[HN Gopher] Guix for Development ___________________________________________________________________ Guix for Development Author : phlummox Score : 23 points Date : 2022-09-24 07:03 UTC (15 hours ago) (HTM) web link (dthompson.us) (TXT) w3m dump (dthompson.us) | amelius wrote: | Kind of disappointing that the Guix pytorch package has no GPU | support: | | https://guix.gnu.org/en/packages/python-pytorch-1.12.0/ | | This makes me wonder if Guix is ready for the real world. | grnmamba wrote: | Can't say the N word in Guix | | I think Guix is more than ready for providing development | environments, even for proprietary apps on open source | technology stacks (but Nix will probably be easier to pitch). | As an operating system much less so. | amelius wrote: | > Can't say the N word in Guix | | nVidia? Nix? Or Nonguix? | maartenh wrote: | Yes. | | Don't forget about non-GNU. | zetalyrae wrote: | If Guix uses Nix under the hood, is it "just" Nix with an | S-expression syntax (admittedly much better than Nix syntax) | and fewer packages? If so, is there a really compelling reason | to prefer Guix over NixOS? The only substantive difference I'm | aware of is the use of GNU Shepherd instead of systemd. | fiddlerwoaroof wrote: | As far as I know it doesn't use nix under the hood, it's a | reimplementation of nix in guile scheme. | zetalyrae wrote: | Ah, my mistake. I was certain it wrapped around Nix for | some reason. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-09-24 23:00 UTC)