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1·2 days ago
No problem at all. I edited the post just to prevent confusion. :-)
3·18 days agoI will try all the distros once I get back to my desktop. I have a spare HDD to use there, and I would love to report how they are on metal.
If anyone is reading this guide, and noticed something is off or maybe there is a better way to do what is described. Please share your criticism. Just remember that this guide is for those who don’t have access to the GNU guix package manager or system.
The goal of this guide is for those who want to use GNU Guix/Hurd without using GNU Guix/Linux or the Guix package manager. I will try to add your info, though. Thanks.
Note, when I did this setup, running
guix pullwas slow, but I think this is an issue with Guix and not specifically the GNU Hurd variant.Edit: The GNU Hurd is not fast in virtual workspaces because of this, but they are now working on it.
I think the advantage of the Hurd over Linux is that it is a microkernel. It also is built entirely on freedom 0, the ability to run a program as you may wish. Want to add a new filesystem process? Write a translator, and install it without rebooting. I also believe that GNU software should integrate well with it.
