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NixOS is the endgame of distrohopping - Joshua Blais (joshblais.com)
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[-] khleedril@cyberplace.social 2 points 5 months ago

@Ephera @ruffsl They also missed that #Guix is fine with unfree stuff, they just choose not to talk about it, and like to promote #gnu. But the Guix you use is /your/ choice.

[-] simendsjo@fosstodon.org 3 points 5 months ago

@khleedril @Ephera @ruffsl I use several nonfree packages, and binary packages (both free and nonfree). None of this can be added to the main Guix repo, but as GNU is about freedom, nothing stops me from packaging these as I see fit and distribute them freely to others to use.

So if you only use the main channel, you won't find nonfree software, but look at https://toys.whereis.social/

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