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I would love a Bazzite-style nixos distribution. Like batteries-included for gaming. Is this kind of thing common in the NixOS space ? Like configs you can imp

I would love a Bazzite-style nixos distribution. Like batteries-included for gaming. Is this kind of thing common in the NixOS space ? Like configs you can import that manage 99% of the os for you ?

mrhottakes 4mo ago
It is not common at all
frantathefranta 4mo ago
There are templates for deploying NixOS but almost all that I've encountered are heavily opinionated and thus only kinda work for specific people (usually the ones that designed them). Then when you want to customize them it's almost always easier to start from scratch.
- synoptik 4mo ago
  NixOS is very much a toolkit for building operating systems. You in modules that set up parts of the system with overridable defaults, and you focus on the parts that matter. Sometimes that is the disk layout, other times it is the dot files, yet other times it is the services. Adding a new domain to my NixOS webserver is a single line of code.
jdiaz5513 4mo ago
What makes Bazzite-like uncommon is the degree of hardware testing and kernel tuning required to get some of the more exotic hardware fully working and stable. Jovian exists for the Steam Deck and is probably the closest thing right now: https://jovian-experiments.github.io/Jovian-NixOS/ https://jovian-experiments.github.io/Jovian-NixOS/ I am tempted to try making a "Nixzite" flake just to see how far it can get to feature parity with Bazzite, but again most of the story with Bazzite is the sizable community working on hardware tuning and kernel modifications. The catch with that flake would be a lot of waiting for the kernel to rebuild if I bring in the Bazzite patches, and that's just not a fun UX...
Cyph0n 4mo ago
Jovian is as close as you’ll get. Works like a charm and gives you a SteamOS-like experience on desktop.
ltheanine 4mo ago
Not the same thing but you can go in the other direction using https://blue-build.org/reference/recipe/ https://blue-build.org/reference/recipe/. You can have a nixos-style bazzite distribution where you import the bazzite base image and layer your custom config on top of it.
- LelouBil 4mo ago
  Yes I'm using bluebuild for my custom bazzite image.

I would love a Bazzite-style nixos distribution. Like batteries-included for gaming. Is this kind of thing common in the NixOS space ? Like configs you can import that manage 99% of the os for you ?

mrhottakes 4mo ago

It is not common at all

frantathefranta 4mo ago

There are templates for deploying NixOS but almost all that I've encountered are heavily opinionated and thus only kinda work for specific people (usually the ones that designed them). Then when you want to customize them it's almost always easier to start from scratch.

synoptik 4mo ago
NixOS is very much a toolkit for building operating systems. You in modules that set up parts of the system with overridable defaults, and you focus on the parts that matter. Sometimes that is the disk layout, other times it is the dot files, yet other times it is the services. Adding a new domain to my NixOS webserver is a single line of code.

jdiaz5513 4mo ago

What makes Bazzite-like uncommon is the degree of hardware testing and kernel tuning required to get some of the more exotic hardware fully working and stable. Jovian exists for the Steam Deck and is probably the closest thing right now: https://jovian-experiments.github.io/Jovian-NixOS/ https://jovian-experiments.github.io/Jovian-NixOS/ I am tempted to try making a "Nixzite" flake just to see how far it can get to feature parity with Bazzite, but again most of the story with Bazzite is the sizable community working on hardware tuning and kernel modifications. The catch with that flake would be a lot of waiting for the kernel to rebuild if I bring in the Bazzite patches, and that's just not a fun UX...

Cyph0n 4mo ago

Jovian is as close as you’ll get. Works like a charm and gives you a SteamOS-like experience on desktop.

ltheanine 4mo ago

Not the same thing but you can go in the other direction using https://blue-build.org/reference/recipe/ https://blue-build.org/reference/recipe/. You can have a nixos-style bazzite distribution where you import the bazzite base image and layer your custom config on top of it.

LelouBil 4mo ago
Yes I'm using bluebuild for my custom bazzite image.