I used Arch for about a decade before trying out NixOS unstable channel. I won't be migrating back. Everything is much tighter and saner. Only complaint that I'd have is that the pull request merges and package builds lag behind a bit, but I've grown used to that. It's up-to-date enough.

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Chiron1991 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Do you have experience with gaming on NixOS, particularly the Steam/Proton ecosystem? Recent non-reproducible distros like CachyOS and Bazzite have made gaming on Linux extremely accessible. Wondering how this fares in NixOS.

	▲	tosser811 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yes. I run NixOS on 5 machines, one of which is a gaming laptop with an Nvidia card that makes heavy use of Steam and Proton. It works fantastic and is so much less of a headache than Windows.
	▲	atrus 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Steam (and games) all work flawlessly. Even streaming VR to my Quest 2 and flatscreen to my TV works perfect.

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ChaseRensberger 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

pacman and AUR are just so peak, nix os is cool but if you dont care a ton about reproducible builds, idk

	▲	neobrain 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		One strength of nixpkgs that probably appeals to Arch users too is how much software is available and how easily you can just re-compile apps with custom patches. In fact, the latter is enabled exactly through reproducibility :) That said, cool if pacman and AUR work for you, no need to change just for the sake of it!
	▲	tosser811 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yes, AUR is one of the things that brought me to Arch back in the day. I was really tired of building and maintaining my own .debs. I'd say Nix is even easier than pacman/AUR from a maintenance perspective because you can create overlays for whatever you'd like to change and not worry about the mechanics of building your own packages. The overrides are just maintained in the flake or nix config. Also there are already a huge amount of packages in the nixpkgs repo (probably more than base Arch + AUR.)