I'm really glad that guix has been working on this area. Apart from using scheme this is one of the core areas that really distinguish them from nix.<p>Just compare the difficulty of trying to use the third party nix-bundle to produce a binary for another system versus guix pack.
Does anyone know of a recent comparison of NixOS vs Guix? Both these projects are awesome and I’m a NixOS user but I want to learn more about Guix. I’ve found older ones but nothing in the past year and with all the recent developments in both communities I’d love to see a side by side comparison.
Who funds Guix development? This this one of those experimental/hobby/academic projects? I never hear anything about Guix outside of HN or F/OSS boards (and even then, very little). How does it continue?
I love the idea of Guix. I also love Scheme and Free software. It seems Guix and I would be a match made in heaven. But then I read things like this: <a href="https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2020/deprecating-support-for-the-linux-kernel/" rel="nofollow">https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2020/deprecating-support-for-the-l...</a> (turns out this was an April fools joke)...<p>I'm not sure I love Hurd so much. Admittedly, I have not used it, but would be hesitant to rely on it for any important work. Maybe it will prove me wrong. It just seems like it has been an awful lot of work to get Linux to where it is, and it was a pretty bumpy ride at times.<p>Edit: I guess I'm pretty dense. I hate April fools jokes! But now I'm happy I can start using Guix without fear of being forced into Hurd. That said, I will try out Hurd just for the fun of it.
I see that guix is a declarative package manager like nix. Where does it have a leg up over nix?<p>And how's the GUI integration with KDE and gnome? Is there a backend for KDE Discover or the Gnome Software Center?<p>Finally, I see that installation goes over a "curl | bash", which imo is a pretty insecure method of installation. I can understand why such an insecure method exists (so many different ways of installing software on linux), but that's like saying HTTP is a good idea because it's easier than HTTPS.
Is anybody using this? What do you like about it versus a more typical linux or unix? Is hardware support good enough to run on a relatively recent laptop?