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Guix System Distribution

Last Update: 2018-12-06 18:12 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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Average visitor rating: 8.17/10 from 12 review(s).


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
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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:
 • 2018-12-06: Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.16.0
 • 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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Feature 0.16.0 0.15.0 0.13.0 0.12.0 0.9.0
Release Date 2018-12-06 2018-07-06 2017-05-22 2016-12-21 2015-11-04
End Of Life          
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 143-144 143-144 143-144    
Free Download IMG IMG IMG IMG IMG
Installation Text Text Text Text Text
Default Desktop n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Package Management Guix Guix Guix Guix Guix
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64
Init Software other other other other other
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4
Multilingual No No No No No
Asian Language Support
Full Package List 0.16.0 0.15.0 0.13.0 0.12.0 0.9.0
Package 0.16.0 0.15.0 0.13.0 0.12.0 0.9.0
abiword (3.0.2) 3.0.2 3.0.2 3.0.2 3.0.1 2.8.6
alsa-lib (1.1.8) 1.1.6 1.1.6 1.1.3 1.0.27.1 1.0.27.1
ati-driver (18.30) -- -- -- -- --
bash (5.0) 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3
bind (9.13.6) 9.12.2 9.12.1 9.11.1 9.10.4 --
chromium (72.0.3626.109) -- -- -- -- --
cups (2.2.10) 2.2.8 2.2.6 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.1.0
dhcp (4.4.1) -- -- -- -- --
e2fsprogs (1.44.5) 1.44.3 1.43.6 1.43.4 1.42.13 1.42.13
firefox (65.0.1) -- -- -- -- --
freetype (2.9.1) 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 4.7.4 5.2.0
gimp (2.10.8) -- -- 2.8.22 2.8.18 2.8.14
glibc (2.29) -- -- 2.21 2.21 2.21
gnome-shell (3.30.2) -- -- 3.22.2 3.20.4 --
gnucash (3.4) -- -- 2.6.16 2.6.14 2.6.6
gnumeric (1.12.44) -- -- 1.12.32 1.12.32 1.12.17
grub (2.02) -- -- 2.02 2.02 2.00beta2
gtk+ (3.24.5) -- -- -- -- --
httpd (2.4.38) 2.4.35 2.4.33 2.4.25 2.4.23 2.4.16
inkscape (0.92.4) 0.92.3 0.92.3 0.92.1 0.91 0.91
k3b (18.12.2) -- -- -- -- --
kmod (26) 25 25 24 22 17
krita (4.1.7) 4.1.5 3.3.3      
libreoffice (6.2.0) 6.1.3.2 6.0.5.1 5.3.1.2 5.1.5.2 5.0.0.2
linux (4.20.11) 4.14.85 4.14.52 4.11.2 4.1.36 4.2.5
Package 0.16.0 0.15.0 0.13.0 0.12.0 0.9.0
lxpanel (0.9.3) -- 0.9.3 0.99.2 -- --
mariadb (10.3.12) 10.1.37 10.1.33 10.1.23 10.1.19 10.0.20
mate-desktop (1.20.4) 1.18.0 1.18.0 1.16.1 1.16.1 --
mesa (18.3.4) 18.1.8 17.3.8 17.0.4 13.0.2 11.0.3
mysql (8.0.15) 5.7.23 5.7.21 5.7.18 5.7.16 5.6.25
nautilus (3.30.5) 3.26.2 3.26.2 3.22.2 3.20.2 --
NVIDIA (415.27) -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.5.2
openjdk (11.0.1) 10.46 -- -- -- --
openssh (7.9p1) 7.9p1 7.7p1 7.5p1 7.4p1 7.0p1
openssl (1.1.1a) 1.1.1 1.1.0h 1.0.2k 1.0.2j 1.0.2
perl (5.28.1) 5.28.0 5.26.1 5.24.0 5.24.0 5.16.1
php (7.3.2) -- -- 7.1.5 7.0.14 --
plasma-desktop (5.15.1) -- -- -- -- --
postfix (3.3.2) -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (11.2) -- -- 9.6.3 9.5.5 9.3.8
Python (3.7.2) -- -- 2.7.13 2.7.12 2.7.10
qt (5.12.1) 5.11.2 5.9.4 1.2.0 1.2.0 1.2.0
samba (4.9.4) 4.8.6 4.8.3 4.5.8 4.5.3 3.6.25
systemd (241) -- -- -- -- --
thunderbird (60.5.1) -- -- -- -- --
vim (8.1) 8.1 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.4
vlc (3.0.6) 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 4.12.0
xorg-server (1.20.3) 1.20.3 1.19.6 1.19.3 1.18.4 1.16.4

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Version: 0.16.0
Rating: 3
Date: 2018-12-06
Votes: 3


 Ouch! This distro is painful to install and after I was able to get it up and running it was very unstable and froze just moving the mouse. I'm not completely sure that it's the O/S's fault as I installed it as a VM.


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Version: 0.15.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2018-11-18
Votes: 9


 I was interested in switching to GuixSD from Gentoo, as I like the concept of having your entire system config defined in a single file, and having transactional system "states".

Install is relatively easy (even though it took me around 10 attempts). I had to merge the barebones.scm bios grub-boot and the lightweight-desktop.scm desktop's config, to get it working with i3-wm.

Compared to my Gentoo stack, I had 1000 extra packages. Coupled with the fact that most of these have to be compiled from source (very little substitutes (binaries) provided from the build farm), installs and upgrades take forever. Do to some bug, most versions of rust only compile with 1 or 2 threads. I think I had 5 version of rust required on my computer. Imagine the compile time.

IceCat: It just sucks. I didn’t think it would suck, but it does. It is not firefox. I cannot get Stylus, Old-Reddit, and many addons installed. For some reason, it does not seem to be compatible with many firefox addons. This makes it nearly useless for me.

Lack of: System-config-printer, Printer Drivers, xsane, Cadence.

Broken: virt-manager

Libre Issues:
I love libre software. I love the FSF. I hate libre-distros. They make it really hard for me to work with people outside, that do not use or know about libre-software. No flash for websites that need it. Also like I said, icecat doesn’t even work with many firefox addons, and you can’t install firefox because it’s non-free. Great.

Paths:
Everything is installed in different directory’s (/gnu/store) and applications don't know this. Currently my bash shell understands no commands except “pwd” and “whoami”. It’s fubared. That’s with copying system-paths using guix package –search-paths. I don’t even know anymore, I’m back to Gentoo for now.


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Version: 0.15.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-07-13
Votes: 22


 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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