GNU Guix: important free software project you've never heard of

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dadix
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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/

lloydsmart

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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?

dadix
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I found this GNU Guix Reference Manual

https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Features

SalmanMohammadi
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quantumgravity
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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.

dudeski

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So a package manager, huh.
http://xkcd.com/927/

muhammed
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XD

That's one of my favourites