Why all the NixOS hype? Did we all forget about Guix?

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Interesting, I didn't realize this is the case. Unfortunately there won't be MacOS support, which makes this unusable for me. I think my point about broader applicability still stands though. Compare the guix [0] and nix [1] homepages. The former mainly sells and operating system (and somewhat mentions a package manager), while the Nix homepage sells a tool with examples: Trying new tools, declarative developer environments, docker images, cloud images. For a lot of people these are immediate practical use cases, which I think is the reason behind the adoption and hype. [0] https://guix.gnu.org/.

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