From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: Re: use case: installing several user administrated workstations Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 16:52:36 +0200 Message-ID: <87blzysdhn.fsf@gnu.org> References: <84026163-f89a-1b97-18ac-27b3103913ff@riseup.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:32773) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hSNB6-00026l-KA for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 19 May 2019 10:52:45 -0400 In-Reply-To: <84026163-f89a-1b97-18ac-27b3103913ff@riseup.net> (swedebugia@riseup.net's message of "Tue, 14 May 2019 17:54:50 +0200") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: swedebugia Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Hi, swedebugia skribis: > Guix System is not IMHO ready for people who are not interested in > learning enough guile to write/correct/adapt a config.scm. My hope is that people would be able to quickly learn enough to get their OS config into shape, without having to =E2=80=9Clearn Guile=E2=80=9D= , or not explicitly so. There are things we should do to help achieve that goal, such as improving error reporting, but that remains an important goal for me. It=E2=80=99s about empowering users. > We/someone have yet to make gui tools to handle the reconfiguring of > the system easier for non-tech users. Perhaps we could reuse bits of the installer to assist users in fiddling with their config. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.