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Re:What is Nix and why you should try it by majewsky on Sunday October 15, 2017 @05:53PM (#15479518)
Not the grandparent, but from what i can see, grandparent compares Nix with traditional package managers like dpkg or RPM, rather than Guix.

I cannot answer your question, but I think Nix has (for some reason) a lot more publicity than Guix at the moment.

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Re:What is Nix and why you should try it by joepie91_ on Sunday October 15, 2017 @06:34PM (#15479715)
Guix is derived from Nix, so that might be why.
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Re:What is Nix and why you should try it by rekado on Monday October 16, 2017 @02:07AM (#15481199)
If by "derived" you mean that it is another implementation of functional package management, then you are right.

But if "derived" implies that Guix is a fork, then you are mistaken.

Guix is not a fork of Nix.

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Re:What is Nix and why you should try it by xwvvvvwx on Monday October 16, 2017 @02:58AM (#15481371)
Guix is built on top of the nix daemon, so while it's not strictly a fork, derived seems fair.
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