guix

kpav 2023-07-24T19:39:46.149499Z

I'm planning to build a brand new gaming PC with guix installed. Is this a good idea? I know of non-guix, but does that have enough support for what Id need for linux gaming? (e.g. kernel with proprietary drivers, cpu microcode, steam, etc etc). Ive found some stuff on the web regarding this, but not much

kpav 2023-07-27T16:00:22.099039Z

Ive been meaning to start buying more games from GOG because of the lack of DRM...maybe this will be the push I need. Steam is just so convenient

kpav 2023-07-27T16:01:14.830689Z

Finally got my build working after some RAM issues...gonna try installing guix in the next couple days

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pavlosmelissinos 2023-07-27T16:56:16.787999Z

good luck 🙂

kpav 2023-07-25T22:12:11.317879Z

Awesome thanks! I was planning to use steam/lutris anyway, so that works perfectly for me

kpav 2023-07-24T19:42:27.397879Z

I've been using Arch (btw) for years and years now, but I really like the idea of functional package management - I've been using nix on my mac laptop for work and its been great

Reily Siegel 2023-07-25T03:38:50.941679Z

You probably won't be able to manage your games using function package management, however if your games are installable via Lutris or Steam, both are available via flatpak and work well for me.

Eugen 2023-07-26T08:00:18.071599Z

flatpak might also provide some options for some games

pavlosmelissinos 2023-07-26T17:14:34.749419Z

http://gog.com should also work well with guix, most (all?) of the games on there don't have DRM afaik

kpav 2023-07-31T15:43:09.238499Z

Successfully installed over the weekend! Ran into some issue with my mouse cursor not showing up in Xorg, but Wayland seems to be working just fine. It was fairly easy to setup nonguix to get all the non-libre stuff. I'm really enjoying being able to essentially setup my entire system in a scheme file and go back and forth between generations, its already saved me at least twice from breaking my system. Flatpak and Steam seem to "just work" as well, which is great.

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pavlosmelissinos 2023-07-31T18:13:38.620389Z

What kind of a machine are you running guix on? Did you have any network-related driver issues?

kpav 2023-07-31T18:14:53.164339Z

its a brand new AM5 desktop with new Radeon GPU, no network related issues but I'm using ethernet so I cant imagine there would be any

kpav 2023-07-31T18:15:36.298139Z

x670e chipset, 7800x3d cpu, 7900xt gpu

pavlosmelissinos 2023-07-31T19:50:26.246489Z

That's very nice! Enjoy!