This is heading in the right direction - in my analysis, many things we do,
including Free Software, are all forms of creative subversion of Capitalism.
We need note creativity, not less 😄
> On Mar 20, 2022, at 03:19, Ryan Prior wrote:
>
> Zimoun wrote:
>> Today, Guix provides a script that
Zimoun wrote:
> Today, Guix provides a script that allows to install on any foreign Linux
> distribution. [...] Guix provides a “nightly“ VM. And, IIRC, Guix is also
> available via upstream Gnome boxes. Somehow, it is already “Guix for
> Desktop”, no? ;-)
An important bit of context here is th
Hi,
> Technically, I think we could use a similar approach to the Docker for
> Desktop system: a "Guix for Desktop" installs software to create and
> manage a minimal Guix System virtual machine which automatically updates
> and reconfigures itself, requiring no manual administration by the
> end-
Hi,
> I run Guix including GUI applications from Windows via WSL2 (Windows
> Subsystem for Linux). It may help some to try it out if this setup was
> easier and more documented, though I suppose that is somewhat prevented
> to go via official channels by the FSDG guidelines.
Cool! I knew that
Hi Ryan,
March 19, 2022 1:08 AM, "Ryan Prior" wrote:
> One of the side-threads in "Building a software toolchain that works" was
> essentially this:
>
> If I fetch sources for a package using Guix, with the intention to make
> changes and then build and
> test the software myself, what shoul
Hi Ryan,
Perhaps Im being cynical but opening the doorway to lots of plug-and-play users
atm could overwhelm the people heroically stabilising and smoothing out the OS.
Jonathan
March 19, 2022 1:21 AM, "Ryan Prior" mailto:rpr...@protonmail.com?to=%22Ryan%20Prior%22%20)>
wrote:
One side-thread
Hi,
Am Samstag, dem 19.03.2022 um 00:20 + schrieb Ryan Prior:
> One side-thread in "Building a software toolchain that works" notes
> that Guix faces challenges for adoption because it's not readily
> available to users of proprietary operating systems like macOS and
> Windows.
That's true to
Ryan Prior schreef op za 19-03-2022 om 00:08 [+]:
> Would it be feasible or desirable to create a set of "reason"
> symbols, similar to our "licenses," and attach a reason (or unknown?)
> to each snippet and patch? Then we can expose meaningful data to the
> end-user about patches & snippets th
