akshitgaur2005.tngl.sh
Musings from the mountains
himwant.org
Some musings...
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title: "Musings"
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published: 2025-11-18
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draft: false
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description: '...'
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tags: ["musings"]
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Am I alone?
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I think so
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But who am I?
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You are me
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And who is speaking?
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I am you
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Well that doesn't make any sense
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It doesn't have to
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But it has to! What am I supposed to do if nothing makes sense?
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You are not supposed to do anything
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How am I even supposed to live then? If I am supposed to do nothing, what am I even here for?
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You use the word "supposed" a lot, don't you?
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…
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One of the quiter ones huh
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I am not quite!
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Well, to answer your question, again you are not supposed to do anything but tha-
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So I am not even supposed to live then?
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Let me complete first, yes you are not supposed to do anything but that is different than "supposed to do nothing" you know
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You are just confusing me, if I am not supposed to do anything, what is the point of doing ***ANYTHING***?
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Again, there is no point
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So it doesn't matter if I die?
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Death is the only certainty in life as you people say, why do you think yours will be any different this time
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Even my parents won't remember me?
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They will, but they too will move on
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No they won't! They love me!
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Yes they love you, but they WILL move on, the same way you moved on from that doll you loved as a kid
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I just grew up…
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So will they. The same way you continue to live on, they will too
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If there is no point to anything then why even bother doing anything? Why should I eat? Why should I sleep? Why should I love? Why should I care?
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The fact that there is no point, is THE entire point. Nothing needs to make sense because sense is not needed for you to function. You fear things out of your control, that is your bane
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Of course I do! I am a human you know, of course I am going to fear things that can hurt me
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But you fear things that have no impact on you. You dress up just so people on the street don't mock you, you fear being yourself just so others will like you. Just consider that girl you have a crush on, you analyse every move, both yours and hers, trying to find a signal that may or may not even be there!
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So what! Should I just stop caring about others? If nothing matters, should I just go around punching random kids on the street!
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You are still doing the same, just dumping the responsibilty of that answer on me
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I can't even ask you a question?!
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What do you think you have been doing till now :) The problem isn't you asking me a question, the problem is you asking an answer. You refuse to think about it, you refuse to take on that burden because you are afraid of what your answer could be
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…
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…
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So I don't need other people?
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#+title: Musings
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#+author: Akshit Gaur
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#+DESCRIPTION: ...
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#+tags: musings
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#+OPTIONS: toc:nil
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#+DRAFT: false
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Am I alone?
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I think so
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But who am I?
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You are me
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And who is speaking?
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I am you
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Well that doesn't make any sense
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It doesn't have to
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But it has to! What am I supposed to do if nothing makes sense?
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You are not supposed to do anything
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How am I even supposed to live then? If I am supposed to do nothing, what am I even here for?
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You use the word "supposed" a lot, don't you?
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...
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One of the quiter ones huh
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I am not quite!
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Well, to answer your question, again you are not supposed to do anything but tha-
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So I am not even supposed to live then?
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Let me complete first, yes you are not supposed to do anything but that is different than "supposed to do nothing" you know
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You are just confusing me, if I am not supposed to do anything, what is the point of doing /*ANYTHING*/?
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Again, there is no point
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So it doesn't matter if I die?
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Death is the only certainty in life as you people say, why do you think yours will be any different this time
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Even my parents won't remember me?
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They will, but they too will move on
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No they won't! They love me!
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Yes they love you, but they WILL move on, the same way you moved on from that doll you loved as a kid
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I just grew up...
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So will they. The same way you continue to live on, they will too
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If there is no point to anything then why even bother doing anything? Why should I eat? Why should I sleep? Why should I love? Why should I care?
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The fact that there is no point, is THE entire point. Nothing needs to make sense because sense is not needed for you to function. You fear things out of your control, that is your bane
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Of course I do! I am a human you know, of course I am going to fear things that can hurt me
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But you fear things that have no impact on you. You dress up just so people on the street don't mock you, you fear being yourself just so others will like you. Just consider that girl you have a crush on, you analyse every move, both yours and hers, trying to find a signal that may or may not even be there!
