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Version: 1.1.0

Rating: 9

Date: 2020-09-17

Votes: 0





GuixSD is an amazing distribution and guix is a powerful tool. The entire system is declared inside of a config file, so if I'm trying to install GuixSD on another computer, I can copy my config file over and have the exact same set-up every time. If you decide not to create your own custom config, the guided installation is very straight forward and reminds me of the Debian installer. You can test your configs using the built in virtual machine guix has, create containers using guix, and many more things. The init software, shepherd, is simple and because it's written in guile it is very easy to hack and extend it. If you're a fan of emacs, you can install extensions using guix instead of installing through Melpa. GuixSD is stable, but the packages are a little outdated. Thankfully they provide a recent snapshot iso that contains all the most recent versions of packages listed on the website. It's amazing how many packages they have, and the list only grows larger the more people package for it. Guix and nix solve the dependency problem that every other package managers have, but guix inches just a little further ahead because it is written using a lisp (guile) and that is much easier to write for. GuixSD is very different from traditional unixes, but those differences are well thoughtout and only add to the experience, not subtract. In my opinion, GuixSD is the best FSF approved distro, and one worth checking out.





Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 1.0.1

Rating: 8

Date: 2020-02-20

Votes: 7





Very promising, currently still not for the faint hearted





Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 1.0.1

Rating: 5

Date: 2019-12-04

Votes: 2





Might be good, if there is an easy way of testing and possibly installing.

I like an O.S. that is easy to boot up and test; GuixSD requires too many steps to even try.





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