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The total lack of any reasonable support anywhere online outside of an IRC channel makes this a tough thing to justify. Guix is already a niche solution in a n
by BaseballPhysics 4y ago
The total lack of any reasonable support anywhere online outside of an IRC channel makes this a tough thing to justify. Guix is already a niche solution in a niche area of distributions and package management, and finding solutions to problems is hard enough. The fact that there's an actual social stigma to even mentioning the non-free repo dramatically reduces the chances you'll find any meaningful help online.
Heck, I recall hitting Google and trying to search for "Guix stock kernel" and finding zero meaningful results beyond some hints of a non-free repo that no one could point to or talk about in any of the "official" project venues.
- opan 4y agoIRC channels are what I consider the main support for the vast majority of free software projects. What else would there be? A forum or something? There's the manual and the mailing lists. If you meet users of Guix out in the wild you can talk to them wherever you are also. This doesn't seem particularly unique to me.
- wdkrnls 4y agoThere is also a gitlab repo with easy to follow instructions for making custom installation media with a single Guix command and a git clone. https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix