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Sat, 19 Aug 2023 07:57:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Simon Tournier To: Nicolas Graves , guix-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: Guix / Nix Benchmarks In-Reply-To: <87h6r3vchn.fsf@ngraves.fr> References: <87h6r3vchn.fsf@ngraves.fr> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 14:11:36 +0200 Message-ID: <86r0nzxmdj.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::434; envelope-from=zimon.toutoune@gmail.com; helo=mail-wr1-x434.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list 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+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Scanner: mx0.migadu.com X-Spam-Score: -9.57 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 02DA54EA53 X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -9.57 X-TUID: 5F6794n2v0vf Hi, On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 at 14:54, Nicolas Graves via "Development of GNU Guix a= nd the GNU System distribution." wrote: > One of the criticism that can be read online about Guix (compared to > Nix) is its speed. I have never tried Nix and probably won't in a near > future, but I was wondering if some work has been made to compare them > on basic tasks (package installation, removal...) (the reason why I ask > is to be able to give an honest answer to someone hesitating between > both). I would find that very helpful. For some command, I find Guix very slow, especially when compared with Apt or Aptitude from Debian. But that is comparing Apple to Orange. :-) For sure, =E2=80=9Cguix search=E2=80=9D is very slow [1]. 1: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/39258 Cheers, simon