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# GuixSD
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Similar to NixOS is GuixSD, a libre Linux distribution based on the
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`guix` package manager. It’s basically the same distribution as NixOS
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except that the configuration files for the system are written not in
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a special DSL but with Scheme (a Lisp dialect). So if you are already
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familiar with Lisp or even with Scheme itself, you should be able to
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learn how to use and maintain GuixSD pretty fast.
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GuixSD has a pretty extensive documentation, although I don’t find it
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to always be very clear.
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Just like above, be aware not to mistake Guix for GuixSD; Guix is a
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package manager that can be installed on a lot of UNIX-like systems
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(mainly Linux ones, I don’t know if it’s possible to install it
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elsewhere aside from GNU/Hurd) while GuixSD is the whole operating
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system based on this package manager.
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As a Lisp lover, I would definitively switch to this operating system
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if it weren’t for its hostility towards nonfree and proprietary
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software and packages –my WiFi won’t work unless I install the nonfree
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Linux kernel from unofficial repositories, kernel which is recompiled
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each time it is upgraded– and a lot of software and packages need
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custom packaging so you can install them. I love to tinker, but as
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much as spending literally hours on getting everything I need
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correctly packaged for GuixSD. Some people are fine with that though,
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such as [SystemCrafters](https://systemcrafters.net/) who creates
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great content for Emacs and Guix users.
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* [Homepage](https://guix.gnu.org/)
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* Downloads:
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* [Stable](https://guix.gnu.org/en/download/)
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* [Latest](https://guix.gnu.org/en/download/latest/)
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