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Re:What is Nix and why you should try it by thomastjeffery on Sunday October 15, 2017 @08:25PM (#15480107)
Guix explicitly rejects non-free software.

Unfortunately, that isn't workable for most of us.

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Re:What is Nix and why you should try it by nextos on Monday October 16, 2017 @06:20AM (#15482167)
Note you can use any Nix package in Guix...
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Re:What is Nix and why you should try it by nejenendn on Sunday October 15, 2017 @08:39PM (#15480143)
Ouch. Is this at a legal or community level?
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Re:What is Nix and why you should try it by thomastjeffery on Sunday October 15, 2017 @09:26PM (#15480303)
Community.

There may even be community-based sources for non-free packages, but they are explicitly ignored by the Guix project.

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Re:What is Nix and why you should try it by hackermailman on Sunday October 15, 2017 @09:45PM (#15480369)
Anybody can run guix publish however and self publish their own non-free substitutes if they wanted, plus there's all the existing non-free substitute servers around, and you can try your luck with guix import from nixpkgs. The community won't help anybody if they ask for help with non-free software though.

I haven't missed any non-free packages since switching to Guix surprisingly, I always seem to find a free alternative though my daily req are pretty basic.

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Re:What is Nix and why you should try it by thomastjeffery on Monday October 16, 2017 @01:38AM (#15481088)
> plus there's all the existing non-free substitute servers around

Where?

> The community won't help anybody if they ask for help with non-free software though.

This, specifically, is where Nix has the advantage.

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