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GNU Guix: How to run foreign binaries
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this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2025
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That does sound like a reasonable ask.
What are the upsides of Guix – in your view, anyhow – that make people be OK with downsides like this? I mean, this does seem like a fairly major downside, so there's go to be fairly major upsides too, or at least I'd assume so
@jaennaet @tetris11 Once you've got everything set up, you can run your binaries in special containers for system isolation, make Docker images for distribution, run your stuff on other machines which have #guix on them, and generally enjoy the fruits of your labours.
I just think the declarative syntax is cool, and is easier to read than Nix