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Mainly the mindshare. Nix has a massive set of packages. You’ll have to build more derivations for guix.
by mplanchard 1y ago
Mainly the mindshare. Nix has a massive set of packages. You’ll have to build more derivations for guix.
- johnisgood 1y agoI assumed that, but "only" that? I genuinely wonder. I did not get around to try Nix yet.
- mplanchard 1y agoI think it’s “only” that yeah. Both have fundamentally the same capabilities. Nixpgs may provide more out of the box library functionality than guix, I’m not sure, but as far as I know there’s nothing possible in one that isn’t possible in the other. Would be glad to be corrected by anyone with more experience, though. I’ve run NixOS for years now, but have only dabbled with guix.
- pxc 1y agoGuix already has as many packages as Nixpkgs did back when I started using it, and like Nixpkgs, the package set is growing exponentially. What you say is true but it also seems to me like for many, Guix already provides a very useful starting point.
- mplanchard 1y agoI hope you’re right. I love nix and NixOS, but I really don’t enjoy the nix language. A lisp would be so much more pleasant.