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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: Guix Devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>,
	guix-maintainers@gnu.org, zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:43:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878rsyy9x5.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ils39hoy.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic Courtès"'s message of "Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:14:21 +0100")

Hello,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> About FSDG, the arguments are exactly the same as GNU Emacs on
>> Windows. :-) No?  I mean, GNU Emacs provides a full port on Windows and
>> such port is available on the same side as other platforms on their
>> website [1].  The rationale [2]:
>>
>>         The purpose of the GNU system is to give users the freedom that
>>         proprietary software takes away from its users. Proprietary
>>         operating systems (like other proprietary programs) are an
>>         injustice, and we aim for a world in which they do not exist.
>>
>>         To improve the use of proprietary systems is a misguided
>>         goal. Our aim, rather, is to eliminate them. We include support
>>         for some proprietary systems in GNU Emacs in the hope that
>>         running Emacs on them will give users a taste of freedom and
>>         thus lead them to free themselves.
>>
>> would also make sense for GNU Guix, no?
>
> Just like the Emacs manual has an appendix on Windows support, I think
> the cookbook could have a section on setting up Guix on WSL2.
>
> Cc’ing maintainers for their thoughts!

I think if it's worded correctly (e.g., by hinting that WSL2 is an
inferior means of running Guix than via Guix System or one of the others
GNU/Linux distributions), it can be a fine and useful addition to the
cookbook.  I have fellow coworkers (not at Savoir-faire Linux, mind you
:-)) who have yet to escape their Windows jail; giving them a taste of
what is possible out there with Guix would probably be a real eye
opener.  At the minimum it would present Guix as a technically viable
alternative to Docker & friends in these circles.

Thanks,

Maxim


  reply	other threads:[~2022-03-25  4:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-03-14 19:05 Building a software toolchain that works Ryan Prior
2022-03-14 20:26 ` Pjotr Prins
2022-03-14 21:40   ` David Arroyo
2022-03-15  8:19     ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-03-17  9:20       ` zimoun
2022-03-16 14:02     ` Josselin Poiret
2022-03-16 15:28       ` Ryan Prior
2022-03-16 20:13         ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-03-17 15:35     ` Maxime Devos
2022-03-17 16:56       ` David Arroyo
2022-03-14 23:57   ` Olivier Dion via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2022-03-15  8:23     ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-03-15  8:42       ` Pjotr Prins
2022-03-15 12:32       ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-03-17 12:56     ` zimoun
2022-03-18 21:13       ` david larsson
2022-03-18 23:59         ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-03-19 13:02         ` Windows Subsystem for Linux zimoun
2022-03-24 21:14           ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-03-25  3:43             ` Maxim Cournoyer [this message]
2022-03-25  9:04               ` Phil
2022-03-25 10:14                 ` Oliver Propst
2022-03-17 20:04   ` Building a software toolchain that works Katherine Cox-Buday
2022-03-18  6:27     ` Pjotr Prins
2022-03-18  9:10       ` Oliver Propst
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-03-25 14:20 Windows Subsystem for Linux Blake Shaw

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