2026-08-25T04:10:49Z https://nostr.now futurile https://nostr.now/npub1yxd2m5paprsrk3u5cz04aagjv330qlme26478y4hg7lqw2zfqgfshjvmge https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd8lyxh9r7kvv7wlgtrjug7m7tyu4k2us67yp5a3lh3y85qyesy2gzyqse4tws85ywqw68jnqf7hh4zfjx9url09t2hcujkarmupegfyppxwecmke In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqcy9zvyd3z5e44pl0lp96kcq0fms2lussz2n2tafhpr9l60ptv7slx6764'>nevent1q…6764</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nice! keep the #guix updated on how it&#39;s going - it&#39;s always interesting to hear about the &#39;new user&#39; experience. <br/><br/>If you need help then the #guix irc channel is good, and the help-guix mailing list.<br/><br/><a href="https://guix.gnu.org/en/help/">https://guix.gnu.org/en/help/</a><br/><br/>There&#39;s also a Zulip where some of us hang out: <a href="https://guix.zulip.com/">https://guix.zulip.com/</a> 2026-06-14T06:42:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdy6k8uj0guwc500624u0egtd0rk979n9ek3nwjdvlle8m6pn26lgzyqse4tws85ywqw68jnqf7hh4zfjx9url09t2hcujkarmupegfyppxpqjsml In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszwlgtu5qwg0wn7f32jnlt9zt09uaspkqud6p2t50yzq7ngjgz78s9qmqg8'>nevent1q…mqg8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So to be clear it says something like &#34;Calculating xxxx&#34; but at the end it decides it doesn&#39;t need to build anything?<br/><br/>The most common thing is that there&#39;s something in config that means it builds a derivation each time. I think Ieure (others?) on the #guix channel know what sorts of configs cause this.<br/><br/>But it sounds like it isn&#39;t doing this, it&#39;s just the calculation of the graph is slow? 2026-05-07T16:21:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspjkpvlavnthq8eehnxpnt7awhvh5pp7wcz24f6lvhfw8l70hqdvczyqse4tws85ywqw68jnqf7hh4zfjx9url09t2hcujkarmupegfyppxaxs3cn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvw8pamc5slkk0tarw6juwnddyqcas5rywr9fqyhz90h3jfhh0zjs82qmzg'>nevent1q…qmzg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s no built-in way to speed it up that I know off.<br/><br/>Some parts just seem slow.<br/><br/>Some parts may be naive and don&#39;t cache anything: so something like a cc-cache could work I guess.<br/><br/>Annoyingly you can&#39;t restart a long-running build. 2026-05-06T16:21:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvw8pamc5slkk0tarw6juwnddyqcas5rywr9fqyhz90h3jfhh0zjszyqse4tws85ywqw68jnqf7hh4zfjx9url09t2hcujkarmupegfyppxrx47gy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswvz3trf98hu3e3jy2vyw5u9czpmlcnhef6wj0atyqf3lh9z85nxqzncu89'>nevent1q…cu89</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah it makes sense when you _know_ what it&#39;s doing, but it&#39;s slightly counter-intuitive.<br/><br/>The --max-jobs is for how many builds the guix daemon will do in parallel.<br/><br/>If you are building lots of small libraries then it makes sense to use it. If you are building one big thing, then it won&#39;t help.<br/><br/>The --cores assigns the number of cores PER BUILD. So if you have 4 builds (--max-jobs 4), and you set --cores 2, then it will use 8 in total. 2026-05-06T16:19:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgsz48v03pyd02z7njhj85k2cm4anjq0qg6w7k95z2nt8fmt4pzegzyqse4tws85ywqw68jnqf7hh4zfjx9url09t2hcujkarmupegfyppxqf8f9k #guix social talk this week by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1d7psgd8lzekcaylctd5hpyjdmwqvr5fxrfmc0tknk2nk79qxcnuqk2yq8v" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Giacomo Leidi</span> (<span class="italic">npub1d7p…yq8v</span>)</a></span> on self-hosting <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12r320mcnpx7hnsr9v8ydwdk9eyqrlpm8usvspwzpd4hw8g5l9rdscrzz58" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Forgejo</span> (<span class="italic">npub12r3…zz58</span>)</a></span> using #oci / #docker #containers <br/><br/>His Gocix project brings the power of declarative configuration to running container services.<br/><br/>Details on the Wiki or register at the Meetup:<br/><br/>- <a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/GuixSocial">https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/GuixSocial</a><br/><br/>- <a href="https://www.meetup.com/guix-social/events/306340848/">https://www.meetup.com/guix-social/events/306340848/</a><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub173ac7xuqpkgf4ylgdjyt8t8v2ct9s2p2pctw5k83tm8h0llxfhasx8tqn7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Fabio Natali</span> (<span class="italic">npub173a…tqn7</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#guix #nix #linux #containers #docker #oci #scheme #guile #selfhosting #forge #foss<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/218/097/210/993/788/original/581becc04589ac08.png"> <br/> 2025-03-24T15:28:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2jq9fzpzdy6djerlvm833gt57vvz0sqvewgmh6jue0af6tht7y9czyqse4tws85ywqw68jnqf7hh4zfjx9url09t2hcujkarmupegfyppxgnpkut How is #guix used as a #GNU #Linux #distro ?<br/><br/>System level packages are managed through #declarative configuration same as #nixos . User level packages using Guix Home.<br/><br/>Roughly 50% use guix home to manage their #dotfiles - big increase over hosted users.<br/><br/>40% to package their own #software - 36% for #isolated #development.