Overview

Guix is a package manager, it can also create development environments and it's a full Linux distribution that can be used in a VM or on hardware. Like Nix it provides a transactional experience that is reliable and reproducible.

Guix Introductory Series

A series of posts introducing Guix as a package manager and using it in addition to an existing Linux distribution.

• Guix package management on Ubuntu
• Guix common workflows and concepts
• Installing Chrome and other proprietary apps on Guix
• Using manifests to maintain our Guix applications
• Guix profiles to logically separate packages
• Automating and managing multiple Guix profiles
• Layering Guix Profiles

Guix For Developers

A series of posts about how software developers can use Guix to create reproducible development environments.

• Guix Shell for virtual environments and containers
• Reproducible dev environments using Guix
• Time travelling dev environments in Guix
• Guix time travelling tricks

Guix Packaging Series

A series of posts on building packages for Guix.

• Part 1: Rebuilding an existing package
• Part 2: Modifying Guix packages using package transformations
• Part 3: Package transformations in manifests and GNU Guile introduction
• Part 4: Advanced transformations in manifests and Derivations introduction
• Part 5: Modifying Guix packages using inheritance
• Part 6: Guix package structure: source and origin inputs
• Part 7: Guix package structure: inputs, native-inputs and propagated-inputs

Guix Packaging Workflow

• Git patches by email
• Speeding up Guix with a local caching substitute server

Public Channels

In addition to the Guix channel users can add their own: a really good resource is the channel search engine Whereiseveryone Toys where you can search for packages, channels and the code.

• Nonguix channel

  The most well-known alternative channel. It has packages that cannot go into Guix as they are not fully Free Software compliant. Good examples are packages like Chromium. There is also a substitutes server - highly recommended.

• Guix gaming channel

  Associated with nonguix, this is for gaming.

• Where is everyone/Guix 'R us

  The Guix 'R us channel has packages that are being upstreamed in it and some binary packages.

Guix Resources

• Guix: transactional package manager and Linux distribution

  Main Web site, the instructional videos are quick and worth watching.

• Guix manual

  The Guix manual provides detailed instructions on all aspects of Guix. Reading this is practically a test for whether someone will enjoy Guix: if the detail and formal structure speaks to you then you'll enjoy Guix - if it feels like too much then it's probably better to look at something else in my opinion.

• Bootstrappable Builds

  Many of the developers who focus on Linux distributions, and those that work on Guix in particular are interested in reproducibility and consequently the Bootstrap problem. This is a small site talking about the problem and the current state of play.

• Guix London & Online

  Hybrid meet-up group where Guix users get together and chat about all sorts of different aspects.

Guix Users

Users that provide information and configurations for Guix.

• Crafting your system with Guix

  David Wilson's video channel and articles on the path to GNUrvana. The configuration for crafted guix is available online.

• Andrew Topin's Youtube channel

  Andrew's Youtube videos (and Youtube Live's) cover various parts of Guix. He's also developed rde which extends Guix system and Guix Home.

• SqrtMinusOne's Guix configuration

  Pavel Korytov's page is really useful, lots of good ideas and scripts on this page. He's sqrtminusmone on emacs mastodon.