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vivab0rg | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +2 
 Love ended with #guix both the software distribution (distro) and the package manager.

I really tried to love you #guix, I did. I even began learning some #guile #scheme (which I plan to continue regardless BTW)

But for the love of me the distro just did not support wireless networking on my testing laptop, even using the `non-guix` repo. and a wireless enabled unofficial ISO, thanks 
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The package manager was a nightmare to setup on #archlinux and on #debian forever failed to build a basic package like `chezmoi`

Maybe I'm too stupid and old and #guix is just too hardcore for me now.

So onto #nixos it is, which I had some very fond memories of the time it's package manager allowed to setup a development environment on an obsolete Macbook Air. It was the pandemic and #nixos made that Macbook usable despite #osx
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vivab0rg | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Too bad this came 3 months late for me. Follow!

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vivab0rg | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Just when I thougth #nixos was the cure for my #guix woes, the NixOS Foundation sells itself to Anduril Industries' military-complex rising star. I guess there's no bothering in anything non #GNU if you truly hold your principles high. Oh well, back to #Guile it is!

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vivab0rg | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Is #guix for mere mortals yet?

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vivab0rg | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That a seasoned #GNU #Linux sysadmin takes *3 hours* to install #GUIX *2 times* on a #thinkpad despite following the *official* Manual Installation instructions is all that is wrong about #GUIX now.

I love @David Wilson work and I do want to use #GUIX and #Guile but life is just too short. #devlife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJCHWbpTI-8

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vivab0rg | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It certainly felt like a mess-up for me. But I failed miserably at #guix

Any tip for next time? #asknostr

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