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So what! Should I just stop caring about others? If nothing matters, should I just go around punching random kids on the street!
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You are still doing the same, just dumping the responsibilty of that answer on me
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I can't even ask you a question?!
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What do you think you have been doing till now :) The problem isn't you asking me a question, the problem is you asking an answer. You refuse to think about it, you refuse to take on that burden because you are afraid of what your answer could be
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...
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...
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So I don't need other people?
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#+title: Musings
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#+author: Akshit Gaur
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#+DESCRIPTION: ...
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#+tags: musings
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#+OPTIONS: toc:nil
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#+DRAFT: true
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Am I alone?
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I think so
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But who am I?
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You are me
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And who is speaking?
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I am you
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Well that doesn't make any sense
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It doesn't have to
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But it has to! What am I supposed to do if nothing makes sense?
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You are not supposed to do anything
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How am I even supposed to live then? If I am supposed to do nothing, what am I even here for?
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You use the word "supposed" a lot, don't you?
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...
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One of the quiter ones huh
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I am not quite!
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Well, to answer your question, again you are not supposed to do anything but tha-
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So I am not even supposed to live then?
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Let me complete first, yes you are not supposed to do anything but that is different than "supposed to do nothing" you know
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You are just confusing me, if I am not supposed to do anything, what is the point of doing /*ANYTHING*/?
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Again, there is no point
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So it doesn't matter if I die?
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Death is the only certainty in life as you people say, why do you think yours will be any different this time
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Even my parents won't remember me?
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They will, but they too will move on
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No they won't! They love me!
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Yes they love you, but they WILL move on, the same way you moved on from that doll you loved as a kid
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I just grew up...
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So will they. The same way you continue to live on, they will too
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If there is no point to anything then why even bother doing anything? Why should I eat? Why should I sleep? Why should I love? Why should I care?
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The fact that there is no point, is THE entire point. Nothing needs to make sense because sense is not needed for you to function. You fear things out of your control, that is your bane
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Of course I do! I am a human you know, of course I am going to fear things that can hurt me
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But you fear things that have no impact on you. You dress up just so people on the street don't mock you, you fear being yourself just so others will like you. Just consider that girl you have a crush on, you analyse every move, both yours and hers, trying to find a signal that may or may not even be there!
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So what! Should I just stop caring about others? If nothing matters, should I just go around punching random kids on the street!
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You are still doing the same, just dumping the responsibilty of that answer on me
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I can't even ask you a question?!
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What do you think you have been doing till now :) The problem isn't you asking me a question, the problem is you asking an answer. You refuse to think about it, you refuse to take on that burden because you are afraid of what your answer could be
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...
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...
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So I don't need other people?
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···
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---
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title: "Guix is just better"
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published: 2025-11-18
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draft: true
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description: 'A signature look of superiority'
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tags: ["guix","linux"]
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---
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# Déjà vu?
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The three people that may have read a previous iteration of this blog on the previous iteration of this website, that I accidentaly nuked while changing the framework from hugo to astro, are requested to pretend this is some fresh piece of writing.
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:::caution
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Yes, I am THAT stupid
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:::
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Regardless, if you want to hear me ramble more about a topic I don't fully understand, continue on!!
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# What is Guix?
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In its own [words](https://guix.gnu.org/en/about/),
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> The GNU Guix package and system manager is a free software project developed by volunteers around the world under the umbrella of the GNU Project.
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> Guix System is a distribution of the GNU operating system. It uses the Linux-libre kernel, and support for the Hurd is being worked on. As a GNU distribution, it is committed to respecting and enhancing the freedom of its users. As such, it adheres to the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines.
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> GNU Guix provides state-of-the-art package management features such as transactional upgrades and roll-backs, reproducible build environments, unprivileged package management, and per-user profiles. It uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package manager, but packages are defined as native Guile modules, using extensions to the Scheme language—which makes it nicely hackable.
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> Guix takes that a step further by additionally supporting stateless, reproducible operating system configurations. This time the whole system is hackable in Scheme, from the initial RAM disk to the initialization system, and to the system services.
