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<![CDATA[Sinisterly - Operating Systems]]> https://sinister.ly/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:39:13 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Cats or dogs?]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Cats-or-dogs--217081 Sun, 02 Feb 2025 04:22:19 +0000 5tevos]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Cats-or-dogs--217081 <![CDATA[My journey with NixOS]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-My-journey-with-NixOS Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:38:33 +0000 Leviathan]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-My-journey-with-NixOS before we talk about NixOS, I should probably talk about my background with linux.
I've been using linux since ~2014, been using Ubuntu, Arch and a tiny bit of Fedora so I'd say I know my way around linux.

My NixOS journey started around 2 months ago.
Why? Well mostly because I love the idea of having a fully declarative system that I can just nuke whenever I feel like I need to.
I started with watching some videos from Vimjoyer to get the basic grasp of it including flakes and home-manager. Which was not as confusing as people made it out to be. Slowly but surely I started building my own proper system.
Did I run into issues? Yes I did! A few of them actually, starting with steam... I didn't know I had to add

Code:
    remotePlay.openFirewall = true; 
    dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true;
    localNetworkGameTransfers.openFirewall = true;

to the programs.steam part (see https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Steam)
Afterwards I was trying to get VR working on steam with SteamVR and my HTC Vive (also I'm using an AMD GPU & CPU) which was a WHOLE different issue. I can't pinpoint what actually made it work but my whole steam.nix (using flake + home-manager) is in the spoiler. So if you got struggles using VR with nix, that's for you!

Spoiler:Code:
{ pkgs, ... }:
{
  hardware.steam-hardware.enable = true;
  programs.steam = {
    enable = true;
    remotePlay.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Steam Remote Play
    dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Source Dedicated Server
    localNetworkGameTransfers.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Steam Local Network Game Transfers
  };

  # OpenGL and Vulkan configuration
  hardware.graphics.enable = true;
  hardware.graphics.extraPackages = with pkgs; [
    vulkan-loader
    vulkan-tools
  ];

  # Add system packages for VR support
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    openvr # Required for SteamVR
    libusb1 # Used for VR devices
    usbutils
    pkgs.libsndfile
    pkgs.xwayland
  ];

  # Udev rules for VR devices
  services.udev.packages = with pkgs; [
    openvr
  ];

  services.udev.extraRules = ''
    # HTC Vive
    SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0bb4", ATTR{idProduct}=="2c87", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
    SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="28de", ATTR{idProduct}=="2101", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
    SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="28de", ATTR{idProduct}=="2000", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
  '';
}

After that, I started transfering my waybar, swaync and some other configs into .nix files... which was much much easier than I thought. It's as simple as:

Code:
home.file.".path/to/file".text = '' config here '';

So far the whole setup took me around a week or two, there is probably much more I need to learn but that will be something for the next time.

Not sure if it will help anyone but I'd gladly help if anyone got any questions!

//Update
I just recieved my quest 3 yesterday and I'm happy to say that also quest 3 works perfectly fine using ALVR.]]> before we talk about NixOS, I should probably talk about my background with linux.
I've been using linux since ~2014, been using Ubuntu, Arch and a tiny bit of Fedora so I'd say I know my way around linux.

My NixOS journey started around 2 months ago.
Why? Well mostly because I love the idea of having a fully declarative system that I can just nuke whenever I feel like I need to.
I started with watching some videos from Vimjoyer to get the basic grasp of it including flakes and home-manager. Which was not as confusing as people made it out to be. Slowly but surely I started building my own proper system.
Did I run into issues? Yes I did! A few of them actually, starting with steam... I didn't know I had to add

Code:
    remotePlay.openFirewall = true; 
    dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true;
    localNetworkGameTransfers.openFirewall = true;

to the programs.steam part (see https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Steam)
Afterwards I was trying to get VR working on steam with SteamVR and my HTC Vive (also I'm using an AMD GPU & CPU) which was a WHOLE different issue. I can't pinpoint what actually made it work but my whole steam.nix (using flake + home-manager) is in the spoiler. So if you got struggles using VR with nix, that's for you!

