Guix gets a distribution called PantherX

Guix gets a distribution called PantherX

[Jonathan Brielmaier]

Hi Guix folks,

following a link from bug#34435 I found a pretty interesting website:
https://www.pantherx.org

They creating a "modern, Unix-like computer operating system" based on
GNU Guix[0] with focus on ease of use and privacy.

I never heard about it before, but to me it looks quite promising.
According to their timeline a public beta will be released in August
2019. Before there seem to be some (closed) alpha and beta versions.

Their team consists of 9 Members[1], which is pretty impressive.

They also develop an ARM based Mini-Computer called "Panther Alpha"[2].

Though I couldn't find any of the team members in some Guix commits or
patches...

Kind Regards
Jonathan Brielmaier

[0] https://wiki.pantherx.org/PantherX-compared-to-other-distributions/
[1] https://www.pantherx.org/about/
[2] http://www.panther-mpc.com/panther-alpha/

Re: Guix gets a distribution called PantherX

[Pjotr Prins]

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 06:58:25PM +0100, Jonathan Brielmaier wrote:
> Hi Guix folks,
> 
> following a link from bug#34435 I found a pretty interesting website:
> https://www.pantherx.org
> 
> They creating a "modern, Unix-like computer operating system" based on
> GNU Guix[0] with focus on ease of use and privacy.
> 
> I never heard about it before, but to me it looks quite promising.
> According to their timeline a public beta will be released in August
> 2019. Before there seem to be some (closed) alpha and beta versions.
> 
> Their team consists of 9 Members[1], which is pretty impressive.
> 
> They also develop an ARM based Mini-Computer called "Panther Alpha"[2].
> 
> Though I couldn't find any of the team members in some Guix commits or
> patches...
> 
> Kind Regards
> Jonathan Brielmaier
> 
> [0] https://wiki.pantherx.org/PantherX-compared-to-other-distributions/
> [1] https://www.pantherx.org/about/
> [2] http://www.panther-mpc.com/panther-alpha/

This is an interesting start. GNU Guix, GNU Hurd and other projects
may change the shape of computing in the coming 10 years. All we need
is a clued in chip manufacturer.

Pj.

Re: Guix gets a distribution called PantherX

[Jonathan Brielmaier]

They released some slides about their "Panther for Business":
https://www.pantherx.org/panther-for-business/

It's mostly about the features of PantherX and the billing concept etc.
But at the end of the page their are some slides about using IPFS in the
PantherX "ecosystem".

They also have a quite ambitious vision to have a 100% decentralized
system by 2022, which doesn't require any central server.

On 2/11/19 6:58 PM, Jonathan Brielmaier wrote:
> Hi Guix folks,
>
> following a link from bug#34435 I found a pretty interesting website:
> https://www.pantherx.org
>
> They creating a "modern, Unix-like computer operating system" based on
> GNU Guix[0] with focus on ease of use and privacy.
>
> I never heard about it before, but to me it looks quite promising.
> According to their timeline a public beta will be released in August
> 2019. Before there seem to be some (closed) alpha and beta versions.
>
> Their team consists of 9 Members[1], which is pretty impressive.
>
> They also develop an ARM based Mini-Computer called "Panther Alpha"[2].
>
> Though I couldn't find any of the team members in some Guix commits or
> patches...
>
> Kind Regards
> Jonathan Brielmaier
>
> [0] https://wiki.pantherx.org/PantherX-compared-to-other-distributions/
> [1] https://www.pantherx.org/about/
> [2] http://www.panther-mpc.com/panther-alpha/
>