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[Ludovic Courtès]

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Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date:   Thu Dec 7 13:55:11 2017 +0100

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+title: GNU Guix and GuixSD 0.14.0 released
+date: 2017-12-07 14:00
+author: Ludovic Courtès
+slug: gnu-guix-and-guixsd-0.14.0-released
+tags: Releases
+---
+We are pleased to announce the new release of GNUÂ Guix and GuixSD,
+version 0.14.0!
+
+The release comes with [GuixSD ISO-9660 installation
+images](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/System-Installation.html),
+a [virtual machine image of
+GuixSD](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Running-GuixSD-in-a-VM.html),
+and with tarballs to install the package manager on top of your
+GNU/Linux distro, either [from
+source](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Requirements.html)
+or [from
+binaries](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.html).
+
+It’s been 6 months since the previous release, during which 88 people
+contributed code and packages.  The highlights include:
+
+  - The GuixSD installation image is now [available as an ISO-9660
+    
image](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/USB-Stick-and-DVD-Installation.html),
+    which can either be written to a USB stick or burnt on a DVD.
+    Previously we would only provide a USB stick image.  This was long
+    overdue!  Such images can now be generated with [`guix system disk-image
+    
--file-system-type=iso9660`](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-system.html).
+  - Several user interface improvements, notably: [`guix
+    
package`](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-package.html)
+    reports how much is going to be downloaded, warn if the user has
+    insufficient disk space, [reports about package
+    collisions](https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=27271)
+    early on; `guix package --search` sorts results by relevance, and
+    there’s a new [`guix system
+    
search`](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-system.html)
+    command to search for GuixSD system services; `guix system` reports
+    [incorrect file system labels and
+    UUIDs](https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28706) and
+    provides
+    
[hints](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-11/msg00139.html)
+    for unbound variables.
+  - GuixSD has a new [bootloader
+    
API](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Bootloader-Configuration.html#Bootloader-Configuration),
+    which has allow GuixSD to gain support not just for GRUB (UEFI and
+    BIOS) but also U-Boot and Extlinux.  This paves the way to a GuixSD
+    port to ARM-based devices, which fearless hackers are soon going to
+    [make a
+    reality](https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=29409)!
+  - To make it easier for newcomers to get started defining packages,
+    there’s a new [`guix import
+    
json`](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-import.html)
+    command that takes JSON-formatted package metadata as input and
+    produces the usual [package
+    
definition](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Defining-Packages.html).
+  - 
[`guix-daemon`](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix_002ddaemon.html)
 
+       has a new `--listen` option, which is particularly useful when
+       [installing Guix on a
+       
cluster](https://guix-hpc.bordeaux.inria.fr/blog/2017/11/installing-guix-on-a-cluster/).
+  - There are [1,211 new
+    packages](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/)—oh, and the
+    package list as well as the whole web site have been revamped too,
+    thanks to our intrepid web designer
+    [sirgazil](https://sirgazil.bitbucket.io/).
+  - There’s a dozen new [GuixSD
+    services](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Services.html)
+    as well: [git-http and
+    
cgit](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Version-Control-Services.html),
+    
[libvirt](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Virtualization-Services.html),
+    
[Memcached](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Database-Services.html),
+    and
+    
[Murmur](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Telephony-Services.html)
+    to name a few.
+  - Many [bug 
fixes](https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=guix#_4_2_5)!
+
+See the [release
+announcement](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-12/msg00100.html)
+for details.
+
+  
+#### About GNU Guix
+
+[GNUÂ Guix](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix) is a transactional 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
+[respects the user's
+freedom](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html).
+
+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 [Guile](https://www.gnu.org/software/guile) modules,
+using extensions to the [Scheme](http://schemers.org) language.  GuixSD
+offers a declarative approach to operating system configuration
+management, and is highly customizable and hackable.
+
+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, armv7, and aarch64.
+