From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Quiliro_Ord=C3=B3=C3=B1ez?= Subject: use case: installing several user administrated workstations Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 14:19:51 -0700 Message-ID: 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]:34459) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hQIQp-0003yB-P7 for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 13 May 2019 17:24:43 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hQIMV-0006EA-Sy for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 13 May 2019 17:19:56 -0400 Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([198.252.153.129]:48350) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hQIMV-0006C5-9t for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 13 May 2019 17:19:55 -0400 Received: from bell.riseup.net (bell-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8130D1A3047 for ; Mon, 13 May 2019 14:19:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bell.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 693DC222AFA for ; Mon, 13 May 2019 14:19:51 -0700 (PDT) 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: help-guix@gnu.org Dear community: I have noticed Guix System Distribution (I like to abreviate it GSD) is great for having a predictable, hackable system, which is entirely auditable. I like this. It is like making your own ... anything (car, house, clothes,etc). It gives you great power and endless possibilities of creativity, sharing and learning. When I think of installing GSD on user machines that I will never see again (as at an installfest), I feel certain unease. It is so because I have had to change my desktop.scm system configuration file every time I want to update my whole operating system. That is a task that no end user will ever be able to do. Is there a way that when I run 'sudo guix system reconfigure desktop.scm', the user (system admin for his machine) can take the current config and make a new config file (desktop1.scm) with the new synthax? It is, of course, impossible without a translation from what was intended in desktop.scm to what is the current situation when creating desktop1.scm.=20 Thank you for your responses. --=20 Saluton. Quiliro Ordonez Do you prefer speaking English? Vous voulez parler Fran=C3=A7ais? =C3=87u vi volas paroli Esperanton?