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* [PATCH 1/2] doc: Add note for first time users on arbitrary system.
@ 2016-05-29 17:05 Hartmut Goebel
  2016-05-29 17:05 ` [PATCH 2/2] doc: Update specification for Python packages Hartmut Goebel
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From: Hartmut Goebel @ 2016-05-29 17:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: guix-devel

* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add note about no need for a
virtual machine.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 01363c1..fab39e5 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2015, 2016 Leo Famulari@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Ben Woodcroft@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Chris Marusich@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Efraim Flashner
+Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Efraim Flashner@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Hartmut Goebel
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -354,6 +355,12 @@ dependencies.  This is often quicker than installing from source, which
 is described in the next sections.  The only requirement is to have
 GNU@tie{}tar and Xz.
 
+Installing Guix on an arbitrary system as descibed here is absolutely
+save for your originating system. Only two directories, a service and a
+bunch of easy-to-spot users are created. All work you'll do will be done
+within this. Even for your first steps setting up a virtual machine is
+completely unnecessary.
+
 Installing goes along these lines:
 
 @enumerate
-- 
2.7.4

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