From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tanguy Le Carrour Subject: Introducting myself Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:57:56 +0200 Message-ID: <20190413085756.jsk7frxh5gmga4ub@sophet.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:43962) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hFERU-00063K-Cf for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Apr 2019 04:55:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hFERT-0000n8-72 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Apr 2019 04:55:20 -0400 Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.199]:58821) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hFERS-0000m4-UJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Apr 2019 04:55:19 -0400 Received: from localhost (89-92-229-106.hfc.dyn.abo.bbox.fr [89.92.229.106]) (Authenticated sender: tanguy@bioneland.org) by relay9-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0359DFF804 for ; Sat, 13 Apr 2019 08:55:13 +0000 (UTC) Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Dear Guix community, I've been playing with GuixSD for few weeks now. I was looking for a distribution recommended by the FSF, but was not pleased with Trisquel or Parabola, so I ended up trying GuixSD. And I have to admit that I haven't been disappointed! The documentation looks good, the installation procedure is straight forward… so I decided to take the plunge and to install it as my main OS on my [Vikings D8][1]. [1]: https://store.vikings.net/ryf-certified-hardware/d8ryf As much as I was disappointed by `pacman` package manager, I really enjoy using `guix` and I don't miss `sudo pacman -Sy some-mess` **at all**!! And, icing on the cake, I read recently that you guys were interested in the Hurd [3], a project I've been following for years and even contributed a bit to. [3]: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-04/msg00007.html The picture is not all bright however, and things started to get complicated when I tried to customize the system. I've been using Python as my main language for more than 10 years and Guile is… something that I still have to get used to! ^_^' As you might expect, I have a ton of questions! I might even have found one bug or two that I'll post on the mailing list! And in a while, I hope, I'll be able to contribute some package definitions. But before I do, I just wanted to tell you that GuixSD really looks like a great project and that you guys have done a great job! I hope to be able to play a role in the future of Guix! Best regards -- Tanguy