Notices tagged with nix

“Trying Guix: A Nixer's Impressions”
https://tazj.in/blog/trying-guix

Insightful post with a good understanding of the differences between #Nix and #Guix.

Even installing #nix via their provided install script doesn't install man pages.
WTF?

I can't help but thinking the nix devs are going "hah, only n00bs need man pages" x3

@dlakelan sort of, I mostly used unstable for years with a short flirt with Ubuntu in between and switched to GNU #Guix nine years ago. Converted all my machines and never looked back.

Guix is #Nix's sister, takes a stronger stance on freedom and uses the general purpose Guile Scheme language for everything...both were a big plus for me but I recognize that's personal and depends on your needs and preferences. Nix works OOTB on more machines and provides much more softwares.

Initially I used guix as a package manager on Debian and switched to Guix System after a couple of months after I had moved all my development into the Guix realm.

@Linux @rriemann @eu_os I agree with the point raised about #NixOS and have suggested looking into this a few times wrt EU OS. Using #Nix as build tool really is a very unique approach to building a Linux based OS and completely cuts out the notion of a “distribution”. It takes a more direct path from the upstream source code (kernel, systemd, …) to a working OS. Thus entirely sidestepping the raised concerns about another distro used as a base.

@rriemann @neo @Linux @eu_os isn't this disingenuous? you are comparing migrations to Linux and you are asking to an explicit migration to NixOS? it's not like your bootc thing was tried in public sectors?

either way, what Neo proposed was to use Nix and this was successfully used at the European Commission, Target, Shopify, Mercury and many more companies who document their usage of #Nix

even Google is using #Nix these days, so…

❄️ NixOS 25.05 has been released.

https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2025/nixos-2505/

#NixOS #Nix #Linux

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#NixOS

Ideas that you get when walking off to blow out steam: I'll just build a VM inside Proxmox, and try to replicate all the services from one of my Raspberry Pi. If it works, I'll put it in production. 🤔 💡
#HomeLab #Proxmox #Nix #RaspberryPi

Mark your calendars! #NixCon 2025 is set:
📍 Where: OST, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
📅 When: September 5-7, 2025 (Fri-Sun)

Tag your fellow Nix fans, spread the word, and let’s make this the best NixCon yet! More details here: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixcon-2025-5-7-september-in-rapperswil-jona-switzerland/62255
#Nix #NixOS

#guix social talk this week by @paulbutgold on self-hosting @forgejo using #oci / #docker #containers

His Gocix project brings the power of declarative configuration to running container services.

Details on the Wiki or register at the Meetup:

- https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/GuixSocial

- https://www.meetup.com/guix-social/events/306340848/

@fnat

#guix #nix #linux #containers #docker #oci #scheme #guile #selfhosting #forge #foss

I am currently contracted to the US federal government. It's likely that soon my contract will vanish.

I am looking for a company or a contract that needs a remote/US-DC-area senior developer/architect with very deep Python, UNIX and networking experience, and extensive cloud experience.

I am also very interested in #nix and #nixos.

Boosts appreciated!

#getfedihired

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chmcdonough/

https://github.com/mcdonc

#batman mesh on #nix with @numinit at #scale22

My employer has just announced the removal of all hybrid work so here goes. If you/your org is in need of an early career developer with professional experience in #php, #cSharp, and #react, I’m your guy! Non-professionally, I also have experience working with #rust, #lua, and #nix (individually). I can pick up new concepts fairly quickly and I’d say I communicate very well. I’ve worked as a developer for 2.5 years and before that I was in IT for about the same amount of time. Do your thing fedi #getFediHired

For #guix social I'm going to do a talk for #beginners on trying #guix as a #linux distribution. Basically, how to install Guix System, and getting started.

I'm going to do it in a #kvm #vm as that's an easy way to try the #nix derived #declarative goodness without fully committing.

What do you think the key things are to cover? Any particular sticky areas? Anything that was super interesting when you were getting started? What do #beginners need to know?

Guix online social event - Thursday 27th - come along and chat about all things #linux, #foss, #nix and #scheme associated!

Yeah, that's this Thursday so we can just get our first #guix meet-up of the year into February! What can I say, it's been a busy year!

As usual details are here:

https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/PatchReviewSessions2024

And on the linked meetup page!

@fnat

@luj I use #Guix on my X230, and it’s a good daily driver (though I found it a bit slower than #Nix). But I wouldn’t use it on a server, I’m way too used to systemd, haha. Also, there are too many useful NixOS options in nixpkgs that I wouldn’t have the courage to rewrite. I’ve been using it for more than six months now, and I still haven’t found the motivation to contribute a single time to the Guix sources repository…

Guile and RDE Intenships.

RDE applied for GSoC 2025 as a mentoring organization. The results will be on February 27.

I put the list of the project ideas here:
https://trop.in/rde/internship

However, GSoC is not the only way to do the internship. We have some funding contributed by our community members https://opencollective.com/rde and can arrange an internship regardless. Just contact me or drop a message on rde-discuss for details.

#guile #guix #rde #nix #scheme #webassembly #nrepl #vscode #foss #floss

What's the #1 improvement #guix contributors would like to see?

Timely reviews and actions taken on contributions. It was #1 in every question, with so many comments!

Lots of contributors thinking about ways to automate patch reviews and QA. The theme is removing friction from the Dev Experience.

Both Python and #Nix have approaches to this. What's the approach for Guix? Lots to talk about on this front at #guixdays

More here:

https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/guix-user-and-contributor-survey-2024-the-results-part-3/