49
GNU Guix 1.5 Brings Plasma 6.5, GNOME 46, Rootless Mode, and More (linuxiac.com)
submitted 5 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev
8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

After three years in development, GNU Guix 1.5 has been released, marking the start of a newly adopted annual release cycle. But if this name has flown under your radar, let me briefly explain what it is before we move on to the news.

First and foremost, Guix is both a transactional package manager and a full GNU/Linux distribution built around it. As a package manager, guix can be installed on top of most existing Linux systems, where it operates independently of native tools like apt or dnf.

At the same time, Guix System is a standalone operating system (Linux distro) that uses the same technology to declaratively manage the entire OS, including the kernel, system services, and user environments.

top 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

kexec reboot support

Does that mean bootless kernel updates?

If so, between that and declarative configuration, it sounds way better than I envisioned the product was going to be.

[-] Baleine@jlai.lu 5 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I think that’s what that means. How it works is that you will reconfigure your system, which will load the new version into kexec. Then you can simply launch reboot --kexec to switch to your new system, including the new kernel.

[-] Scoopta@programming.dev 8 points 5 days ago

Guix just makes me think someone looked at nix and was like

Hmmm, needs more parentheses, we should do that but lisp

[-] aport@programming.dev 8 points 5 days ago

As someone who has worked a lot with both, I think that's a very measured reaction to seeing Nix

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

It started as a fork of nix for that exact reason so..

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Gnome 46? And they won't update it for at least another year?

Jeez, we're almost at Gnome 50...

[-] Baleine@jlai.lu 15 points 5 days ago

Hey, Guix contributor here. We actually already have Gnome 48 almost done. Keep in mind that Guix is a rolling release so there is no need to wait a year to get the updates. I think we’re on pretty good pace to catch up with upstream before next year. Still, it takes a lot of effort to package gnome, especially with the growing reliance on systemd!

[-] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 5 days ago

Lol, GNOME 46

this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2026
49 points (100.0% liked)

Linux

11396 readers
579 users here now

A community for everything relating to the GNU/Linux operating system (except the memes!)

Also, check out:

Original icon base courtesy of lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Ategon@programming.dev
anzo@programming.dev
dwraf_of_ignorance@programming.dev