abra_kSep 3, 2025
Gonna try guix tomorrow how bad could it be?
Show threadabra_kSep 22, 2025

Alright it's been 4 days on #guix after 6 days of attempting to install it (mb tbh, I was stubborn).

It's a bummer it's gnome version is so old (default 44, latest 46, gnome 49 is releasing soon-ish iirc), since that's what I'm usually using. The latest window manager packages are usually updated frequently, which prompted me to try one again.

I'm surprised how annoying it was to get emacs and guix config files to play nice - I'm still getting errors on eval and need to manuall update paths...

Show threadabra_k

If you use normal PCs and need drivers, while not living near the default guix repo server, you need to configure a bit. Which is very hard when you're currently installing it.

I already liked nix, but hated the language and the docs. I also don't like Lisp, but the tooling is incredible on there so that's a big plus. The docs are also very nice! . I love how you solve issues once and then it's fixed forever on all your current and new systems.

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Show threadabra_kSep 22, 2025
It's really good for WMs, which I just don't like anymore. I might use it on a foreign distro, but last time I tried I got issues on fedora :/ Which makes me question if I should keep using it. I really really really want to, but I need gnome (also: wasn't gnome about to increase it's dependency to systemd, which guix doesn't use?)