From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miles Fidelman Subject: good overview presentation? Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 11:04:42 -0400 Message-ID: <4009641b-f771-1095-435b-80aed6c279c6@meetinghouse.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:43163) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hOkbP-0007O1-LM for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2019 11:04:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hOkbN-0005uX-K7 for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2019 11:04:54 -0400 Received: from server1.neighborhoods.net ([207.154.13.48]:45235) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hOkbN-0005ty-FL for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2019 11:04:53 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by server1.neighborhoods.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE426CC461 for ; Thu, 9 May 2019 11:04:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from server1.neighborhoods.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server1.neighborhoods.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id vTHEdfOrAOrz for ; Thu, 9 May 2019 11:04:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Miless-MBP.fios-router.home (pool-96-237-100-57.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [96.237.100.57]) by server1.neighborhoods.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 07656CC45E for ; Thu, 9 May 2019 11:04:43 -0400 (EDT) Content-Language: en-US List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix Hi Folks, Is there a good, current, overview presentation on all things GUIX?=C2=A0= The=20 whole who, what, where, when, why, how, how much, and who cares overview=20 that one might give at USENIX, describing a new distro. I've been doing a lot of googling, and not finding anything remotely=20 current.=C2=A0 Lots of stuff on detailed aspects, some videos (but no sli= des)=20 from FOSDEM 2019 - but nothing that gives the big picture, the overall=20 architecture, the build process, and so forth. It seems like the release of v1.0.0 merits a serious=20 intro/overview/tutorial for those of us who might be interested in=20 exploring/adopting GUIX. If there's such a beast floating around, could someone point me at it=20 (and maybe add a prominent link at https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/). If not... a polite suggestion to the team:=C2=A0 Nobody else can put=20 something together, it's all too new, and you're the only folks who have=20 the big picture.=C2=A0 Please share! Miles Fidelman --=20 In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. In our lab, theory and practice are combined: nothing works and no one knows why. ... unknown