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Guix isn't exactly an operating system though, it's a package manager, like apt on Debian. I think the reason the Guix page calls it an "operating system" is f
by bogwog 5y ago
Guix isn't exactly an operating system though, it's a package manager, like apt on Debian.
I think the reason the Guix page calls it an "operating system" is for the same reason Stallman gets annoyed when people say they're using a "Linux operating system" instead of a "GNU/Linux operating system", since Linux is just one component, and not the actual "OS".
Not sure why this has to be so confusing. IMO, the homepage should just say it's a package manager, and note that they also offer a Linux distro based on it.
- cygx 5y agoGuix isn't exactly an operating system though, it's a package manager, like apt on Debian. The terminology went through some iterations, but according to the manual, Guix can nowadays refer to either: It's a "package management tool for and distribution of the GNU system" (emphasis mine). The distibution can be used standalone (in which case it's called Guix System), or as a package manager on top of a host system.