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Re: How to present Guix to a wider audience
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Vagrant Cascadian |
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Re: How to present Guix to a wider audience |
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Tue, 14 Jan 2020 16:07:46 -0800 |
On 2020-01-14, Pierre Neidhardt wrote:
> I just wrote a short draft which hopefully should explain in layman
> terms why Guix matters.
Thanks, it's a nice read!
> * Open source is not enough
>
> We might be tempted to think that free open source software gives us
> transparency about what's in the application. While the compiled application
> we
...
> In practice this means that it's almost always impossible to /reproduce/ the
> exact same compiled application that is offered for download.
I object a bit to "almost always impossible" :P
There are a number of projects that have achieved reproducibility for a
majority of the distributed software, including small to large-sized
distributions. Even a few small projects that manage 100%
reproducibility.
How about "often difficult" instead?
> * Trust all the way
>
> To sum up, we need the following properties in order to be able to trust
> computer software:
...
> - Separate multi-user application collections: on a multi-user system, every
> user can install their favourite applications independently. Applications
> don't "pollute" the other user sessions.
I wonder if most people even undertsand the concept of a multi-user
system all that well? might be worth leaving out to keep the talking
points short...
> * Can everyone use Guix?
...
> More work needs to be done in terms of accessibility and easy of use so that
> the
> less technically-minded among us can also enjoy Guix some day. Then,
> hopefully,
> we will find Guix preinstalled on computers, ready for everyone to use.
"easy of use" -> "ease of use"
live well,
vagrant
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- Re: How to present Guix to a wider audience, (continued)
- Re: How to present Guix to a wider audience, Ricardo Wurmus, 2020/01/02
- Re: How to present Guix to a wider audience, Pierre Neidhardt, 2020/01/14
- Re: How to present Guix to a wider audience, Dimakakos Dimos, 2020/01/14
- Re: How to present Guix to a wider audience, Josh, 2020/01/14
- Re: How to present Guix to a wider audience,
Vagrant Cascadian <=
- Re: How to present Guix to a wider audience, Arun Isaac, 2020/01/15
- Re: How to present Guix to a wider audience, Pierre Neidhardt, 2020/01/15
Re: How to present Guix to a wider audience, ndre, 2020/01/21