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Stable release 0.12.0 / December 22, 2016; 2 months ago (2016-12-22) Repository git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/ Website www.gnu.org/software/guix/ | ||
GNU Guix ( /ɡiːks/) is a package manager for the GNU System. It is based on the Nix package manager with Guile Scheme APIs and specializes in providing exclusively free software.
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History
The GNU Project announced on November 2012 the first release of GNU Guix, a functional package manager based on Nix that provides, among other things, Guile Scheme APIs. The project was started on June 2012 by Ludovic Courtès, one of the GNU Guile hackers. On August 20, 2015, it was announced that Guix had been ported to GNU Hurd, making it the first native package manager on the Hurd.
Guix System Distribution
The Guix project also develops the Guix System Distribution (GuixSD for short), a complete installable GNU system using the Linux-libre kernel and GNU Shepherd init system.
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GNU Guix Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA