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The problem with Nix is that it's not a proper programming language. I'll take Scheme over yet another obscure language that manages to irritate me in many ways

• res0nat0r 8y ago
  I setup and used a headless nixos box for about a year or so, it was fun to play around with but I did get tired after a while of the nix programming language. It was just too weird to figure out and google around to try and find what I needed to do sometimes. Trying to get virtualenvs of python packages, or using rbenv / bundler type installs for ruby was also just too much of a pain in the butt. https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-language-ruby https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-language-ruby Trying to figure my way around installing ruby/python libraries just was too hard most of the time without a good amount of work that it wasn't worth it in the long run. Guix has been on my radar to try and install and play with in-depth soon. If their installer will work with a VM without a days worth of research to work around any quirks I'm all in for checking it out.
  • lfam 8y ago
    Installing Guix in a VM has its own section of the manual: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Installing-GuixSD-in-a-VM.html https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Instal...
    • res0nat0r 8y ago
      I think I remember trying that a while back and couldn't quite get it working, I'll need to try again soon.
• pknopf 8y ago
  If you want immutability with a traditional package manager, try Darch: https://godarch.com https://godarch.com