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Guix, GuixSD, and getting to 1.0
Ludovic Courtes
GNU Hackers MeetingKnullwald-Niederbeisheim, August 2017
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agenda
I Seriously, who cares?I What’s new?I What’s missing?I What’s hot?!
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$ guix package -i gcc-toolchain coreutils sed grep
...
$ eval ‘guix package --search-paths‘
...
$ guix package --manifest=my-software.scm
...
I
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(operating-system
(host-name "schememachine")
(timezone "Europe/Berlin")
(locale "de_DE.utf8")
(bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sda")))
(file-systems (cons (file-system
(device "my-root")
(title ’label)
(mount-point "/")
(type "ext4"))
%base-file-systems))
(users (cons (user-account
(name "alice")
(group "users")
(home-directory "/home/alice"))
%base-user-accounts))
(services (cons* (service dhcp-client-service-type)
(service openssh-service-type
(openssh-configuration
(port-number 2222)))
%base-services)))
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So, is it relevant?
spoiler: yes it is!
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1. transactional, per-user package manager2. software environment manager
I like virtualenv, “modules”, Vagrant, Docker, etc.
3. VM/container provisioning toolI like Dockerfiles, but higher-level
4. OS deployment toolI (almost) like Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Propellor, etc.I ... and kinda like FreedomBox, Internet Cube/YunoHost
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What’s new?
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GuixSD surely works for you now!:-)
UEFI, LUKS on root, GNOME, 73 services, etc.
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6,000 packages,75% bit-reproducible
... and getting better
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$ guix pack guile emacs geiser
.../gnu/store/...-pack.tar.gz
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and also...
I Guix on aarch64I containerized system servicesI multiple bootloader supportI guix system disk-image supports ISO 9660I Git integration for guix pull
I MinGW, PowerPC, and Alpha (!) cross-compilationtargets
I ...
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updating the list of substitutes...
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berlin.guixsd.org
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berlin.guixsd.org
Thank you, Max Delbruck Center & Ricardo!
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What’s missing for 1.0?
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#1: faster guix pull,authenticated commits
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#2: stable, self-hostedinfrastructure: Cuirass, etc.
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#3: performance & UI improvements
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#4: fewer glitches in our workflow...I merge core-updates more quickly...I big set of updates frowned upon (GHC, Perl, Python, ...)I tame the patch & bug queuesI security updates need more peopleI build farm admin needs more automationI ...
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What’s hot?!
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high-performance computing (HPC)
I better Guix setups on clustersI better performanceI reproducible environmentsI Guix Workflow Language (Roel Janssen)
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high-performance computing (HPC)I better Guix setups on clustersI better performanceI reproducible environmentsI Guix Workflow Language (Roel Janssen)
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distributed Guix & “GuixOps”
I GUIX DAEMON SOCKET=ssh://host.example.org
I + remote code evaluation through Guile-SSHI = guix system reconfigure --remote=host ?
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distributed Guix & “GuixOps”
I GUIX DAEMON SOCKET=ssh://host.example.org
I + remote code evaluation through Guile-SSHI = guix system reconfigure --remote=host ?
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I the potluck (Alex’s talk tomorrow!)I GuixSD on ARM? (Mathieu’s talk today!)I bootstrappable.org & Mes (Ricardo’s talk tomorrow!)I GuixSD ncurses installer (John’s FOSDEM talk)I build daemon written in Guile (reepca, GSoC 2017)I get substitutes from your neighbors with AvahiI search & on-line doc of system servicesI your project here
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