Unixporn @lemmy.ml mrh @mander.xyz 1y ago

My Comfy GNU/Lisp Machine

OS: GNU Guix
Color Theme: gruvbox material
Window Management: dwl-guile wayland compositor
Bar: dtao-guile
Terminal: foot
Font: fira code
Programs: emacs!
Dots: https://git.sr.ht/~mrh57/dotfiles
Wallpaper:

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Looks great, but I don't understand: what's dwl-guile for when you can just M-x split-window-vertically etc?

(Only half-joking, BTW.)
Looks great! How do you find guix as an OS overall?
- I quite enjoy it!
  
  Being able to rollback any change I make to the system, either package changes or system configuration, makes it completely unbreakable and provides great peace of mind. It means I can fully enjoy its rolling-release nature without worrying.
  
  Having my entire system configuration declared in a single, robust programming language (Guile) across a small number of files makes it very easy to understand and just stick into source control to reproduce.
  
  Being able to hack on it in a lisp (scheme) is the cherry on top, along with the great emacs integration. I would highly recommend it to any lisp/emacs/gnu enthusiasts.
  
  I'll have to give it a try. There are ways to get non-free software on guix? Is it just not officially part of the distro?
looks great fellow guix user! dwl-guile and dato-guile look very interesting, i may need to switch to wayland soon and try it out (i’m currently using xmonad).
What a hecking beautiful setup! :D
Nice, looks indeed very comfy.
This is awesome! I had no idea that dwl-guile existed, I've been looking for something to replace stumpwm in Wayland and that may be it.
Have you also tried nix, if so did you have any particular reason to stick with guix (maybe the Foss aspect)?
- I have never used nix or nixos. I liked their shared idea (functional, atomic, reproducible systems), and so when I looked at their differences they seemed to all be pros for guix:
  
  Clearer, more robust, more centralized documentation
  
  GNU Project
  
  Guile Scheme (Lisp) as opposed to Nix DSL
  
  Unparalleled emacs integration
  
  The only bittersweet aspect of guix compared to nix was the foss only stuff, as I do need some proprietary drivers, but nonguix is so easy it hasn't been a practical issue. And of course I am big advocate of free software so I like that guix is pushing that forward.
  
  There's also a theoretical issue that guix has less packages, but the standard channel + nonguix has had everyhing I use.
  
  Thanks for taking the time, I didn't know about nonguix! Not a big emacs perso, but do live in vim. Probably going to give guix a try this weekend, thanks for the inspiration.
My setup is Swaywm on Arch and of cause Emacs

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