Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: Add note for first time users on arbitrary system.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hartmut Goebel <address@hidden> skribis:

> * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add note about no need for a
> virtual machine.

I moved the paragraph one level above, to “Installation”, and rephrased
it a bit to match the intro (see below.)

Thanks for the suggestion!

Ludo’.

@@ -336,6 +336,13 @@ manager, which can be done on top of a running GNU/Linux 
system.  If,
 instead, you want to install the complete GNU operating system,
 @pxref{System Installation}.
 
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+When installed on a running GNU/Linux system---thereafter called a
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+without interference.  Its data lives exclusively in two directories,
+usually @file{/gnu/store} and @file{/var/guix}; other files on your
+system, such as @file{/etc}, are left untouched.
+
 @menu
 * Binary Installation::         Getting Guix running in no time!
 * Requirements::                Software needed to build and run Guix.
@@ -1096,6 +1103,7 @@ daemons on the same machine.
 @node Application Setup
 @section Application Setup
 
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 When using Guix on top of GNU/Linux distribution other than GuixSD---a
 so-called @dfn{foreign distro}---a few additional steps are needed to
 get everything in place.  Here are some of them.