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Guix System Distribution

Last Update: 2018-07-06 16:36 UTC

Guix System Distribution (GuixSD) is a Linux-based, stateless operating system that is built around the GNU Guix package manager. The operating system provides advanced package management features such as transactional upgrades and roll-backs, reproducible build environments, unprivileged package management, and per-user profiles. It uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package manager, but packages are defined as native Guile modules, using extensions to the Scheme language.

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Guix System Distribution Summary
Distribution Guix System Distribution (GuixSD)
Home Page https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/
Mailing Lists http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/ • http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/GNU-Distribution.html • https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual
Screenshots DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/
Bug Tracker https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-guix
Related Websites
Reviews 0.15.0: DistroWatch
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases, download links and checksums:
 • 2018-07-06: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.15.0
 • 2017-05-22: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.13.0
 • 2016-12-25: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.12.0
 • 2016-08-03: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.11.0
 • 2016-03-29: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.10.0
 • More GuixSD releases...

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  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
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Feature 0.15.0 0.13.0 0.12.0 0.9.0
Release Date 2018-07-06 2017-05-22 2016-12-21 2015-11-04
End Of Life        
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 143-144 143-144    
Free Download IMG IMG IMG IMG
Installation Text Text Text Text
Default Desktop n/a n/a n/a n/a
Package Management Guix Guix Guix Guix
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64
Init Software other other other other
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4
Multilingual No No No No
Asian Language Support
Full Package List 0.15.0 0.13.0 0.12.0 0.9.0
Package 0.15.0 0.13.0 0.12.0 0.9.0
abiword (3.0.2) 3.0.2 3.0.2 3.0.1 2.8.6
alsa-lib (1.1.7) 1.1.6 1.1.3 1.0.27.1 1.0.27.1
ati-driver (18.30) -- -- -- --
bash (4.4.18) 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3
bind (9.13.3) 9.12.1 9.11.1 9.10.4 --
chromium (70.0.3538.102) -- -- -- --
cups (2.2.9) 2.2.6 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.1.0
dhcp (4.4.1) -- -- -- --
e2fsprogs (1.44.4) 1.43.6 1.43.4 1.42.13 1.42.13
firefox (63.0.3) -- -- -- --
freetype (2.9.1) 2.9 2.7.1 2.6.3 2.6
gcc (8.2.0) 4.7.4 4.7.4 4.7.4 5.2.0
gimp (2.10.8) -- 2.8.22 2.8.18 2.8.14
glibc (2.28) -- 2.21 2.21 2.21
gnome-shell (3.30.2) -- 3.22.2 3.20.4 --
gnucash (3.3) -- 2.6.16 2.6.14 2.6.6
gnumeric (1.12.43) -- 1.12.32 1.12.32 1.12.17
grub (2.02) -- 2.02 2.02 2.00beta2
gtk+ (3.24.1) -- -- -- --
httpd (2.4.37) 2.4.33 2.4.25 2.4.23 2.4.16
inkscape (0.92.3) 0.92.3 0.92.1 0.91 0.91
k3b (18.08.3) -- -- -- --
kmod (25) 25 24 22 17
krita (4.1.5) 3.3.3      
libreoffice (6.1.3) 6.0.5.1 5.3.1.2 5.1.5.2 5.0.0.2
linux (4.19.2) 4.14.52 4.11.2 4.1.36 4.2.5
Package 0.15.0 0.13.0 0.12.0 0.9.0
lxpanel (0.9.3) 0.9.3 0.99.2 -- --
mariadb (10.3.10) 10.1.33 10.1.23 10.1.19 10.0.20
mate-desktop (1.20.3) 1.18.0 1.16.1 1.16.1 --
mesa (18.2.5) 17.3.8 17.0.4 13.0.2 11.0.3
mysql (8.0.13) 5.7.21 5.7.18 5.7.16 5.6.25
nautilus (3.30.3) 3.26.2 3.22.2 3.20.2 --
NVIDIA (410.78) -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.5.2
openjdk (10.0.2) -- -- -- --
openssh (7.9p1) 7.7p1 7.5p1 7.4p1 7.0p1
openssl (1.1.1) 1.1.0h 1.0.2k 1.0.2j 1.0.2
perl (5.28.0) 5.26.1 5.24.0 5.24.0 5.16.1
php (7.2.12) -- 7.1.5 7.0.14 --
plasma-desktop (5.14.3) -- -- -- --
postfix (3.3.1) -- -- -- --
postgresql (11.1) -- 9.6.3 9.5.5 9.3.8
Python (3.7.1) -- 2.7.13 2.7.12 2.7.10
qt (5.11.2) 5.9.4 1.2.0 1.2.0 1.2.0
samba (4.9.2) 4.8.3 4.5.8 4.5.3 3.6.25
systemd (239) -- -- -- --
thunderbird (60.3.1) -- -- -- --
vim (8.1) 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.4
vlc (3.0.4) 3.0.3 2.2.5.1 2.2.4 2.2.1
xfdesktop (4.12.4) 4.12.0 4.12.0 4.12.0 4.12.0
xorg-server (1.20.3) 1.19.6 1.19.3 1.18.4 1.16.4

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Version: 0.15.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-07-13
Votes: 20


 Brilliant ideas, comprehensible minimal installation, and the package manager is working very well on other distributions.

But the distribution still doesn't install and run easily. I'm dying to see what 1.0 will bring. This is a very worthy project that needs more time to cook.


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Version: 0.15.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-07-09
Votes: 0


 I got it working ,but soon it freezes and i cant click on menu or move any open app on xfce desktop.I was able to type in terminal ,but most click option didnt work.


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Version: 0.15.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-07-08
Votes: 1


 Really buggy error messages filling the screen as I "tried" to install it. It simply stopped, screen went to black, then the hard drive went to sleep - both times. I look forward to using GUIX, however it doesn't seem to be ready for prime time just yet. Great philosophy and packages, though. Great start!


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