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Guix and GuixSD are definitely interesting. I am currently running Guix on top of Fedora for my desktop and just recently started running GuixSD on my laptop. P
by orangeshark 8y ago
Guix and GuixSD are definitely interesting. I am currently running Guix on top of Fedora for my desktop and just recently started running GuixSD on my laptop. Probably my favorite feature that I use the most is guix environment which can help me set up all the necessary packages needed to build and work on projects.
I think there is a lot of hidden potential in Guix, especially with the choice of Guile as the language. The article demonstrates a bit of what you can do from Guile with some small script examples. A lot of the functionality of Guix is exposed and can be used to create tools and scripts. I sort of wonder what interesting tools and scripts will be made using this.
- vindarel 8y agoNice. What languages do you build environments for ? Are they ready for a typical python & JS (vuejs) project ?
- rekado 8y agoPython: sure. JS: ... it's complicated. See this article for an introduction to the problems of attempting to match npm with principled package management: https://dustycloud.org/blog/javascript-packaging-dystopia/ https://dustycloud.org/blog/javascript-packaging-dystopia/
- orangeshark 8y agoI have used guix environments for python, c++, and guile projects.