Trying out Guix for the first time! Waiting for packages to download.

I’m a long time Arch user. Any tips?!

I’ve heard there aren’t as many packages for Guix as other distros, but I was thinking Flatpak and distrobox will help bridge the gap for me.

  • balsoft@lemmy.ml
    11·
    1 day ago

    Expect a steep learning curve even if you know Linux inside out. Don’t assume things work the way they did on Arch (or most other distros). If your hardware doesn’t work well, or you otherwise need some proprietary stuff, check out https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix. Good luck!

    • paequ2@lemmy.todayOP
      1·
      6 hours ago

      Yep. Totally using nonguix. I’m trying out Guix for the reproducibility and system management, not (just) for the FOSS software.

      From my initial research, I thought that Guix was only going to allow 100% FOSS software. But I’ve learned that’s not the case. It’s actually pretty easy to add additional channels in order to install non-FOSS software. The third-party channels integrate nicely!

      I added nonguix and also a channel for Tailscale!

      (list (channel
        (name 'nonguix)
        (url "https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix")
        (branch "master")
        (introduction
          (make-channel-introduction
            "897c1a470da759236cc11798f4e0a5f7d4d59fbc"
            (openpgp-fingerprint
              "2A39 3FFF 68F4 EF7A 3D29  12AF 6F51 20A0 22FB B2D5"))))
      (channel
        (name 'tailscale)
        (url "https://github.com/umanwizard/guix-tailscale")
        (branch "main")
        (introduction
          (make-channel-introduction
            "c72e15e84c4a9d199303aa40a81a95939db0cfee"
            (openpgp-fingerprint
              "9E53FC33B8328C745E7B31F70226C10D7877B741"))))
      (channel
        (name 'guix)
        (url "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git")
        (branch "master")
        (introduction
          (make-channel-introduction
            "9edb3f66fd807b096b48283debdcddccfea34bad"
            (openpgp-fingerprint
              "BBB0 2DDF 2CEA F6A8 0D1D  E643 A2A0 6DF2 A33A 54FA")))))