Guix System First Impressions as a Nix User
Guix System First Impressions as a Nix User2026.01.26.Tags: programming, guix Table of Contents 1. My Journey to Guix System 2. Installer Impressions 3. I Can’t Find my Way-land 4. Sympathy for the Devil 5. Goals 6. Results 6.1. The Good 6.2. The Ambiguous 6.3. The Bad 7. Overall 8. Notes 1. My Journey to Guix System Feel free to skip this section if you don’t really care about backstories. I just figured it makes sense to recap how and why one might start having an interest in declarative distros before tackling the main topic. I’ve been a Linux-only1 user for about ten years now and, like many others, I too embarked on the arduous journey of distro-hopping. I started with Mint and when that felt too slow, I switched to Ubuntu. When Ubuntu felt too handholdy2, I switched to…
