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 Software 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
• Part 8: Guix package structure: build-system overview and build arguments
• Part 9: Guix package structure: build system phases and modify-phases

Guix Packaging Workflow

To package software for yourself or Guix various tools are required, there are lots of options, and these are some of them!

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

A Side of Guile Series

An aside on Guile introduces aspects of the language and libraries. While it's not strictly required to know Guile Scheme when packaging for Guix it's helpful and fun.

• Part 1: The Guile REPL and investigating Guix packages
• Part 2: Functions in Guile and Scheme

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.