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[Ludovic Courtès]

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Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date:   Mon Jan 11 16:40:39 2016 +0100

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+[https://dthompson.us/ David Thompson] will be giving a 
[http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2016-jan talk about Guix on January 20th] at 
the BLU gathering at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts (USA).
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+_David gives an overview of what functional package management is all about 
and how it differs from traditional imperative package management._
+
+_He also demonstrates some interesting features of Guix such as transactional 
package management, unprivileged package management, bit-reproducible builds, 
and full system configuration management._
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+The talk will take place in MIT building E-51, room 325.
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+David is a GNU hacker who contributes to Guix and Guile; he implemented 
[https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8386 container support] in 
Guix.  If you are in the Boston area, do not miss him!
+
+== About GNU Guix ==
+
+[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix GNU Guix] is a functional package manager 
for the GNU system.  The Guix System Distribution or GuixSD is an advanced 
distribution of the GNU system that relies on GNU Guix and 
[http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html respects 
the user's freedom].
+
+In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports 
transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, 
per-user profiles, and garbage collection.  Guix uses low-level mechanisms from 
the Nix package manager, except that packages are defined as native 
[http://www.gnu.org/software/guile Guile] modules, using extensions to the 
[http://schemers.org Scheme] language.  GuixSD offers a declarative approach to 
operating system configuration management, and is  [...]
+
+GuixSD can be used on an i686 or x86_64 machine.  It is also possible to use 
Guix on top of an already installed GNU/Linux system, including on mips64el and 
armv7.