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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] Neon 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

NixOS User here: what made you use Guix over NixOS?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Scheme is a more mature and more expressive language than Nix imo. And you can write your home configs in scheme too.

The differences aren't that big, nix is great but I find (at least I did two years ago) the documentation a bit confusing. Both are great. I like scheme a lot better than Nix (the language), and the tooling is a bit less confusing to me.

[–] Neon 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And you can write your home configs in scheme too

so you have your own Version of Home-Manager as well?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I didn't know about home-manager, but it seems like it.