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NixOS. I don't get what it really is or does? It's a Linux distribution but with ceavets or something
It's a distribution completely centered around the Nix package manager. This basically allows you to program how your system should look using one programming language. If you want an identical system, just copy that file and you're set.
I remember that thr kernel didn't had performance flags set and used, making NixOS not a nice Gaming platform.
Is this true? Can I fix it for myself easily?
Easily? I've heard it's really time consuming to get it exactly how you like it but the same could be said about a lot of distros.
Are you talking about that vm.max_memory something?
Not sure how you'd change it in Nix exactly, but should be simple enough.
Been gaming on nixos for a month or two and haven't had any issues AFAICT
I never said it wont have issues. Just a few less FPS without noticing.
Honestly I get more preformace on nixos than I have with other distros
Interesting
I remember that thr kernel didn't had performance flags set and used, making NixOS not a nice Gaming platform.
Is this true? Can I fix it for myself easily?
I remember that thr kernel didn't had performance flags set and used, making NixOS not a nice Gaming platform.
Is this true? Can I fix it for myself easily?
I remember that thr kernel didn't had performance flags set and used, making NixOS not a nice Gaming platform.
Is this true? Can I fix it for myself easily?
Instead of installing packages through a package manager one at a time and configuring your system by digging into individual config files, NixOS has you write a single config file with all your settings and programs declared. This lets you more easily configure your system and have a completely reproducible system by just copying your nix files to another nixos machine and rebuilding.
It’s also an immutable distribution, so the base system files are only modified when rebuilding the whole system from your config, but during runtime it’s read only for security and stability.