Re: guix-1.5.0 released [stable]

2026-01-27 Thread Eduardo Mercovich

This is to announce guix-1.5.0, a stable release.


Congratulations for the release! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: 
:)))


Reading the article on 
https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2026/gnu-guix-1.5.0-released/ I add 
some extra congratulations because of the improvement in the 
internal processes. This will surely have a very positive impact 
on the project. :)


I was trying the previous version on a small old machine and am 
using it in my production machine as package manager installed 
over an old Debian. So I am not any guix expert.


However, I'm ready and about to install GUIX as the only OS on 
my real production machine (i7, 16 Gb RAM, old but faithful Dell 
Latitude).



So, a few questions before making the jump with the 1.5 version:

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). ;)



2. Having some professional UX experience I plan to document my 
journey installing GUIX, hoping that it could be useful to make 
it clearer and simpler for other new users like me in the 
future. So, what is the best way to document what happened, my 
thoughts and potential paths ahead? (they will not be technical, 
but about cognition, information, interaction design and the 
like).



3. Is there anything special and/or important to give special 
attention during this installation, so it gives useful 
information for the project? I have no idea what could be, 
enabling some special logging, or options, or whatever.




As always, thank you all very much for sharing so much work and 
dedication. I hope to be able to add my small grain of sand to 
this marvelous castle. :)



Best...


--
eduardo mercovich

Donde se cruzan tus talentos 
con las necesidades del mundo, 
ahí está tu vocación. 
(Anónimo)




Re: guix-1.5.0 released [stable]

2026-01-24 Thread Roman Scherer
What a great release. Congratulations and thanks to everyone involved!

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 13:53 Efraim Flashner  wrote:

> This is to announce guix-1.5.0, a stable release.
>
> GNU Guix is a package manager for GNU/Linux systems. It is designed to give
> users more control over their general-purpose and specialized computing
> environments, and make these easier to reproduce over time and deploy to
> one or
> many devices.
>
> For more information see the release blog post:
> https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2026/gnu-guix-1.5.0-released/
>
> Sources:
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-1.5.0.tar.gz
>
> Foreign distribution installer:
>   https://guix.gnu.org/guix-install.sh
>
> Binary tarballs:
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.armhf-linux.tar.xz
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.powerpc64le-linux.tar.xz
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.riscv64-linux.tar.xz
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.x86_64-linux.tar.xz
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.i686-linux.tar.xz
>
> Guix System Installer:
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.5.0.aarch64-linux.iso
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.5.0.x86_64-linux.iso
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.5.0.i686-linux.iso
>
> Virtual machine:
>
> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-vm-image-1.5.0.aarch64-linux.qcow2
>
> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-vm-image-1.5.0.x86_64-linux.qcow2
>
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> All of these files have are signed at .sig. They are all signed by
> Efraim, you can get his public key from [1], then import it using
> “gpg --import”.
>
> For more information, visit our website at https://guix.gnu.org, on IRC at
> libera.chat #guix, or see the mailing lists guix-devel[2] or help-guix[3].
>
> Efraim Flashner, on behalf of the Release Team, the GNU Guix Maintainers,
> and
> the many contributors over the years.
>
> ==
> There have been 71413 commits by 740 people in the 161 weeks since 1.4.0.
>
> This is the output of the NEWS section:
>
> * Changes in 1.5.0 (since 1.4.0)
> ** Package management
> *** New ‘rpm’ format for the ‘guix pack’ command
> *** New ‘appimage’ format for the ‘guix pack’ command
> *** New ‘--max-layers’ and ‘--file’ options for the ‘guix pack’ command
> *** New ‘--roll-back’ and ‘--expression’ options for the ‘guix deploy’
> command
> *** New ‘--with-version’ package transformation option
> **

Re: guix-1.5.0 released [stable]

2026-01-23 Thread Reza Housseini
Congratulations to the release them and thank you for your hard work.
Very impressive!

> This is to announce guix-1.5.0, a stable release.
>
> GNU Guix is a package manager for GNU/Linux systems. It is designed to give
> users more control over their general-purpose and specialized computing
> environments, and make these easier to reproduce over time and deploy to one 
> or
> many devices.
>
> For more information see the release blog post: 
> https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2026/gnu-guix-1.5.0-released/
>
> Sources:
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-1.5.0.tar.gz
>
> Foreign distribution installer:
>   https://guix.gnu.org/guix-install.sh
>
> Binary tarballs:
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.armhf-linux.tar.xz
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.powerpc64le-linux.tar.xz
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.riscv64-linux.tar.xz
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.x86_64-linux.tar.xz
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.5.0.i686-linux.tar.xz
>
> Guix System Installer:
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>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.5.0.x86_64-linux.iso
>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.5.0.i686-linux.iso
>
> Virtual machine:
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>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-vm-image-1.5.0.x86_64-linux.qcow2
>
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>
> All of these files have are signed at .sig. They are all signed by
> Efraim, you can get his public key from [1], then import it using
> “gpg --import”.
>
> For more information, visit our website at https://guix.gnu.org, on IRC at
> libera.chat #guix, or see the mailing lists guix-devel[2] or help-guix[3].
>
> Efraim Flashner, on behalf of the Release Team, the GNU Guix Maintainers, and
> the many contributors over the years.
>
> ==
> There have been 71413 commits by 740 people in the 161 weeks since 1.4.0.
>
> This is the output of the NEWS section:
>
> * Changes in 1.5.0 (since 1.4.0)
> ** Package management
> *** New ‘rpm’ format for the ‘guix pack’ command
> *** New ‘appimage’ format for the ‘guix pack’ command
> *** New ‘--max-layers’ and ‘--file’ options for the ‘guix pack’ command
> *** New ‘--roll-back’ and ‘--expression’ options for the ‘guix deploy’ command
> *** New ‘--with-version’ package transformation opti