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spf=pass (aspmx2.migadu.com: domain of guix-science-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-science-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -1.30 Authentication-Results: aspmx2.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("headers rsa verify failed") header.d=eauchat.org header.s=mail header.b=jUoZvxuX; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=eauchat.org (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx2.migadu.com: domain of guix-science-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-science-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 005DD185D8 X-Spam-Score: -1.30 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: K5fVqrbwCUMM Hi all, I'm interested in introducing Guix to the HPC team at my=20 institution. There's quite some content on the Guix-HPC blog [0],=20 but I was wondering if people here have stories about how such=20 conversations went for them, which arguments worked best, which=20 didn't. As a first step I would like to discuss with the sysadmins if they=20 would consider activating user namespaces so users can play=20 around. Aside from [1] and [2], are there any updated discussions=20 about this topic, e.g. why to do it or why not? Best, S=C3=A9bastien [0] https://hpc.guix.info/blog/ [1]=20 https://hpc.guix.info/blog/2017/10/using-guix-without-being-root/ [2]=20 https://hpc.guix.info/blog/2017/09/reproducibility-and-root-privileges/