dino,

We need more GUIX here. Not using the distro but really interested in knowing more about it. Hype seems to be solely focused on NixOS lately.

worldofgeese, (edited )
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I try to write about it as much as I can here! There’s also !guix

velox_vulnus, (edited )

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    theshatterstone54,

    Building a kernel

    Can’t you just use the standard Linux kernel? You can just tell GUIX to use the standardized kernel in its config file

    velox_vulnus,

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    Spore,

    You can swap it with the standard one. It’s on another non-official channel called nonguix.

    velox_vulnus,

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    Spore,

    There is a pre built distribution, you need to configure binary cache to get it. Refer to the “Substitute for nonguix” section: gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix

    dino,

    I heard the opposite, that guille is easier to learn than NixOS language.

    theshatterstone54,

    I find it more intuitive, if that makes sense.

    Spore,

    Guile and Guix is way better documented than Nix. The language have more features, so you don’t have to use a hack to load packages, can actually know what is accepted in a function instead of blindly copying what others do, and it comes with a formatter.

    highduc,

    I think the language is harder but more powerful than Nix’s.
    Imo a better manual and examples would help a lot.
    I’d say one of the biggest issues is the one with proprietary drivers - you can’t really find examples and guides on how to get drivers working because it’s kept hush-hush, and to install them yourself requires knowledge on how to set things up, knowledge which beginner users don’t have ofc.
    I’m a big fan of Guix and Guile but atm I couldn’t switch over due to this.

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