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Re: Guix on macOS


From: Adonay Felipe Nogueira
Subject: Re: Guix on macOS
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:50:56 -0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux)

I hope they get more used to referring to GNU operating system, or
GNU/Linux operating system too.

I find it puzzling that most people call it Linux, the kernel (Linux)
alone isn't an operating system, let alone usable without one. ;)

Konrad Hinsen <address@hidden> writes:

> There are those nasty real-world constraints, indeed. I'd be happy to
> run 100% free software on personal hardware. But my employer restricts
> the hardware I am allowed to buy and requires me to use Microsoft
> Windows (no, LibreOffice won't do). That makes macOS an attractive
> choice, the alternative being a Windows/Linux dual boot system.
>
> A "free software subsystem" inside macOS is definitely attractive for
> me, because I could then run strictly the same software as my
> Linux-using colleagues. With the features of Guix, it would be even
> better.
>
> Konrad.



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