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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What are your opinions of Guix? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 10 months ago by CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I was just reading about it, it sounds like a pretty cool OS and package manager. Has anyone actually used it?

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[–] natecox@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

The biggest difference between Nix and Guix is that Guix doesn’t support non-foss software, meaning you can’t use it as a package manager on other operating systems. I originally wanted to use Guix but use a Mac for work, so that became a deal breaker.

Nix is pretty awesome as a package manager, I’ve been happy with it after the truly unnecessary learning curve brutality. I do not imagine I would ever use the full OS though.