From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id 6MK5CX5H7F/1EQAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:25:18 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id GLiTBX5H7F9rTgAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:25:18 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D963B9402A8 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:25:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:35624 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kuXjI-0003Nh-N2 for larch@yhetil.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2020 04:25:16 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54238) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kuXj9-0003Na-SG for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2020 04:25:07 -0500 Received: from flashner.co.il ([178.62.234.194]:58038) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kuXj8-0006U3-15 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2020 04:25:07 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [5.102.238.249]) by flashner.co.il (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 165AC4000F for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:25:03 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 11:24:31 +0200 From: Efraim Flashner To: guix-devel@gnu.org Subject: Installation report Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8Eg5BtQPlFIM817U" Content-Disposition: inline X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x41AAE7DCCA3D8351 X-PGP-Key: https://flashner.co.il/~efraim/efraim_flashner.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=178.62.234.194; envelope-from=efraim@flashner.co.il; helo=flashner.co.il X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-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: 2.1.23 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" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -3.93 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: D963B9402A8 X-Spam-Score: -3.93 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: qMoAlXmc8up/ --8Eg5BtQPlFIM817U Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I finally got all the pieces for my new desktop and went through the Guix System installer (for the first time) and wanted to share how it went. I too got tricked by the ISO being xz compressed and at first wrote that to my USB stick. After fixing that I was back to starting the installer. I have an insatiable need to know what all the buttons do, so I first booted into the firmware option, which did nothing for me (expectedly), and I had to reboot. After actually starting the install I changed over to TTY3 to format my disk as btrfs so I could just pass it to the installer. I don't remember most of the phases of the installer, but having read some of the bug reports I'm happy to note that I forgot to plug in my ethernet cord before booting but the network discovery didn't hang forever, it just kept on complaining at me until the network was auto-discovered, so that was a win. I did end up using the partitioning from the installer since I forgot to create an EFI partition, and I saw that btrfs was an option in the installer. My locale was set as en_IL.utf8 , which I left as-is, so we'll see if that causes me random issues or not. I normally set it as en_US since that's more of what's actually expected by most software. So far no problems on that. I'm not sure what the point of the tor-service being available in the installer is, but I added it since I was going to keep it anyway. I ended up with a very usable system with GDM and enlightenment desktop. It also left me considering if we should add xterm to the default installed packages or if it should be added to enlightenment, but I was left without a terminal after install and had to switch to TTY1 to install packages. For the purposes of bragging I've included the neofetch of my old desktop and my new desktop (I stole the GPU from my old machine for my new one): (ins)efraim@E5400 ~$ guix environment --ad-hoc neofetch -- neofetch .. `. efraim@E5400 `--..```..` `..```..--` ------------ .-:///-:::. `-:::///:-. OS: Guix System x86_64 ````.:::` `:::.```` Host: 7304A54 ThinkCentre M58e -//:` -::- Kernel: 5.4.84-gnu ://: -::- Uptime: 58 secs `///- .:::` Packages: 63 (guix-system), 89 (guix-u= ser) -+++-:::. Shell: bash 5.0.16 :+/:::- Terminal: /dev/pts/0 `-....` CPU: Pentium E5400 (2) @ 1.209GHz GPU: Intel 4 Series Chipset Memory: 394MiB / 3809MiB (ins)efraim@3900XT ~$ guix environment --ad-hoc neofetch -- neofetch .. `. efraim@3900XT `--..```..` `..```..--` ------------- .-:///-:::. `-:::///:-. OS: Guix System x86_64 ````.:::` `:::.```` Host: B550 AORUS ELITE -//:` -::- Kernel: 5.10.2-gnu ://: -::- Uptime: 18 hours, 34 mins `///- .:::` Packages: 60 (guix-system), 89 (guix-u= ser) -+++-:::. 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