[HN Gopher] Guix for Development
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       Guix for Development
        
       Author : phlummox
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2022-09-24 07:03 UTC (15 hours ago)
        
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       | amelius wrote:
       | Kind of disappointing that the Guix pytorch package has no GPU
       | support:
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       | https://guix.gnu.org/en/packages/python-pytorch-1.12.0/
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       | This makes me wonder if Guix is ready for the real world.
        
         | grnmamba wrote:
         | Can't say the N word in Guix
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         | 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.
        
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