From: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
To: kiasoc5 <kiasoc5@disroot.org>
Cc: Nicolas Graves <ngraves@ngraves.fr>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Guix / Nix Benchmarks
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:14:26 +0300 [thread overview]
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On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 02:55:21PM -0400, kiasoc5 wrote:
> On 6/19/23 08:54, Nicolas Graves via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU
> System distribution. wrote:
> >
> > One of the criticism that can be read online about Guix (compared to
> > Nix) is its speed. I have never tried Nix and probably won't in a near
> > future, but I was wondering if some work has been made to compare them
> > on basic tasks (package installation, removal...) (the reason why I ask
> > is to be able to give an honest answer to someone hesitating between
> > both).
> >
>
> At least package installation is faster with Nix. One reason is that Hydra
> (their "substitute server") has faster download speeds compared to
> CI/Bordeaux, likely due to multiple geographical locations/mirrors.
I believe on the Nix side that includes a ~$9000/month bill for AWS.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-20 9:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-19 12:54 Guix / Nix Benchmarks Nicolas Graves via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-06-19 18:55 ` kiasoc5
2023-06-20 5:24 ` Csepp
2023-06-20 9:14 ` Efraim Flashner [this message]
2023-06-20 10:45 ` W. T. Meyer
2023-06-20 14:48 ` Nicolas Graves via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-07-02 20:30 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-07-02 21:42 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2023-07-02 22:02 ` Wilko Meyer
2023-07-03 6:17 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2023-08-19 12:11 ` Simon Tournier
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