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I fucking love Guix
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Yeah, you can install non-free software, if you really want. I mentioned it in the post, but you can use nonguix or guixrus. They are separate channels, and you just copy like 5 lines into your config (or maybe another few, if you want substitutes). I've tried NixOS as well, but I find scheme to be more pleasant than Nix's DSL (even though I like Haskell). Also, the Guix home-manager equivalent is built-in. It was just a few small things like that, that made me find Guix to be more pleasant overall.
Thanks. I was considering trying Guix/NixOS next time I have to install loonix somewhere. NixOS gets a lot more exposure I feel. There are always people posting about it on hacker news and lobste.rs. But there are a couple things I found weird about it.
NixOS is the older project, that's probably why it gets noticed more.
NixOS has much more packages, and they are more up to date. Honestly, it is a shame because there are many things about Guix I prefer (especially its license). Also, if you are a developer, it is really nice getting to use nix flakes to set up your development environments.