From: Blake Shaw <blake@nonconstructivism.com>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>,
Guix Devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>,
guix-maintainers@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 21:20:02 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k0ciktbh.fsf@nonconstructivism.com> (raw)
Hi,
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!
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
>
I just had a client inquire about deploying to WSL2, so it's great news
to hear that this is working!
Hopefully it will mean that as the Guix tentacles extend, the
obsolescence, redundance, inconvenience & expense of proprietary
"middleware" like Windows will become clear to users.
May Guix/Guile march forward on the path of ubiquitous extensionality!
ez,
b
--
“In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni”
next reply other threads:[~2022-03-25 14:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-25 14:20 Blake Shaw [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-03-18 21:13 Building a software toolchain that works david larsson
2022-03-19 13:02 ` Windows Subsystem for Linux zimoun
2022-03-24 21:14 ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-03-25 3:43 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2022-03-25 9:04 ` Phil
2022-03-25 10:14 ` Oliver Propst
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