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#+title: Guix package manager
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#+date: "2020-08-19 08:21:44 +08:00"
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#+date_modified: "2021-04-24 01:17:31 +08:00"
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#+language: en
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[[https://guix.gnu.org/][GNU Guix]] is a derivation of [[file:2020-09-04-16-07-47.org][Nix package manager]] in furthering [[file:2020-09-19-08-31-48.org][Functional package management]].
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As such, it addresses the concerns and the previous mistakes that the Nix community made while developing the software.
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- Addresses storage issues commonly tied with reproducibility such as [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Substitutes.html#Substitutes][substitutes]] and [[https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2020/grafts-continued/][grafts]].
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- Integration with other projects such as [[https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/2019/connecting-reproducible-deployment-to-a-long-term-source-code-archive/][Software Heritage]] and [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Security-Updates.html][Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)]].
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- A focus on [[http://bootstrappable.org/][bootstrappable builds]] which [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Bootstrapping.html#Bootstrapping][includes various functions]] to setup your distribution from scratch.
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- Empowering individual users which is emphasized further with the ability to [[https://hpc.guix.info/blog/2017/10/using-guix-without-being-root/][installing packages without root privileges]], [[https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-environment.html#Invoking-guix-environment][creating local development environments]], and [[https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Channels.html][using channels]].
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