Spoiler:Code:
{ pkgs, ... }:
{
  hardware.steam-hardware.enable = true;
  programs.steam = {
    enable = true;
    remotePlay.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Steam Remote Play
    dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Source Dedicated Server
    localNetworkGameTransfers.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Steam Local Network Game Transfers
  };

  # OpenGL and Vulkan configuration
  hardware.graphics.enable = true;
  hardware.graphics.extraPackages = with pkgs; [
    vulkan-loader
    vulkan-tools
  ];

  # Add system packages for VR support
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    openvr # Required for SteamVR
    libusb1 # Used for VR devices
    usbutils
    pkgs.libsndfile
    pkgs.xwayland
  ];

  # Udev rules for VR devices
  services.udev.packages = with pkgs; [
    openvr
  ];

  services.udev.extraRules = ''
    # HTC Vive
    SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0bb4", ATTR{idProduct}=="2c87", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
    SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="28de", ATTR{idProduct}=="2101", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
    SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="28de", ATTR{idProduct}=="2000", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
  '';
}

After that, I started transfering my waybar, swaync and some other configs into .nix files... which was much much easier than I thought. It's as simple as:

Code:
home.file.".path/to/file".text = '' config here '';

So far the whole setup took me around a week or two, there is probably much more I need to learn but that will be something for the next time.

Not sure if it will help anyone but I'd gladly help if anyone got any questions!

//Update
I just recieved my quest 3 yesterday and I'm happy to say that also quest 3 works perfectly fine using ALVR.]]> <![CDATA[apple , samsung, pixel]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-apple-samsung-pixel Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:53:29 +0000 hixfin09]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-apple-samsung-pixel <![CDATA[is it worth dual booting windows and linux?]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-is-it-worth-dual-booting-windows-and-linux Mon, 20 Jan 2025 03:17:28 +0000 timmypeachstatistic]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-is-it-worth-dual-booting-windows-and-linux <![CDATA[Kali OS vs Parrot OS]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Kali-OS-vs-Parrot-OS Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:10:10 +0000 calmignition]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Kali-OS-vs-Parrot-OS <![CDATA[linux vs windows 10]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-linux-vs-windows-10 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:26:42 +0000 averageguywith]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-linux-vs-windows-10 <![CDATA[Whats is the best ? Windows or mac]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Whats-is-the-best-Windows-or-mac Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:38:55 +0000 Tartak00]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Whats-is-the-best-Windows-or-mac <![CDATA[best laptop for editing]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-best-laptop-for-editing Wed, 25 Dec 2024 13:26:44 +0000 gerefaktor]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-best-laptop-for-editing <![CDATA[Which distro? (PC)]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Which-distro-PC Thu, 19 Dec 2024 23:42:06 +0000 altoyd]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Which-distro-PC <![CDATA[Qubes OS]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Qubes-OS Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:07:33 +0000 calmignition]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Qubes-OS <![CDATA[OS Choice (PC)]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-OS-Choice-PC Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:12:59 +0000 MatrixMu]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-OS-Choice-PC <![CDATA[Best laptop for hacking?]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Best-laptop-for-hacking Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:41:48 +0000 Rylxr]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Best-laptop-for-hacking <![CDATA[Linux on Tablet]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Linux-on-Tablet Thu, 14 Nov 2024 06:45:39 +0000 Pflash]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Linux-on-Tablet
Just having some issues with dependencies , like Iam not able to install chrome etc etc . But i recommend you you should try it once if you have Mi pad 5 Nabu.

Available options to install O.S are Arch linux,Windows,Ubuntu,Debian.

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Just having some issues with dependencies , like Iam not able to install chrome etc etc . But i recommend you you should try it once if you have Mi pad 5 Nabu.

Available options to install O.S are Arch linux,Windows,Ubuntu,Debian.

[Image: lTCI3QI.jpg]

[Image: lTCI3QI.jpg]

[Image: aLbaGKQ.jpg]

]]> <![CDATA[Win11 vs Win10 for gaming]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Win11-vs-Win10-for-gaming Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:23:18 +0000 JohnTitor]]> https://sinister.ly/Thread-Win11-vs-Win10-for-gaming I’ve been holding back from upgrading only because I’ve not had any issues or anything I would consider a performance degradation from my current Win10 build.
For context I have an amd 3800x and an rtx 2080.]]> I’ve been holding back from upgrading only because I’ve not had any issues or anything I would consider a performance degradation from my current Win10 build.
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