banazir@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 10 days agoGNU Guix 1.5.0 released — 2026 — Blog — GNU Guixguix.gnu.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down10
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minus-squarePetteriPano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·9 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-squarebanazir@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-29 days 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.
minus-squareIEatDaFeesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 days agoAnd with a much slower website for searching packages than Nix’s
minus-squarea Kendrick fan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 days agohttps://toys.whereis.social/ ?
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 days agoBuild tool, package builder, package manager, configuration manager, and a distro built on those aspects. You can use any aspect indepently though
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.
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.
And with a much slower website for searching packages than Nix’s
https://toys.whereis.social/ ?
(but-with 'nix (lots-of 'parenthesis))
Build tool, package builder, package manager, configuration manager, and a distro built on those aspects. You can use any aspect indepently though