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Has anyone heard of the Guix-based distribution called rde? (programming.dev)
submitted 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by EchoDelta_9@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Disclaimer: I have no affiliation to the project or to the people working on it.

Some links in case anyone's interested to check it out for themselves:

In case anyone's wondering where my interest is coming from...

Long story short: after trying out NixOS within a VM and being positively surprised by how smooth-sailing it has been (so far), I got pretty much carried away by my (over)confidence to explore even deeper waters. After crawling out of the umpteenth rabbit hole, I concede to have been most intrigued by rde.

Basically, if my understanding is correct, rde is an attempt to bridge the gap between Guix System and NixOS. For example: Guix Home, which is basically Guix' home-manager, originated from rde.

Furthermore, I find it particularly noteworthy how it's stateless by default. Which, IIUC, is absolutely not trivially done on Guix System. Simply, because Guix System doesn't have something akin to the impermanence module found on NixOS.

I'm sure there's a lot more I could delve into, but I'll keep it at that for the sake of brevity.

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[-] Drito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Could someone please tell us what the added value is?

[-] lilith267 2 points 3 hours ago

Havent used it but from what I see it looks like a configured guix setup, like how fedora atomic desktop is to ublue

[-] EchoDelta_9@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

like how fedora atomic desktop is to ublue

Great analogy! Even though I'm pretty caught up with the whole bootc shebang, I didn't make that connection between Guix and rde. Thank you!

this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2026
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