NixOS for the Impatient

Re:NixOS for the Impatient by xedrac on Friday June 09, 2023 @09:09PM (#36266528)

> I don’t use distros that lack a graphical installer (running fdisk is frankly beneath my dignity)

Ironically, I couldn't get the 22.11 graphical installer to work. I had to drop down to an Arch style install (which was fine).

My biggest complaint with NixOS is the pain of trying to run things that weren't built in nix (like Minecraft, or some other binary-only tool). I end up creating a podman image to run some of these things. I'm sure I could also create a derivation for them, but haven't bothered running down that rabbit hole yet.

If you're a programmer, Nix is awesome. But I don't think it's for the masses.

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Re:NixOS for the Impatient by jokethrowaway on Saturday June 10, 2023 @02:17AM (#36268111)

There was a derivation for tlauncher but it was removed. You can look into the nixpkgs repo and copy it in your system.

Writing your own derivation is incredibly straightforward and there are tons of useful helpers

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Re:NixOS for the Impatient by kaba0 on Saturday June 10, 2023 @05:33AM (#36269025)

steam-run usually works for random binaries. But there are also nix-alien and similar tools if needed.

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Re:NixOS for the Impatient by tripdout on Saturday June 10, 2023 @12:06PM (#36271706)

Minecraft works great on Nix, I've had no problems with just installing it like any other package.

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