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Re:Guix Further Reduces Bootstrap Seed to 25% by mason55 on Monday June 15, 2020 @11:34AM (#23528455)
I am a basic Nix user so I can't speak to much, but my understanding is that one of the major difference is Guix uses Scheme (or a Scheme-like language) for config so it's more familiar. Nix uses their own language, also called Nix.

On the other hand I believe the package repo for Nix is much more comprehensive and kept more up to date.

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Re:Guix Further Reduces Bootstrap Seed to 25% by janneke on Monday June 15, 2020 @12:58PM (#23529666)
NixOS is an awesome system and Guix owes much to it and its creator, @edolstra.

Although GNU Guix is my personal preference, I believe that NixOS is an excellent choice and for the most part we have a shared vision.

If you are still using a legacy system, you'll want to try NixOS or GNU Guix!

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Re:Guix Further Reduces Bootstrap Seed to 25% by rekado on Monday June 15, 2020 @12:30PM (#23529207)
> On the other hand I believe the package repo for Nix is much more comprehensive and kept more up to date.

What makes you say so?

(disclaimer: I'm a contributor to Guix and just upgraded several hundred R packages.)

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Re:Guix Further Reduces Bootstrap Seed to 25% by jbboehr on Monday June 15, 2020 @07:43PM (#23534365)
When I was deciding between Nix and Guix, perhaps 5 years ago, I definitely got the impression that Nix had more contributors and the more comprehensive package set, which is one reason why I ultimately decided on NixOS. I couldn't say which was more up-to-date, but, well, anything not up-to-date is an excuse for me to contribute :)

That being said, at the time I had wanted to choose Guix over Nix. The channels seemed a bit better thought-out and grafts sounded like a good idea.

Not having a lisp background though, it was just easier for me to get into Nix.

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