hako（重生版）4d ago
(Work-in-progress) Legacy series (390.xx, 470.xx), aarch64-linux support, improved documentation and verrsion selection support for Nonguix NVIDIA proprietary driver!

https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix/-/merge_requests/845

#guix #nonguix
Show threadAnthkMar 21
@lukasrotermund #guix maybe, but is not easy to start, altough you can choose several window managers at start. The issue would be #nonguix for propietary video and wireless, but if you need to use that, theres a way to blacklist every propietary blob modulo the wireless. For instance if I have to boot a non free kernel I disable all the mei* blobs and a few intel GPU ones which are not needed for OpenGL 4.6/Vulkan and video decoding.
Show threadfuturileMar 17
@draqlo I guess you're using #nonguix ? You can ask on #nonguix issues or there's a #nonguix irc channel as well.
romulojalesMar 13
Anyone else is facing issues to connect substitutes.nonguix.org ? #guix #nonguix
MickeyFeb 27
Is #nonguix the Nix #flakes of the Guix community?
Show threadhako（重生版）Feb 11
2026-02-11 build is out!

The desktop environment has been changed to niri + Noctalia shell. It now also starts Guix System installer automatically, though you're expected to finish keyboard layout setup on tty1 first if you do not use QWERTY.

This build also provides (untested) aarch64-linux images.

#guix #nonguix
Show threadnixFREAKJan 23
@jessebot #guix is one programming language called #scheme actually #guile scheme, NIx uses its own declarative language. #Guix does not have any non GNU software unless you add #nonguix channels to your system, which is that much of a big deal. Each system uses transactions and immutability. I use personally use #guix and have actually been getting into more and more #scheme programming and learning it. I am bias I like #guix , both are learning curves though.
Show threadfuturileJan 23

@jessebot Both are great but also very different from standard #Linux distributions so it can take a while to master.

I chose #guix which I use and contribute to, so I'm super biased!

My path was to use #guix on top of another distribution (#ubuntu for me) first. I wrote an 'introductory series' of blog posts that might help:

https://www.futurile.net/resources/guix/

For #guix the things I like is that as a system it's smaller and if you use with #nonguix it has everything you need. It's also friendly.

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Guix - functional package manager, environments and hosts

Show threadhako（重生版）Jan 18

2026-01-18 build of my Guix System installation LiveCDs ("LiveCDs" section in https://codeberg.org/hako/Testament) is out!

Notably I have finally finished testing Xorg support for NVIDIA proprietary driver! More information on the setup is updated in Nonguix README.

Installer used for this build will add the following comments to the generated configuration so you can edit it before installation:

;; Uncomment the following line for NVIDIA proprietary driver support. ;; (nonguix-transformation-nvidia #:configure-xorg? #t)
#guix #nonguix

RE: https://boiledscript.com/notes/ahlefb6rrsgs0ak7

Show threadhako（重生版）Jan 14
Finished reworking the LiveCDs! Now there're two variants:
- Default
- HiDPI, with a larger console font

No NVIDIA variant, since nouveau + firmware is suffcient for the installation task.

Updated the "LiveCDs" section of https://codeberg.org/hako/Testament. New images are now placed in Guix Moe's storage. When updating, changes to links and channels.lock will be in the same commit.

The new images provide similiar experience to the official one, additionally with:
- substitutes from Guix Moe, to speed up downloading in slow regions (within the LiveCDs, not added to the installed system)
- Linux and Linux LTS kernel options
- fish shell for manual installation
- simple desktop environment built around niri on tty7

The set-keymap script now also works with the installer: when setting keyboard layout in the installer, it's also applied to other ttys and niri's configuration.

Here're a few issues that may affect the experience and should be avoided if you want to install now:
- https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/issues/5612
- https://codeberg.org/guix/guix/issues/5613

#guix #nonguix