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SteamOS 3.5 will support the NixOS package manager

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SteamOS 3.5 will support the NixOS package manager

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Steam Deck support · Issue #7173 · NixOS/nix

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SteamOS 3.5 will have a /nix directory to support the NixOS package manager. The package manager will probably not come pre-installed but the folder structure prepared, users will be able to install it without jumping through hoops.

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That’s amazing. Now when I get paged while playing Diablo I can just switch to desktop mode and nix-env -i awscli.

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