Nix-GUI: Make NixOS usable for non-technical users through settings / GUI

Re:Nix-GUI: Make NixOS usable for non-technical users throug... by carlhjerpe on Sunday October 10, 2021 @09:51AM (#28818397)

So first I did this I did it on manjaro using this archwiki article: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF

When I moved to NixOS I just did a normal NixOS install and applied the same parameters to kernel boot as before and passed the GPU through.

I was using looking-glass at first, but my computer is too slow and crappy (memory bandwidth seems to choke) to run 144fps in overwatch.

You just pass the entire block device into the VM if you wanna keep your setup, or pass it through with as PCIE if it's an NVMe device.

I thought it'd be hard, but you'll be up and running in a day

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Re:Nix-GUI: Make NixOS usable for non-technical users throug... by smoldesu on Sunday October 10, 2021 @10:40AM (#28818778)

Overwatch is also highly optimized via Wine, if you're looking to play. I'm on 6-year-old hardware (i5 4460, GTX 1050ti) and I have no problem hitting 120+ FPS in-game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voXc1nCD4IA

This video is a pretty good demonstration of how neck-and-neck the performance is these days. Frankly, I feel like it stutters less in Linux, but I might just be imagining things.

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