On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 12:13:55PM -0400, mikadoZero wrote:
> I think the confusion around the pronunciation of GIF would probably be
> a worst case scenario.
Non-techies rarely discuss JPEGs or PNGs, while GIFs are a cultural
phenomenon.
How to pronounce 'GIF'? Anyone can weigh in, and it
On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 08:31:40PM -0400, mikadoZero wrote:
> Reading the recent press release linked it is clear that Express Logic
> is continuing to invest more in their Guix trademarked product over
> time. As a result of this it is increasing likely that Express Logic
> could request that
On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 08:00:16PM +0100, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
> It's 4 months old.
>
> Meanwhile, we have:
>
> commit 207cba8114d354737b231e510d6110ea2a42e07b
> Author: Ludovic Courtès
> Date: Wed Apr 18 23:21:11 2012 +0200
>
>Initial commit.
>
> Do 6+ years of prior public
Hi Maxim and others,
Maxim Cournoyer writes:
> Chris Marusich writes:
>
>> [...] Starting on February 23rd, 2019 we conducted a test using
>> Amazon CloudFront. [...] The test concluded on March 23rd [...].
>
> I'm I living in the past, or did you mean another date than March 23rd?
> :-)
jerem...@pdp10.guru writes:
> For example if one were to go to the guixsd website and download the
> current release, verify that it was correct, burn onto a DVD and attempt
> to install with guix system init /etc/configuration/desktop.scm /mnt
> --fallback results in the following error:
>
>
Hello,
I configured a usb stick to boot multiple Gnu/Linux Distributions by
following this tutorial:
https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1846
It works for Tails, PureOS, Trisquel and Parabola
I am trying to add GuixSD.
For the menuentry, I always start from the grub.cfg embedded
Hello Chris!
Chris Marusich writes:
> Hi Guix!
>
> Recently, the Guix project experimented with using a CDN to improve
> substitute availability and performance. This email summarizes the
> results of the test for your review. I also hope this email will start
> a discussion about whether or
n...@n0.is writes:
> The other Guix keeps coming up over the years.
> I don't think we have to do anyting because it's 2 separate fields
> of software.
> No problem unless one of the Guix starts making it one.
Reading the recent press release linked it is clear that Express Logic
is continuing
Guix, mikadoZero,
I know you're not a fan of [the common pronunciation of] the name
Guix, but going straight from my ironic quote of a shitty PDF to a
public and ‘proactive name change’ proposal is at best premature.
If it is the case that Guix the free software project does not
have a
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 12:13:55PM -0400, mikadoZero wrote:
> I think the confusion around the pronunciation of GIF would probably be
> a worst case scenario.
Non-techies rarely discuss JPEGs or PNGs, while 'GIF' is a cultural
phenomenon.
How to pronounce GIF? Everyone has an opinion on this and
I know this probably is not a popular premise but we really need to take
the time to actually test our example configurations prior to including
them in our releases.
For example if one were to go to the guixsd website and download the
current release, verify that it was correct, burn onto a DVD
mikadoZero writes:
> Jelle Licht writes:
>> I really think that "software" is much too broad a category to consider
>> for a trademark clash in this case. From what I can see, there is barely
>> any overlap between our Guix and the GUIX product that Express Logic is
>> working on. This might
Hi!
> Also where I live, in South America, in the Aburrá Valley, The term
> "geek" is used in its English form by some people to describe themselves
> as people who are very interested in technology and its specifics.
Another South American :)
As regards the name, I have always pronounced it like
Jelle Licht transcribed 1.9K bytes:
> mikadoZero writes:
>
> > I have search guix-devel for this and did not find it. I would like to
> > [ snip ]
> Thanks for looking into this.
>
> > # Proactive name change
> >
> > Looking at the pug thread above shows that it would have been nice if
> >
Hello
mikadoZero writes:
> Doing this duckduckgo site search: `geeks
> site:https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/` gives me only one match. Which
> is footnote 1 of section 1 Introduction of the manual. I do not know of
> anywhere else where the pronunciation of Guix is explicitly stated.
>
> I
Thank you for correcting my false assumptions and sharing that link.
Ricardo Wurmus writes:
> mikadoZero writes:
>
>> In "14.4.1 Software Freedom" of the Guix manual it says that Guix is free
>> software and follows the free software distribution guidelines.
>>
>> Is using a proprietary non
mikadoZero writes:
> I have search guix-devel for this and did not find it. I would like to
> [ snip ]
Thanks for looking into this.
> # Proactive name change
>
> Looking at the pug thread above shows that it would have been nice if
> Jade had not been forced to change their name so quickly
I have search guix-devel for this and did not find it. I would like to
know what people think about these topics:
* does the Guix free software project have a trademark?
* proactive name change
* reacting to a forced name change
* talking with Forbes Lindsey of Jade to gain insights
* talking
mikadoZero writes:
> In "14.4.1 Software Freedom" of the Guix manual it says that Guix is free
> software and follows the free software distribution guidelines.
>
> Is using a proprietary non free CDN as a core part of Guix's
> infrastructure in conflict with Guix's software freedom?
Two
Chris Marusich writes:
> Since the test has concluded, we are not currently using a CDN. Going
> forward, we need to decide if we want to continue to use a CDN.
In "14.4.1 Software Freedom" of the Guix manual it says that Guix is free
software and follows the free software distribution
Hi Guix,
May I request commit access for the Guix repositories?
This access would be primarily for maintaining and addding packages in
the (gnu packages maths/engineering/simulation) modules.
Also, I am preparing to do the narration for the Guix videos. With
commit access, I will be able to
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 09:20:04PM +0100, Tobias Platen wrote:
> I ran configure on my Talos II, and got the following error message.
>
> checking for the Guix system type... powerpc64le-linux
> configure: error: `powerpc64le-linux' is not a supported platform.
> See "GNU Distribution" in the
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