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charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::430; envelope-from=joshua.r.marshall.1991@gmail.com; helo=mail-wr1-x430.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -17 X-Spam_score: -1.8 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-guix@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Spam-Score: -5.75 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 4919D54BAB X-Migadu-Scanner: mx0.migadu.com X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -5.75 X-TUID: IQmzBhy7YX4I One thing which could be done is to use https://repology.org/ to map currently installed packages from detected package managers to available packages in Guix and inform the user about missing packages. That could help. On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 9:18=E2=80=AFAM Josh Marshall wrote: > > Very helpful! > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 6:37 AM Simon Tournier w= rote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, 03 Oct 2023 at 23:49, Josh Marshall wrote: >> >> > I have a base minimal system of Ubuntu with Guix and Nix tacked on. I >> > would like to move everything over to Guix with Nix tacked on. Is >> > there a guide on how to do this? >> >> To me knowledge, no. >> >> Well, IMHO, the path forward would be to create a system configuration >> file based; give a look to gnu/system/examples in Guix source for >> inspiration. :-) >> >> Then test that configuration from Ubuntu by generating VM. Once you are >> more or less happy with your config.scm, then you can run it on >> bare-metal. >> >> Here, you have an incremental path with a simple feedback loop in the >> comfort of your current environment that already works. :-) >> >> Cheers, >> simon