Re: Blog post: Guix/Hurd on Real Iron

[Janneke Nieuwenhuizen]

> November 29, 2024 at 1:35 PM, "Janneke Nieuwenhuizen" <janneke@gnu.org 
> mailto:janneke@gnu.org?to=%22Janneke%20Nieuwenhuizen%22%20%3Cjanneke%40gnu.org%3E
>  > wrote:
>
>> 
>> > 
>> > November 27, 2024 at 8:41 AM, "Tanguy LE CARROUR" <tanguy@bioneland.org 
>> > mailto:tanguy@bioneland.org?to=%22Tanguy%20LE%20CARROUR%22%20%3Ctanguy%40bioneland.org%3E
>> >  > wrote:
>> > 
[..]
>> Debian GNU/Hurd is a pretty awesome*) system. It Just Works (TM).
>> That's were we got most of my inpiration from, did much of our debugging
>> on, got many of our patches from, and its developers have helped us
>> endlessly to make Guix/Hurd a thing.
>> 
>> I conisdered this a well known fact; do you think we should mention this
>> (more explicitly) in the blog post? If so, do you have a suggestion?
>
> I'm not sure.  I had also assumed that it was a well known fact that Debian
> GNU/Hurd is the most up to date and maintained Hurd distribion, with which 
> you 
> can run a desktop environment (XFCE) on bare metal.
>
> If you so chose to add a snippet or link to Debian GNU/Hurd, then perhaps you 
> could add this in a footnote (the choice is yours to make):
>
> While Guix GNU/Hurd has an exciting future, please be aware that it 
> lacks many packages and services, including Xorg.  If you simply must install
> the Hurd on bare metal running your favorite window manager (eg: i3, icewm, 
> etc.)
> or lightweight desktop environment (Xfce) this week, then Debian GNU/Hurd is 
> a good
> choice.  Though we hope to catch up to them soon!

Added as an addendum to the blog post, with slight modification and some
links.  Thanks!  Should be up in an hour or so.

> P.S.  Really nice work on the blog post!  It's always fun to see you leading
> the guix Hurd development effort! 

Thanks!
Greetings,
Janneke

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