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I Love Arch, But GNU Guix Is My New Distro - Boiling Steam

I wrote recently about building my new gaming desktop where, if you weren’t blinded by all the lights, I also noted that I’ve moved from Arch to GNU Guix as my distro of choice. Why? And what is Guix? (And… <a href="https://boilingsteam.com/i-love-arch-but-gnu-guix-is-my-new-distro/" class="more-link">Continue Reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

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Show threadNick SeagullMay 4, 2022
@boilingsteam hey, one question on Guix: Can I run distributed builds with it like with Nix? I'd like to use it on a very old computer I've got and offload the builds to another system
Show threadroptatMay 4, 2022

@NickSeagull
Yes you can, and it's called the offloading :)

https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Daemon-Offload-Setup.html
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Daemon Offload Setup (GNU Guix Reference Manual)

Daemon Offload Setup (GNU Guix Reference Manual)

Show threadNick SeagullMay 4, 2022
@roptat @boilingsteam aw yeah! Thanks 🙏 
Show threadpodikiJun 2, 2022
@NickSeagull @boilingsteam Yes, I believe so! There are binary substitutes officially available as well. For offloading I think you want this https://guix.gnu.org/en/manual/devel/en/html_node/Daemon-Offload-Setup.html (Also, I think several people do exactly what you want, so feel free to ask on the Guix IRC channel too)
Daemon Offload Setup (GNU Guix Reference Manual)

Daemon Offload Setup (GNU Guix Reference Manual)

Show threadgregandcinMay 4, 2022
@boilingsteam Guix, at least for me, seems a little too far off the traditional Linux paradigm that I am fine staying on my Arch based distros for now. NixOS might be a good choice for those who want something similar, as was briefly touched on