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In Guix's case, a working desktop with wayland + proprietary Nvidia drivers. (I'm actually using Kinoite, which is the KDE spin of silverblue) I could install

by bogwog 4y ago

In Guix's case, a working desktop with wayland + proprietary Nvidia drivers. (I'm actually using Kinoite, which is the KDE spin of silverblue) I could install Guix on top of something like Ubuntu or Fedora workstation for the same effect, but then I'll have two system package managers side by side, which is pointless and probably error prone.

von_lohengramm 4y ago
You can do that with NixOS trivially.
- rekado 4y ago
  And of course with Guix System. (odd to always see Nix* mentioned when someone talks about Guix.)
  - striking 4y ago
    Comparing https://wiki.systemcrafters.cc/guix/nvidia/ https://wiki.systemcrafters.cc/guix/nvidia/ with https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nvidia https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nvidia makes me think that in this specific case there's a difference.
    - pxc 4y ago
      A question for nonguix contributors, including OP: is there a reason that nonguix has an nvidia package but not an nvidia service that handles more of this in a streamlined way, even just some stuff copied and pasted from this wiki?
      - podiki 4y ago
        There's an ongoing effort to smooth out the entire Nvidia process, e.g. https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix/-/issues/198 https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix/-/issues/198 has the current discussion. As anyone that has dealt with Nvidia on Linux, it is always a bit of a hassle and the effort hasn't yet happened to make it as smooth in Guix as other distros. We're getting there though.
  - RaitoBezarius 4y ago
    Well, Guix is also mentioned when someone talks about Nix, seems fair to me (and of course, Guix may be more relevant sometimes!).
  - von_lohengramm 4y ago
    Well, Nix was mentioned a few posts up... But in general, Guix is directly based off of Nix and is seen by many as "Nix + Guile + GNU". Is it odd to see people talking about a different BSD in a {Free,Open,Net,*}BSD thread?
    - podiki 4y ago
      Guix is quite different from it's origins, though some of the oldest part of the daemon are still from the Nix days, if I understand. It will one day be rewritten in all Guile, presumably.

by bogwog 4y ago

von_lohengramm 4y ago

You can do that with NixOS trivially.

rekado 4y ago
And of course with Guix System. (odd to always see Nix* mentioned when someone talks about Guix.)
- striking 4y ago
  Comparing https://wiki.systemcrafters.cc/guix/nvidia/ https://wiki.systemcrafters.cc/guix/nvidia/ with https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nvidia https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nvidia makes me think that in this specific case there's a difference.
  - pxc 4y ago
    A question for nonguix contributors, including OP: is there a reason that nonguix has an nvidia package but not an nvidia service that handles more of this in a streamlined way, even just some stuff copied and pasted from this wiki?
    - podiki 4y ago
      There's an ongoing effort to smooth out the entire Nvidia process, e.g. https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix/-/issues/198 https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix/-/issues/198 has the current discussion. As anyone that has dealt with Nvidia on Linux, it is always a bit of a hassle and the effort hasn't yet happened to make it as smooth in Guix as other distros. We're getting there though.
- RaitoBezarius 4y ago
  Well, Guix is also mentioned when someone talks about Nix, seems fair to me (and of course, Guix may be more relevant sometimes!).
- von_lohengramm 4y ago
  Well, Nix was mentioned a few posts up... But in general, Guix is directly based off of Nix and is seen by many as "Nix + Guile + GNU". Is it odd to see people talking about a different BSD in a {Free,Open,Net,*}BSD thread?
  - podiki 4y ago
    Guix is quite different from it's origins, though some of the oldest part of the daemon are still from the Nix days, if I understand. It will one day be rewritten in all Guile, presumably.