GNU Guix VS Rocky Linux

GNU Guix Reviews

Rocky Linux Reviews

GNU Guix mentions (90)

• Pkl, a Programming Language for Configuration

  > So what we are missing now is a 500GB framework that can write the config file for the programming language that is writing a config file for the actual program I wish to use. That exists since 1960. It's called LISP. The e.g. https://guix.gnu.org/ uses with great success, the Guile Scheme dialect of LISP, to be precise. And FYI the "framework" is:

    $ ls --human-readable --size $(readlink $(which...

  - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• NixOS: Declarative Builds and Deployments

  > inventing a brand new purely functional language programming language. ISTM that if you dislike that, then there's GUIX. https://guix.gnu.org/ Very briefly, AFAICT, it's "Nix but using Scheme". - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Linux saved my life

  And just wait till you discover Arch Linux, Gentoo, Guix, or NixOS. Source: 10 months ago

• The nicest web browser of 2023 uses Lisp.

  Https://guix.gnu.org for example. It did load before an update but it doesn't anymore. Source: 11 months ago

• Java community welcomes kotlin, c/c++ community welcome rust and go and Javascript community welcomes typscript except emacs community who still refuse to welcome gnu guile.

  Is it? Seems to me it's used for some pretty cool stuff, heard of Guix? Source: 11 months ago

Rocky Linux mentions (48)

• June 30th, 2024, will bring the End of Life (EOL) of CentOS Linux

  Rocky Linux is a fine successor to CentOS and was created by the original founder of CentOS, Gregory Kurtzer. https://rockylinux.org/ https://rockylinux.org/about/ If you need enterprise support RHEL tends to be a default choice. If you cannot afford RHEL or do not need enterprise support, Rocky Linux fills the role that CentOS once did. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• free download

  Also you can use Rocky Linux, it's very close! https://rockylinux.org/. Source: 11 months ago

• [Rant] On the stability of a Linux desktop

  Arch Linux is pretty solid on my end, gnome is a little buggy, nothing like fedora but if you're like my mother and don't want to set anything up I get it. There is Rocky linux if you want a RHEL experience and don't need the latest packages. I don't like Ubuntu but you could go that route. Source: 12 months ago

• Which Linux version should I instal for Houdini and nuke usage

  If you run into anny problems ask chat gpt. Https://rockylinux.org/. Source: 12 months ago

• Can't get Nagios to work on Ubuntu 22.04

  If If you feel more comfortable on a RHEL based distro, there a good alternatives to CentOS such as AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux. Source: 12 months ago