos. It’s true that I haven’t yet gotten a game to PLAY on Nixos other than Minecraft, but that’s beside the point.

coffee_tacos@mander.xyz · 1 month ago

You forgot

nixpkgs.config.allowUnfreePredicate = pkg: builtins.elem (lib.getName pkg) [
    "steam"
    "steam-original"
    "steam-unwrapped"
    "steam-run"
  ];

mech@feddit.org · 1 month ago

and here I thought running Slackware was a waste of time…

Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 1 month ago

I’m not using unfreePredicate so I didn’t think that was necessary.

https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Steam

Maybe I should try it anyway. Games start but even the menus are so slow that I never get to actual play.

coffee_tacos@mander.xyz · 1 month ago

You can also use this lil guy, but by default you can’t install unfree software (not sure if that is different if you use flakes): nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;