GNU Guix: important free software project you've never heard of
GNU Guix can be used on top of a running Linux-based system, on i686 and x86_64, or using the virtual machine image.
GNU Guix is a purely functional package manager for the GNU system
In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, per-user profiles, and garbage collection
Video and more information here:
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/
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I'm confused as to what this does, and how it compares to, for example, apt.
But it looks very interesting. Does it compile packages from source, like portage?
I found this GNU Guix Reference Manual
I had heard about it :)
You can watch this video which is on GNU.org:
http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2013/Ludovic_Courtes-GNU_Guix_the_computing_freedom_deployment_tool_.webm
Could someone summerize what's the special feature of guix?
I would love to watch the video but I don't have much time at the moment.
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So a package manager, huh.
http://xkcd.com/927/
XD
That's one of my favourites