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I love the idea of using a real language, a real LISP, instead of that Nix-contraoption, but currently having access to FSF-approved free software only is a com
by josteink 11y ago
I love the idea of using a real language, a real LISP, instead of that Nix-contraoption, but currently having access to FSF-approved free software only is a complete deal-killer for me on my laptop. I still need some unfree software, and I don't care about software patents (ref for instance MP3 and H264 decoding).
If Guix gets to the point where every concern except that surpasses NixOS, we might see a close-to-upstream Guix-fork or third party repo (like MELPA and MARMALADE for Emacs) being established to address that.
Or at least so we can hope.
- vertex-four 11y agoHonestly, I'm quite fond of Nix. Some of the more complex library code is quite gnarly, but I prefer the almost-JSON-ish nature of Nix for most package definitions over sexps.
- rekado 10y agoPackage repositories are just Scheme modules. Guix supports loading of additional package repositories via the GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH environment variable. The fact that Guix won't distribute packages for non-free software does not mean that it restricts you in using Guix to manage such software packages.