From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Re: Guix gets a distribution called PantherX Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 21:18:16 +0100 Message-ID: <20190211201816.fk4itqautenv2h6a@thebird.nl> References: <46147479-7d84-8cd0-ea07-d5cf28727d69@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:48631) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gtIBY-0000ve-A8 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:28:13 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gtIBX-0001I1-3J for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:28:12 -0500 Received: from mail.thebird.nl ([94.142.245.5]:55018) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gtIBW-0001HV-T8 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:28:11 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46147479-7d84-8cd0-ea07-d5cf28727d69@web.de> 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: Jonathan Brielmaier Cc: Guix-devel , team@pantherx.org On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 06:58:25PM +0100, Jonathan Brielmaier wrote: > Hi Guix folks, > > following a link from bug#34435 I found a pretty interesting website: > https://www.pantherx.org > > They creating a "modern, Unix-like computer operating system" based on > GNU Guix[0] with focus on ease of use and privacy. > > I never heard about it before, but to me it looks quite promising. > According to their timeline a public beta will be released in August > 2019. Before there seem to be some (closed) alpha and beta versions. > > Their team consists of 9 Members[1], which is pretty impressive. > > They also develop an ARM based Mini-Computer called "Panther Alpha"[2]. > > Though I couldn't find any of the team members in some Guix commits or > patches... > > Kind Regards > Jonathan Brielmaier > > [0] https://wiki.pantherx.org/PantherX-compared-to-other-distributions/ > [1] https://www.pantherx.org/about/ > [2] http://www.panther-mpc.com/panther-alpha/ This is an interesting start. GNU Guix, GNU Hurd and other projects may change the shape of computing in the coming 10 years. All we need is a clued in chip manufacturer. Pj.