GNU Guix System

Guix System
Guix System running Xfce, GNU IceCat and GNU Emacs
DeveloperGNU Project[1][2]
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent[3]
Source modelFree software, FSDG
Latest release1.4.0[4] Edit this on Wikidata / 19 December 2022 (19 December 2022)
Marketing targetDesktop
Package managerGNU Guix
Platformsx86_64, i686, aarch64, armv7, powerpc64le
Kernel typeMonolithic: Linux-libre (operational) Microkernel: GNU Hurd (under development)
UserlandGNU
LicenseGPL
Official websiteguix.gnu.org

GNU Guix System or Guix System[5][6] (previously known as GuixSD[7]) is a rolling release, free and open source Linux distribution built around the GNU Guix package manager.[8][9] It enables a declarative operating system configuration[10] and allows system upgrades that the user can rollback.[11] It uses the GNU Shepherd init system[12][13] and the Linux-libre kernel, with the support of the GNU Hurd kernel under development.[14] On February 3, 2015, the Free Software Foundation added the distribution to its list of endorsed free Linux distributions.[15] The Guix package manager and the Guix System drew inspiration from and were based on the Nix package manager and NixOS respectively.[16]

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  4. ^ Ludovic Courtès (December 19, 2022). "GNU Guix 1.4.0 released (English)". Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  5. ^ "About — GNU Guix". guix.gnu.org. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Free GNU/Linux distributions". www.gnu.org.
  7. ^ "What to call Guix?" (Mailing list). gnu-system-discuss. January 15, 2015. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
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  10. ^ "Using the Configuration System". www.gnu.org. Archived from the original on April 29, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  11. ^ "Package Management". www.gnu.org. Archived from the original on May 21, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  12. ^ "Programming Interface (GNU Guix Reference Manual)". guix.gnu.org. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  13. ^ "Guix: A New Package Manager & GNU Distribution - Phoronix". www.phoronix.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  14. ^ "GNU Guix & GuixSD 0.12.0 released" (Mailing list). guix-devel. December 21, 2016. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  15. ^ "FSF adds Guix System Distribution to list of endorsed distributions". Free Software Foundation. February 3, 2015. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  16. ^ "GNU Guix Reference Manual - Acknowledgments".

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