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minus-squarePetteriPano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·2 days agoI spent a few clicks on the site trying to figure out what guix is and does. It’s a distro. Saved you a click.
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoBuild tool, package builder, package manager, configuration manager, and a distro built on those aspects. You can use any aspect indepently though
minus-squareHaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-21 day agoGuix is much more and takes management of software dependencies to a new level. Here is my recent summary of it: https://feddit.org/post/23120439 see also, for a discussion in c/linux, https://feddit.org/post/23151683
minus-squarebanazir@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-21 day agoGuix is a package manager you can install on most distros and works beside other package managers, similar to Snap and Flatpak. And it’s a distro.
I spent a few clicks on the site trying to figure out what guix is and does.
It’s a distro. Saved you a click.
Build tool, package builder, package manager, configuration manager, and a distro built on those aspects. You can use any aspect indepently though
Guix is much more and takes management of software dependencies to a new level.
Here is my recent summary of it:
https://feddit.org/post/23120439
see also, for a discussion in c/linux,
https://feddit.org/post/23151683
Guix is a package manager you can install on most distros and works beside other package managers, similar to Snap and Flatpak. And it’s a distro.
It is like Nix, but cleaner.
(but-with 'nix (lots-of 'parenthesis))