From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Darrington Subject: Re: Leaving the guix project Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:25:51 +0100 Message-ID: <20170220132551.GA19266@jocasta.intra> References: <87o9y29svy.fsf@igalia.com> <87y3x2m3so.fsf@gmail.com> <878tp1ck6e.wl-tcech@suse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35431) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cfnym-0000tG-4v for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 08:26:13 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cfnyh-0008HR-QU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 08:26:12 -0500 Received: from de.cellform.com ([88.217.224.109]:59137 helo=jocasta.intra) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cfnyh-0008E5-Io for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 08:26:07 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <878tp1ck6e.wl-tcech@suse.com> 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+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Tomas Cech Cc: guix-devel , Alex Kost , David Craven --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 09:59:05AM +0100, Tomas Cech wrote: Running GuixSD on HW not fully supported by linux-libre is painful for me as well. I remember my first time success with GuixSD - after some coffee and sweating I managed to deploy and boot GuixSD on my notebook which had WiFi card requiring firmware to run. I wasn't able to fix missing package without reboot. =20 It took me some time to get with my own kernel (vanilla based) and initrd on top of Guix (especially as Guile is still language barrier for me). =20 I'd love to see some coordinated effort outside of (or better on top o= f) Guix to share such work. IMO a better way to spend your effort would be:- 1. Writing free drivers for the devices which are not in linux-libre and su= bmitting them a patch; OR 2. Helping the development of low cost hardware which on which fully free s= oftware can run; OR 3. Undertake extra paid employment in some activity (not necessarily comput= er related) which benefits the community, and spend the mony you earn to purchase harwa= re on which GuixSD runs better. =20 J' --=20 Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3=20 fingerprint =3D 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAliq7l4ACgkQimdxnC3oJ7PjyACffn75pZdbQqb4zhhT2Ep2+YSs sEYAn14VH1j0HyLB7iLxgXs34FLnLqTz =Xc6D -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK--