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Attempting to Use GNU Guix (2019)
Or: The Distro that isn’t quite there yet Monday, 21 October 2019 Update (01Nov21): I have tried installing Guix again, with more success. See “Attempting to use GNU Guix, again”.
Webpresence of Philip Kaludercic Start| Index| About| ⚛ Feed| Contact Yesterday (2019-10-19), I attempted to install the GNU Guix distribution on my main laptop (Thinkpad x230, second hand). The advantages are that “installing”, “removing” or “upgrading” a package in your user “profile”, ends up only being a re-linking, making the process effectively transactional and un-doable. I understand that it’s not something one can motivate people with – everyone finds it more fun to write a new programm from scratch than maintaining some old stuff – but if Guix is commited to including everyone it should focus on providing a workable and trusable basis for practical software freedom.
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