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Re:Guix for Development by attila-lendvai on Monday January 26, 2026 @06:56AM (#46764569)
it does happen, and it happened to me, too.

but the attitude has been changing recently from active shaming for even mentioning non-free stuff, to passive acceptance of pragmatically pointing a newcomer to nonguix.

Re:Guix for Development by digiown on Monday January 26, 2026 @11:38AM (#46767810)
That's nice to hear. I'm a big fan of lisp and I want to switch to nix or guix at some point in the future.
Re:Guix for Development by kevinrineer on Monday January 26, 2026 @12:16PM (#46768396)
That's good to hear. The intolerance to non-guix (or, possibly, my perception that it was intolerance) made me shy away from the project. This was especially so because I use repaired devices with proprietary HW that would otherwise have been binned by their owners.
Re:Guix for Development by attila-lendvai on Monday January 26, 2026 @01:27PM (#46769525)
we need to speak up for common sense. i did, maybe too much even, and it has cost me some standing with the project lead... but it must be done nevertheless!

people need to understand what freedom means. sure, do inform others about the downsides of using non-free stuff... but it's very hard to help freedom by shaming and alienating people for trying to use hardware they already own.