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Guix is a distro intended for geeks, incidentally pronounced that way too. There is no way to sugarcoat it, there is an inherent difficulty to these things, if you find Arch difficult to use, you shouldn't use Nix, if you can't use Nix, you should probably stay away from Guix, and if you can master Guix… you still won't be able to use Windows without borking it!
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## Story Time
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I have been on linux since I was 13 (2018) and in my 7 years of using it, it has been exactly 3 times when I was hugely excited about linux itself, not some tooling related to it or any work I did using it, linux itself.
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### The Beginnings
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First was when I discovered Linux, in the form of Ubuntu which at that time had not gone down the drain. My laptop was a brand-new Dell laptop with i3 6th gen CPU, 4 gigabytes of RAM and a whopping 1 TB of Hard Disk capacity, I had worked with PC's before this (I learned how to play *Surma Sarela* and *Bhalu Lagdu Bhanuli* on my father's computer when I was 3) but it had been mostly superficial with only a little dabbling in the Front-End development space due to the encouragement from my *Chachu* (Uncle). But I digress, as you would expect this did not lead to me being an expert in all things computer and I borked that laptop many times on Windows. Eventually I read a little about Ubuntu on the internet and figured well why not?! What do I have to lose! The process was not very difficult and I managed to install it. Suprisingly, the transition was very smooth (it speaks to its quality that even a 13 year old ME was able to install and use it) and I would wait for every update, and this would lead to me becoming addicted to this excitement, becoming the ill-fated **Distro-Hopper**.
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### Mid-Life Crisis
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When 2020 with its Covid Craziness<sup>TM</sup> hit, I found myself with a lot of free time on my hand
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#+title: Guix is just better
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#+author: Akshit Gaur
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#+DESCRIPTION: A signature look of superiority
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#+tags: guix, linux
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#+OPTIONS: toc:nil
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#+DRAFT: true
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* Déjà vu?
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The three people that may have read a previous iteration of this blog on the previous iteration of this website, that I accidentaly nuked while changing the framework from hugo to astro, are requested to pretend this is some fresh piece of writing.
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:::caution
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Yes, I am THAT stupid
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:::
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Regardless, if you want to hear me ramble more about a topic I don't fully understand, continue on!!
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* What is Guix?
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In its own [[https://guix.gnu.org/en/about/][words]],
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#+begin_quote
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The GNU Guix package and system manager is a free software project developed by volunteers around the world under the umbrella of the GNU Project.
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#+end_quote
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#+begin_quote
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Guix System is a distribution of the GNU operating system. It uses the Linux-libre kernel, and support for the Hurd is being worked on. As a GNU distribution, it is committed to respecting and enhancing the freedom of its users. As such, it adheres to the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines.
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#+end_quote
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#+begin_quote
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GNU Guix provides state-of-the-art package management features such as transactional upgrades and roll-backs, reproducible build environments, unprivileged package management, and per-user profiles. It uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package manager, but packages are defined as native Guile modules, using extensions to the Scheme language—which makes it nicely hackable.
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#+end_quote
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#+begin_quote
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Guix takes that a step further by additionally supporting stateless, reproducible operating system configurations. This time the whole system is hackable in Scheme, from the initial RAM disk to the initialization system, and to the system services.
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#+end_quote
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Guix is a distro intended for geeks, incidentally pronounced that way too. There is no way to sugarcoat it, there is an inherent difficulty to these things, if you find Arch difficult to use, you shouldn't use Nix, if you can't use Nix, you should probably stay away from Guix, and if you can master Guix... you still won't be able to use Windows without borking it!
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** Story Time
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I have been on linux since I was 13 (2018) and in my 7 years of using it, it has been exactly 3 times when I was hugely excited about linux itself, not some tooling related to it or any work I did using it, linux itself.
