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I'm sorry for being so naive but when they say "GNU Operating System" do they mean HURD or is this a GNU/Linux distro?
by mastazi 10y ago
I'm sorry for being so naive but when they say "GNU Operating System" do they mean HURD or is this a GNU/Linux distro?
- zzzcpan 10y ago"As of version 0.10.0, the Guix System Distribution can be installed on an i686 or x86_64 machine. It uses the Linux-Libre kernel and the GNU Shepherd init system. Alternately, its package manager, GNU Guix, can be installed as an additional package manager on top of an installed Linux-based system." http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/ http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/
- na85 10y agoSo, in other words, it has all the disorganized chaos of Linux, but lacks the user-friendliness because your wifi, graphics, and sound cards won't work. Might as well run BSD: Your peripherals still won't work but at least the system underneath is still more coherent.
- gkya 10y agoFreeBSD runs every single driver on my laptop. And most common stuff has OSS drivers implemented for it, and Linux Libre has them.
- na85 10y agoIs the performance good? Last time I ran BSD on my thinktop, I got 2 hours of battery life and the system ran 10 degrees hotter than debian.
- na85 10y agoIs the performance good? Last time I ran BSD on my thinktop, I got 2 hours of battery life and the system ran 10 degrees hotter than debian.
- Avshalom 10y agoWell part of GuixSD is actually trying to be more coherent. Guile underlies the init system, the package manager and quite a bit of system configuration between the two.
- rekado 10y agoI'm using GuixSD on most of my machines and all peripherals work. It's a matter of choosing hardware that does not require proprietary software.
- mastazi 10y agoThanks, I tried but couldn't find this specific bit of information.