4 ms·

Guix is very focused on "free" software and as such is very limiting. IE, if you want to use Discord, Slack, or Steam on guix you're going to have to figure tha

Guix is very focused on "free" software and as such is very limiting. IE, if you want to use Discord, Slack, or Steam on guix you're going to have to figure that out yourself. Nix makes this much easier and you're much more likely to find ready made packages for even esoteric software. Nix has over 3 times as much software as Guix. Nix also goes for a lot more composability than guix with nix flakes. It makes it nearly trivial to package any software you want. You may want to give Nix a try if you had trouble with Guix.

kdtsh 3y ago
The way to use discord/slack/steam/teams/[proprietary nonfree app that you can’t build yoirself] on Guix is to install Flatpak and run it in a sandbox.
SkyMarshal 3y ago
The GUIX community has a non-free package repo, you just add it as a GUIX channel and problem solved: https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix Also as kdtsh mentioned, Flatpak.