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*** The Beginnings
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First was when I discovered Linux, in the form of Ubuntu which at that time had not gone down the drain. My laptop was a brand-new Dell laptop with i3 6th gen CPU, 4 gigabytes of RAM and a whopping 1 TB of Hard Disk capacity, I had worked with PC's before this (I learned how to play /Surma Sarela/ and /Bhalu Lagdu Bhanuli/ on my father's computer when I was 3) but it had been mostly superficial with only a little dabbling in the Front-End development space due to the encouragement from my /Chachu/ (Uncle). But I digress, as you would expect this did not lead to me being an expert in all things computer and I borked that laptop many times on Windows. Eventually I read a little about Ubuntu on the internet and figured well why not?! What do I have to lose! The process was not very difficult and I managed to install it. Suprisingly, the transition was very smooth (it speaks to its quality that even a 13 year old ME was able to install and use it) and I would wait for every update, and this would lead to me becoming addicted to this excitement, becoming the ill-fated *Distro-Hopper*.
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*** Mid-Life Crisis
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When 2020 with its Covid Craziness^TM hit, I found myself with a lot of free time on my hand
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src/content/posts/why-guix-is-just-better/index.org~
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src/content/posts/why-guix-is-just-better/index.org~
···
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#+title: Guix is just better
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#+author: Akshit Gaur
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#+DESCRIPTION: A signature look of superiority
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#+tags: guix, linux
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#+OPTIONS: toc:nil
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* Déjà vu?
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The three people that may have read a previous iteration of this blog on the previous iteration of this website, that I accidentaly nuked while changing the framework from hugo to astro, are requested to pretend this is some fresh piece of writing.
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:::caution
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Yes, I am THAT stupid
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:::
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Regardless, if you want to hear me ramble more about a topic I don't fully understand, continue on!!
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* What is Guix?
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In its own [[https://guix.gnu.org/en/about/][words]],
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#+begin_quote
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The GNU Guix package and system manager is a free software project developed by volunteers around the world under the umbrella of the GNU Project.
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#+end_quote
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#+begin_quote
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Guix System is a distribution of the GNU operating system. It uses the Linux-libre kernel, and support for the Hurd is being worked on. As a GNU distribution, it is committed to respecting and enhancing the freedom of its users. As such, it adheres to the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines.
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#+end_quote
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#+begin_quote
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GNU Guix provides state-of-the-art package management features such as transactional upgrades and roll-backs, reproducible build environments, unprivileged package management, and per-user profiles. It uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package manager, but packages are defined as native Guile modules, using extensions to the Scheme language—which makes it nicely hackable.
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#+end_quote
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#+begin_quote
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Guix takes that a step further by additionally supporting stateless, reproducible operating system configurations. This time the whole system is hackable in Scheme, from the initial RAM disk to the initialization system, and to the system services.
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#+end_quote
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Guix is a distro intended for geeks, incidentally pronounced that way too. There is no way to sugarcoat it, there is an inherent difficulty to these things, if you find Arch difficult to use, you shouldn't use Nix, if you can't use Nix, you should probably stay away from Guix, and if you can master Guix... you still won't be able to use Windows without borking it!
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** Story Time
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I have been on linux since I was 13 (2018) and in my 7 years of using it, it has been exactly 3 times when I was hugely excited about linux itself, not some tooling related to it or any work I did using it, linux itself.
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+
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+
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+
*** The Beginnings
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First was when I discovered Linux, in the form of Ubuntu which at that time had not gone down the drain. My laptop was a brand-new Dell laptop with i3 6th gen CPU, 4 gigabytes of RAM and a whopping 1 TB of Hard Disk capacity, I had worked with PC's before this (I learned how to play /Surma Sarela/ and /Bhalu Lagdu Bhanuli/ on my father's computer when I was 3) but it had been mostly superficial with only a little dabbling in the Front-End development space due to the encouragement from my /Chachu/ (Uncle). But I digress, as you would expect this did not lead to me being an expert in all things computer and I borked that laptop many times on Windows. Eventually I read a little about Ubuntu on the internet and figured well why not?! What do I have to lose! The process was not very difficult and I managed to install it. Suprisingly, the transition was very smooth (it speaks to its quality that even a 13 year old ME was able to install and use it) and I would wait for every update, and this would lead to me becoming addicted to this excitement, becoming the ill-fated *Distro-Hopper*.
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*** Mid-Life Crisis
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When 2020 with its Covid Craziness^TM hit, I found myself with a lot of free time on my hand