mech@feddit.org to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 16 days agoIt's really not that hard!feddit.orgimagemessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1341arrow-down15
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minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·16 days agoServices.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.
minus-squarecoffee_tacos@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·16 days agoYou forgot nixpkgs.config.allowUnfreePredicate = pkg: builtins.elem (lib.getName pkg) [ "steam" "steam-original" "steam-unwrapped" "steam-run" ];
minus-squaremech@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·16 days agoand here I thought running Slackware was a waste of time…
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 days agoI’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.
minus-squarecoffee_tacos@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoYou 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;
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.
You forgot
nixpkgs.config.allowUnfreePredicate = pkg: builtins.elem (lib.getName pkg) [ "steam" "steam-original" "steam-unwrapped" "steam-run" ];and here I thought running Slackware was a waste of time…
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.
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;