Julian@lemmy.coolmathgam.es to Steam Deck@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoSteamOS 3.5 will have a /nix directorygithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down10cross-posted to: steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkSteamOS 3.5 will have a /nix directorygithub.comJulian@lemmy.coolmathgam.es to Steam Deck@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square5linkfedilinkcross-posted to: steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareJulian@lemmy.coolmathgam.esOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoIt’s for the Nix package manager.
minus-squareKerb@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoDoes this mean they switch to NixOs? I was under the Impression that SteamOs was an arch distro turned immutable.
minus-squareVilian@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoyou can inţall nix package manager in every distro, maybe they did that, still arch but with nix pre-installed
minus-squareTheOneCurly@lemmy.theonecurly.pagelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoBased on the link it appears to be for a package manager. Possibly preparing for supporting additional user packages outside of flatpak?
what’s a nix folder for?
It’s for the Nix package manager.
Does this mean they switch to NixOs?
I was under the Impression that SteamOs was an arch distro turned immutable.
you can inţall nix package manager in every distro, maybe they did that, still arch but with nix pre-installed
Based on the link it appears to be for a package manager. Possibly preparing for supporting additional user packages outside of flatpak?