From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adonay Felipe Nogueira Subject: Re: Guix on macOS Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:50:56 -0200 Message-ID: <87y3nzz0nz.fsf@hyperbola.info> References: <87bmldavre.fsf@gmail.com> <87efq8pwrf.fsf@gnu.org> <87mv4viknx.fsf@gmail.com> <87bmlbp64m.fsf@gnu.org> <6902429e-9161-83ea-d29b-a2031150839d@fastmail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41331) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e7NxQ-0004Bg-Uy for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:51:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e7NxN-0004z3-Mv for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:51:05 -0400 Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.194]:54863) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e7NxN-0004xK-Fz for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:51:01 -0400 Received: from adfeno-pc1 (unknown [179.220.59.33]) (Authenticated sender: adfeno@hyperbola.info) by relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 20B76C5A46 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:50:58 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <6902429e-9161-83ea-d29b-a2031150839d@fastmail.net> (Konrad Hinsen's message of "Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:08:13 +0200") 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 I hope they get more used to referring to GNU operating system, or GNU/Linux operating system too. I find it puzzling that most people call it Linux, the kernel (Linux) alone isn't an operating system, let alone usable without one. ;) Konrad Hinsen writes: > There are those nasty real-world constraints, indeed. I'd be happy to > run 100% free software on personal hardware. But my employer restricts > the hardware I am allowed to buy and requires me to use Microsoft > Windows (no, LibreOffice won't do). That makes macOS an attractive > choice, the alternative being a Windows/Linux dual boot system. > > A "free software subsystem" inside macOS is definitely attractive for > me, because I could then run strictly the same software as my > Linux-using colleagues. With the features of Guix, it would be even > better. > > Konrad.