SteamOS 3.5.5 has been released to the Stable channel for Deck with the following changes: Display The default color rendering for Steam Deck LCD has been adjusted to emulate the sRGB color gamut, resulting in a slightly warmer and more vibrant color appearance. Added Settings -> Adjust Display Colors, to tune the display's Color Vibrancy and Color Temperature. The settings can be tuned with a preview of a test image (above), or with your running game.
can’t wait to see what people eventually do with the nix package manager too. it’ll be great to keep all of the foreign/custom packages after an operating system upgrade.
Does 3.5.5 actually support Nix? I mean I didn’t see anything about it in the changelog (unless I missed something). This would absolutely be a welcome change if it’s actually implemented, not having a way to install foreign packages without them being overwritten by OTA is an important thing to have.
I assume you mean Nix, in which case this article for the Determinate installer is where I started from. It’s an older article, but I don’t think too much has changed since.
Mind you, it doesn’t go into nix config at all, just getting nix installed. And I was already familiar with Nix otherwise so it may be challenging if you’re just starting out.
Anyway, if you’re willing to try, I recommend learning about home-manager after that, which is what you’ll need to maintain a config since it’s not a system NixOS install. Since it’s a standalone install, either Standalone installation or standalone flakes are your options. I prefer to use flakes personally, but it’s up to you.
can’t wait to see what people eventually do with the nix package manager too. it’ll be great to keep all of the foreign/custom packages after an operating system upgrade.
Does 3.5.5 actually support Nix? I mean I didn’t see anything about it in the changelog (unless I missed something). This would absolutely be a welcome change if it’s actually implemented, not having a way to install foreign packages without them being overwritten by OTA is an important thing to have.
I’ve been using it myself to install vkBasalt and some Pipewire filters, but it would be nice to see more widespread usage for sure.
Is there a guide on how to install and get it up and running on SteamOS? I looked on Google but it still seems relatively new.
I assume you mean Nix, in which case this article for the Determinate installer is where I started from. It’s an older article, but I don’t think too much has changed since.
Mind you, it doesn’t go into nix config at all, just getting nix installed. And I was already familiar with Nix otherwise so it may be challenging if you’re just starting out.
Anyway, if you’re willing to try, I recommend learning about home-manager after that, which is what you’ll need to maintain a config since it’s not a system NixOS install. Since it’s a standalone install, either Standalone installation or standalone flakes are your options. I prefer to use flakes personally, but it’s up to you.
What nix package manager?
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/7173#issuecomment-1603858003
Uhhh, that is interesting, a lot of cool stuff can be done with that.