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From: Joshua Branson <jbranso@dismail.de>
To: kevinbanjo <kevinbanjo@gmail.com>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: converting a distro to guixsd
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:28:21 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y2gp3ssa.fsf@dismail.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOHcZqOtPTZqoCGfSnSP-4zXSu5_H+Yt1Zw6N3MRRKCMwoOryg@mail.gmail.com> (kevinbanjo@gmail.com's message of "Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:47:37 -0800")

kevinbanjo <kevinbanjo@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 7:42 PM Joshua Branson <jbranso@dismail.de> wrote:
> I started trying to use this to install The Guix System ("TGS") directly
> using the instructions here but due to a bug in busybox (not being able to
> access directory entries on the virtual disk partitions) I decided to try
> and just install it over Alpine.
>
> https://github.com/giuliano108/guix-packages/blob/master/notes/Guix-on-WSL2.md
>
>> That would get running guix as a package manager in WSL.
>> Then you could do some playing around.
>>
>> You could also try running Guix System inside a virtual machine in Windows.
>>
>>
> That's kind of in essence what WSL (at least version 2) is.
Ahhh.  I didn't know that.
Does qemu work on Linux?  You could install Guix System that way.
>
>> If you really want computing freedom, you might be interested in dual
>> booting windows and Guix System.  That way at boot time you could choose
>> to boot into Windows or Guix System.
>>
>>
> I tried that with no luck, the difficulties of which can be seen in some of
> my very recent earlier emails to this list.
>
>> I personally gave up Windows a long time ago.  I prefer GNU/Linux
>> because I want to be able to watch all the sappy romantic comedies I
>> want and not report it to Big Brother.  :)
>>
>>
> Yes, I have mostly stuck to some form of Unix most of my long career but
> recently I've been asked to develop software for windows and there are
> several applications I need that only run under it.   Also, I've downloaded
> a bunch of stuff on it recently I'd rather not move off yet so I was
> thinking I'd use WSL to check out several more innovative recent distros
> before I try and wipe it and go fully native (perhaps eventually running
> windows in a VM under linux)

Ok.  Well best of luck!
>
> -Kevin

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-19 14:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-17 18:38 converting a distro to guixsd kevinbanjo
2021-01-17 19:47 ` jbranso
     [not found]   ` <CAOHcZqO_xm4_YiGmgr1LvHozXA3UANnzTBUps8dyQ1_rK1M4Hw@mail.gmail.com>
2021-01-18  3:42     ` Joshua Branson
2021-01-18 17:47       ` kevinbanjo
2021-01-19 14:28         ` Joshua Branson [this message]
2021-01-19 20:41           ` kevinbanjo

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