From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: common software Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:02:00 +0100 Message-ID: <87o9lck393.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20180128122259.77acba52@jasniac.instanton> <871si9twey.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57214) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1egCor-0008IS-0f for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:02:16 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1egCom-0004En-5Q for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:02:09 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a0c:e300::1]:60932) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1egCol-0004DQ-UL for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:02:04 -0500 In-Reply-To: <871si9twey.fsf@elephly.net> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Mon, 29 Jan 2018 00:07:17 +0100") 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: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: help-guix@gnu.org, Marco van Hulten Hi, Ricardo Wurmus skribis: >> Even though there is some subjectivity in what is essential software, a >> clean installation of GuixSD is very minimal. Is there a reason for >> this? > > The reason is primarily that with Guix it is *possible* to do so. It > allows different users on the same system to have different sets of > software; as you wrote this is a very subjective decision, so we simply > leave it up to the user. Also, I find it more convenient to have applications I use in ~/.guix-profile rather than in the =E2=80=98packages=E2=80=99 field of my =E2=80=98operating-system=E2=80=99: I can install them, upgrade them, etc. = whenever I want, independently of the system config. Ludo=E2=80=99.