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A comment on GNU Guile 2.2.0. Parent comment

Re:GNU Guile 2.2.0 by davexunit on Thursday March 16, 2017 @03:06PM (#13888046)
Yes, it is relevant. For example, Guile powers an entire GNU/Linux distribution[0] where Guile is used for the init system, initial ram disk, and package manager.

[0] https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/

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Re:GNU Guile 2.2.0 by flukus on Thursday March 16, 2017 @07:45PM (#13890166)
That looks cool and/or terrifying. How does it go usability wise?
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Re:GNU Guile 2.2.0 by davexunit on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:54PM (#13896837)
It's quite usable, but like anything could be better. I run GuixSD as my daily driver OS on a laptop and desktop and it's very comfortable for my needs. OS upgrades can be easily rolled back in case I screw something up so I feel more confident to experiment with my system.
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Re:GNU Guile 2.2.0 by B___K on Friday March 17, 2017 @09:23PM (#13899370)
How does it compare to say Arch?
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Re:GNU Guile 2.2.0 by amirouche on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:12PM (#13896434)
It's easier to declare packages recipes using guile than a mix of xml/bash/config files that other distro use.
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