<br/><br/>Lots of requests to deal with #dev dependencies (e.g. Python&#39;s requirements.txt) and languages like #rust #golang and #npm <br/><br/>See:<br/><br/><a href="https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/guix-user-and-contributor-survey-2024-the-results-part-2/">https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/guix-user-and-contributor-survey-2024-the-results-part-2/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/900/937/552/874/429/original/8b7670094d10d87a.png"> <br/> 2025-01-27T15:05:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswnyn3cce7avaeadkkswx9xkxv7mfrryvcaee22hc7q6vwf7rzxyczyqse4tws85ywqw68jnqf7hh4zfjx9url09t2hcujkarmupegfyppxnyxc3m #guix is growing and many new users are adopting it! <br/><br/>Almost 75% of the user-base are recent adopters having used it for less than 4 years. 50% less than 2 years!<br/><br/>It&#39;s a similar to #Nix who&#39;s survey showed 65% of users were 0-2 years. <br/><br/>There&#39;s been a surge of interest in the benefits of #declarative and #reproducibility. <br/><br/>And with #guix we also get #lisp and #gnu #freesoftware - but don&#39;t worry you don&#39;t _have_ to use #emacs to use Guix (said the #vim user)<br/><br/>See:<br/><br/><a href="https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/guix-user-and-contributor-survey-2024-the-results-part-1/">https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/guix-user-and-contributor-survey-2024-the-results-part-1/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/883/638/744/870/855/original/9e00a3bea61d5f93.png"> <br/> 2025-01-24T13:49:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdcdgvkz868rpv2uy83gy29hlr23kj4fg88zvfqz8m42ks05zss3czyqse4tws85ywqw68jnqf7hh4zfjx9url09t2hcujkarmupegfyppx9pc6lc Guix Social just welcomed our 105th member to the meetup group! It&#39;s been a really fun year of chat and talks about Guix, the declarative approach to Linux, as well as Guile, Scheme and Lisp.<br/><br/>Next week we have another really interesting talk. If you&#39;re interested in hanging out with a friendly group - find out more on the Meetup or Wiki pages!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.meetup.com/guix-social/events/304634420/">https://www.meetup.com/guix-social/events/304634420/</a><br/><br/><a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki?title=Group:Guix/PatchReviewSessions2024">https://libreplanet.org/wiki?title=Group:Guix/PatchReviewSessions2024</a><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub173ac7xuqpkgf4ylgdjyt8t8v2ct9s2p2pctw5k83tm8h0llxfhasx8tqn7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Fabio Natali</span> (<span class="italic">npub173a…tqn7</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#linux #apps #guix #nix #guile #scheme #lisp 2025-01-10T10:14:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst75hawekt5uagq0css33zld9x3p8vn96tjr5l7zfcjwyx572e8kczyqse4tws85ywqw68jnqf7hh4zfjx9url09t2hcujkarmupegfyppxtp5uxm What should we call a group of Guix users? <br/><br/>One #Guix person is clearly a, &#39;Guix user&#39;, but what is a group? It&#39;s not a flock, and it can&#39;t be a Herd obviously! And anyway, #Guix and #Nix users are forging their own own path! In fact any #Linux user is already a pioneer. So what do you call a group of Guix users?<br/><br/>[@luis_felipe](<a href="https://mastodon.online/@luis_felipe">https://mastodon.online/@luis_felipe</a> ) reminded me there&#39;s no currently accepted one! 2024-11-19T08:40:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx6r83x4np9dk7py3u9t6cq2qxqy683pc5dqsec4w4f7zv4stts8czyqse4tws85ywqw68jnqf7hh4zfjx9url09t2hcujkarmupegfyppx2x45j2 #foss #freesoftware #gnu #fsf #libre Hello! please help us promote the Guix user and contributor survey. We&#39;re gathering the views of anyone who&#39;s used #Guix or contributed to it:<br/><br/><a href="https://guix.limesurvey.net">https://guix.limesurvey.net</a><br/><br/>Please repost for visibility to all #linux #nix and #opensource #emacs #scheme #guile fans! (did I miss any?!) 2024-11-11T19:06:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqgqzduw0jp6y6rmd9mskm4vw34dlfhd4zy90hzpymvyjjg4gvxaqzyqse4tws85ywqw68jnqf7hh4zfjx9url09t2hcujkarmupegfyppx7mac33 We&#39;ve launched the #guix user and contributor survey. Gathering feedback across the community. <br/><br/><a href="https://guix.limesurvey.net/">https://guix.limesurvey.net/</a><br/><br/>The projects never done this before so it be great to get input from across the community! Both users and contributors.<br/><br/>There&#39;s also a section for people who previously used #guix to understand their experiences adopting Guix. So if you came from #nix #emacs #scheme #guile - whether just for a bit or a long time - we&#39;d love to gather your experiences as well. 2024-11-11T18:52:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsra7v5mgfk2kydtvz0wzlvjw76dyelv9lqt8u53kygh5rvnfelj0gzyqse4tws85ywqw68jnqf7hh4zfjx9url09t2hcujkarmupegfyppxecsc29 New video - How to update packages in #guix and contribute them to the project. Goes through each step, for someone who wants to be a new contributor. Tries to covers the tools, steps and a check-list to go through so someone can &#39;follow along&#39;. With a practical example - updating borgmatic.<br/><br/>Full video here:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSn1_NZzQ7o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSn1_NZzQ7o</a><br/><br/>Uses #guix, #guile, #vim, #stackedgit, #git, #emacs, #git and #debbugs with ❤️<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/209/144/538/149/337/original/f38392f29c3f2a59.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-09-27T11:06:46Z