GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released

https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/2019/gnu-guix-1.0.1-released/

by ymse • 7 years ago

75 32 7 years ago

tomcam• 7 years ago

Wait, isn’t this a significant milestone? If I understand correctly GNU was formed originally to get an operating system out and this is their 1.0 release, something like 30 years later? I’m a capitalist, man of the right, and not a fan of RMS the public person but he’s been true to his principles and has changed the world. Congratulations, GNU team!

Also, it appears to be natively scriptable in Scheme, a Lisp variant. Pretty fun.

Hope champagne corks are popping in the GNU world.

matthewbauer• 7 years ago

Guix still uses Linux kernelby default. There is a GNU Hurd option but it is experimental.

opan4• 7 years ago

It uses Linux-libre specifically. Notably it lacks nonfree blobs.

Semiapies• 7 years ago

This particular project is only 7 years old.

https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/2019/gnu-guix-1.0.0-r...

settyness• 7 years ago

The milestone that marks GNU Guix 1.0 is their package manager I believe. At its core, this system still uses Linux as its kernel, so it's not the 'pure GNU' system that I believe you're describing. As it stands, GNU Hurd is still another 30 years away from completion (sadly). The GNU project's vision has been effectively realized with the Linux kernel, which itself is protected by the GNU GPL. GNU succeeded long ago, but this is their iteration of a free system with the Linux kernel.

I don't think capitalism and RMS' principles are mutually exclusive. RedHat was a big step towards proving this. One of my favorite games is open source (ToME), and I happily bought and paid for it. I'd happily pay for an open source, freedom-respecting operating system if my support was prioritized and didn't consist of canned answers from someone's clipboard. Closed, proprietary software has greatly benefited from many free software principles, albeit by strip mining the ever living crap out of them.

User23• 7 years ago

ToME is fantastic, GPL licensed, and you can play it on Guix. I can't see how to link directly, but search for "tome" on https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/T/page/3/

copperx• 7 years ago

I’m a capitalist, man of the right

What does that mean, related to computing?

ChristianBundy• 7 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics

_jal• 7 years ago

Some people's ideologies are so rigid that they must identify wrongthinkers before otherwise commenting on them, lest they be thought to have ideologically-incorrect cooties by other rigid ideologues.

instantwhat• 7 years ago

Those release notes are some of the best written I've ever seen. Clear, concise, comprehensive. Gives a lot of confidence in the project going forward. Nice work.

daniel_iversen• 7 years ago

Without a lot of thought or research I have no idea what Guix is! Even the website - https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/ - offers the reader no real clue about what it is.. Is it a unix distribution, linux distribution, graphics environment, window manager, ux app development framework - who knows! :-) ... please everyone remember to write decent copy for your projects - you have to market open source too.

cstrahan2• 7 years ago

At the very top of that page:

Guix is an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project—which respects the freedom of computer users.

On the about page:

The GNU Guix package and system manager is a free software project developed by volunteers around the world under the umbrella of the GNU Project.
Guix System is an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system. It uses the Linux-libre kernel, and support for the Hurd is being worked on. As a GNU distribution, it is committed to respecting and enhancing the freedom of its users. As such, it adheres to the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines.

So "Guix" is short for "Guix System", which is a distribution of linux. There's also the "Guix package manager".

Honest question: what part of the above portions of copy fail to convey what Guix is?

agumonkey• 7 years ago

no mention of nix... surprising

itsnotlupus2• 7 years ago

Maybe if you know what the "GNU operating system" is, it's a great description.

As for me, I had to keep reading until I saw "Linux" to go "oh ok, it's a Linux distro and they're being a little weird about it because it's GNU/Linux, nevermind it's GNU. It's just GNU."

jrumbut2• 7 years ago

I think there is a lot unclear there, or left to be desired.

For instance does advanced mean for advanced users, beginners need not apply, or that it is in advance of a real release and is sort of an alpha?

I have a macbook, can I run Guix on there? Or is this part of GNU Hurd (something that I heard about on /. 15 years ago)? What is a cool thing I can do with Guix, besides have my freedom respected? Do apt or Homebrew not respect that freedom?

I would love someone to break Guix down for me or point me to the best description because there are tantalizing hints of a cool thing but I never get a totally clear picture.

anaphor• 7 years ago

It's similar to https://nixos.org/ but instead of using the Nix language, it uses GNU Guile to configure everything (Scheme). I think they actually were inspired to create it by NixOS. So to answer your question, it's an operating system.

opan4• 7 years ago

Guix is a functional package manager, like Nix. Guix System is a distro built around it, like NixOS. You can run Guix on top of a "foreign" distro and enjoy most of its benefits. Partial upgrades, rollbacks, reproducible builds, etc.

civodul• 7 years ago

The "About GNU Guix" section at the bottom of the post should shed some light...

i_feel_great• 7 years ago

Can someone please explain what replaces systemd in Guix?

opan4• 7 years ago

Shepherd replaces systemd as the init system.

nextos• 7 years ago

Shepherd (not to be confused with Hurd). It's implemented in Guile Scheme too. See here: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Servic...

GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released

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