GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released

Re:GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released by tomcam on Monday May 20, 2019 @06:58PM (#19966101)

Wait, isn’t this a significant milestone? If I understand correctly GNU was formed originally to get an operating system out and this is their 1.0 release, something like 30 years later? I’m a capitalist, man of the right, and not a fan of RMS the public person but he’s been true to his principles and has changed the world. Congratulations, GNU team!

Also, it appears to be natively scriptable in Scheme, a Lisp variant. Pretty fun.

Hope champagne corks are popping in the GNU world.

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Re:GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released by Semiapies on Monday May 20, 2019 @07:15PM (#19966225)

This particular project is only 7 years old.

https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/2019/gnu-guix-1.0.0-r...

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Re:GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released by matthewbauer on Monday May 20, 2019 @07:03PM (#19966143)

Guix still uses Linux kernelby default. There is a GNU Hurd option but it is experimental.

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Re:GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released by opan on Monday May 20, 2019 @09:13PM (#19966839)

It uses Linux-libre specifically. Notably it lacks nonfree blobs.

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Re:GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released by settyness on Monday May 20, 2019 @07:18PM (#19966248)

The milestone that marks GNU Guix 1.0 is their package manager I believe. At its core, this system still uses Linux as its kernel, so it's not the 'pure GNU' system that I believe you're describing. As it stands, GNU Hurd is still another 30 years away from completion (sadly). The GNU project's vision has been effectively realized with the Linux kernel, which itself is protected by the GNU GPL. GNU succeeded long ago, but this is their iteration of a free system with the Linux kernel.

I don't think capitalism and RMS' principles are mutually exclusive. RedHat was a big step towards proving this. One of my favorite games is open source (ToME), and I happily bought and paid for it. I'd happily pay for an open source, freedom-respecting operating system if my support was prioritized and didn't consist of canned answers from someone's clipboard. Closed, proprietary software has greatly benefited from many free software principles, albeit by strip mining the ever living crap out of them.

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Re:GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released by User23 on Monday May 20, 2019 @08:17PM (#19966591)

ToME is fantastic, GPL licensed, and you can play it on Guix. I can't see how to link directly, but search for "tome" on https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/T/page/3/

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Re:GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released by copperx on Monday May 20, 2019 @07:19PM (#19966257)

> I’m a capitalist, man of the right

What does that mean, related to computing?

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Re:GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released by _jal on Monday May 20, 2019 @08:46PM (#19966714)

Some people's ideologies are so rigid that they must identify wrongthinkers before otherwise commenting on them, lest they be thought to have ideologically-incorrect cooties by other rigid ideologues.

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Re:GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released by ChristianBundy on Monday May 20, 2019 @07:50PM (#19966439)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics

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Re:GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released by geekone on Monday May 20, 2019 @08:57PM (#19966769)

What does it mean in the context of computing though?

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Re:GNU Guix 1.0.1 Released by nicklaf on Monday May 20, 2019 @09:57PM (#19967037)

It means he's not a fan of the GNU philosophy: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-impor...

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