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Guix does not make non-free software "intentionally more difficult", it just excludes it from the main repository. There is a nonfree repo that you can add to y
by yyyk2 4y ago
Guix does not make non-free software "intentionally more difficult", it just excludes it from the main repository. There is a nonfree repo that you can add to your guix channels.
- slim 4y agothe non free repo explicitly asks you not to talk about it https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix looks intentional to me
- yyyk2 4y agoWell, all it says that you shouldn't promote it on the "official channels" (i.e. the mailing list and the #guix libera.chat channel). Guix, the package manager itself, does not make installing non-free packages any more difficult than free packages. I suppose it could be said that Guix (the project) makes finding non-free packages harder, although anecdotally I will say that nonguix is the first thing I've heard about guix, since it seems to be the most controversial part of it.
- throw10920 4y agoWhile it's technically correct to say that the software itself does not make it particularly difficult to install non-free packages, it also doesn't come with non-free repos when you set it up, and the documentation and official support channels intentionally lack information on non-free repos. As default settings and documentation are a critical part of a software project, it still has the end result of making it harder (much harder for non-technically-inclined users) to do so.
- daptaq 4y agoNon-free software is just off-topic in official channels, there is no need to interpret malicious intent into it. It is no more difficult to enable nonguix than it is to enable any other repository.
- striking 4y agoI don't think anyone was implying malice, just that there was intent. Nothing wrong with having principles.
- 0x457 4y agoI'm sorry, but if ask how to install Firefox and no one tells me in official channel or, worse, suggests alternative browser/fork of firefox. That's a pretty intentional way of making things hard.
- podiki 4y agoI'm sure someone will tell you, perhaps privately. Everyone is quite nice there and no one is going around trying to shame people or kick them out.
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