Re:Persistent packages on Steam Deck using Nix
by bsimpson on Sunday February 09, 2025 @06:49PM
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So you can add Nix packages as non-Steam games and use Nix to setup persistent systemd rules/daemons, even though this isn't NixOS?
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Re:Persistent packages on Steam Deck using Nix
by Rikudou on Sunday February 09, 2025 @08:39PM
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Haven't tried adding Nix packages as non-Steam games, but you can use Home Manager to create user systemd rules.
Re:Persistent packages on Steam Deck using Nix
by saghm on Monday February 10, 2025 @01:04AM
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I haven't tried it personally, but from what I can tell, if you have a binary you can give a path to (and setting up env vars if needed in the "launch arguments"), you should be able to add it as a "non-Steam" game, and anything set up to start automatically via systemd seems to be properly started up in game mode, so I don't see why this wouldn't work!