* On 2015 03 Feb 03:22 -0600, Svante Signell wrote: > On Mon, 2015-02-02 at 16:54 -0600, [email protected] wrote: > > On Monday, February 02, 2015 07:57:23 PM Vlad wrote: > ... > > I think that uselessd or FreeBSD's compatibility projects are probably the > > most likely solutions. > > What about Guix with GNU dmd as init system? This is at least the GNU > future (and does not involve systemd at all) :)
I did an installation to a Qemu VM last year which was a bit tricky but doable. I did not try to use it beyond a bit of playing around. I found that the way it manages packages in a central "store" to be quite different from anything I am used to as is the location of various config files. The idea of being able to roll back to prior versions of various packages is intriguing but I did not use the system enough to get to test that feature. Guix is based on Nix, AIUI. The package administration and some of the system administration is done in Scheme. The installer needs an amount of polish to get to the level of a Slackware, let alone a Debian installer experience. Just my opinion, but it's likely the project will address that as other areas are stabilized. I had no chance to deal with dmd as I was playing and not trying to admin the system. The developers appear motivated toward a solid release to showcase the GNU System (sans HURD at this point). Of course, being a GNU project, various non-free kernel blobs and other software (contrib and non-free) are not available. This made installing to an actual hard drive partition on my T410 limited to using the Ethernet controller and not the Intel Wireless adapter. I never got far enough to install Xorg. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
