cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/46349730
Given the direction that the Nix project is going, I suspect that many of you Nix users reading along here are currently considering alternatives, and among them Guix.
Personally I've only been using Nix for a few weeks, so my investment is not that big, but how about you? For a technical comparison, you could start with these two articles. If you're on IRC, I'd also suggest to join #guix just in case or look at the other communication options they endorse on their website.
What gives me the most thoughts is the availability of recent-ish software on Guix; but given Guix's FSF-level copyleft culture there's at least the certainty that whatever efforts I might put in to build and package things myself would have the lowest-possible likelihood of suffering corporate/fashtech capture. And we may be picking up momentum to collectively alleviate those problems.
5 Comments
androidul@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 327d
more drama from the Nix world 👀🍿
david_@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 327d
What distro do you prefer, Guix or something else?
androidul@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 327d
I’m mainly on NixOS but not because I prefer that way, just I got it working to a point that it’s comfortable to run for now.
I’d give Guix a shot as well when I have some spare time to play around :)
david_@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 327d
Cool :) I have most experience with openSUSE, so what I think I'll do is dual-boot Guix and openSUSE on my laptop, perhaps with a shared home directory or at least shared data directories.
androidul@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 327d
never got the chance to try openSUSE, started with Debian in my early days, then Arch and finally stuck with Gentoo for a few years; if it makes you feel like home it’s all that matters