Hello Tomas.
1. Assuming a complete user directory backup + a list of the
minimum software needed (i3 or similar, emacs, orgmode,
inkscape, zen browser, bitwarden, and a few more)... is it
reasonable to expect that with a full day's work I'll be
working again? (of course, full tweaking will continue for a
looong time). ;)
Hard to say. For example, getting ibus working correctly took
me a while, and I somewhat needed it. But also, I am not using
a Desktop Environment, so I made my life harder on my own.
Ah, you like it the hard way... ;DDD
What I would suggest is to start with a virtual machine. Guix
has a command (`guix system vm') to build a virtual machine
from your configuration, so I would suggest starting with
that. Get your configuration to the point when it creates a
running virtual machine that you would consider "usable" for
daily work.
I had no idea that existed!
Will search for the documentation, thank you very much. :)
Once you are that point, getting it running on a real hardware
should
definitely fit within a day (assuming you use that one channel
that
shall be not named in order to have working GPU and WiFi).
Of course, since most has been done previously. Great
suggestion.
Overall this will be slightly more work, but should result on
lower
downtime and less surprises on the way.
Definitively, it is similar as using GUIX as package manage over
my
current Debian. It may be more work, but each step is closer and
there
is much less "faith jump" in between.
Again, thanks a lot for the "guix system vm" idea.
Will definitively put it in practice. :)
Warm regards...
--
eduardo mercovich
Donde se cruzan tus talentos
con las necesidades del mundo,
ahí está tu vocación.
(Anónimo)
