From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Hinsen Subject: Re: Guix on macOS Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:08:13 +0200 Message-ID: <6902429e-9161-83ea-d29b-a2031150839d@fastmail.net> References: <87bmldavre.fsf@gmail.com> <87efq8pwrf.fsf@gnu.org> <87mv4viknx.fsf@gmail.com> <87bmlbp64m.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35002) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e30dQ-0000oG-PN for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Oct 2017 10:08:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e30dL-0006Wk-OD for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Oct 2017 10:08:20 -0400 Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:38671) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e30dL-0006Ur-HK for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Oct 2017 10:08:15 -0400 Received: from compute7.internal (compute7.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 651D220CA3 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2017 10:08:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from khs-macbook.home (lfbn-1-752-215.w86-246.abo.wanadoo.fr [86.246.222.215]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 1C9807F9D2 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2017 10:08:14 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87bmlbp64m.fsf@gnu.org> Content-Language: en-US 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: guix-devel@gnu.org On 13/10/2017 14:55, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > At the same time, one could hope that, if freedom is not enough, the > nifty features of GuixSD, GNOME, the GNU toolchain, etc. would be enough > of an incentive to switch. But hey, it’s complicated! There are those nasty real-world constraints, indeed. I'd be happy to run 100% free software on personal hardware. But my employer restricts the hardware I am allowed to buy and requires me to use Microsoft Windows (no, LibreOffice won't do). That makes macOS an attractive choice, the alternative being a Windows/Linux dual boot system. A "free software subsystem" inside macOS is definitely attractive for me, because I could then run strictly the same software as my Linux-using colleagues. With the features of Guix, it would be even better. Konrad.