Guix

Just been trying out using guix as a package manager on Debian and have a question: I've been able to install and run GIMP using Guix but it isn't picking up my plugins. Why is this, and what would I need to do to make them work?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34572963

SSS (Supreme Sexp System) releases a polished v3.3.22 after 9 months of continuous development ✨

https://codeberg.org/jjba23/sss

• #dracula palette has been added as shown in the #screenshot
• experimental help center 🧪 for SSS, tailor made #gtk4 #rust application
• many improvements and quality of life added to this #gnu #linux quasi - #distro on top of #guix
• much more ...

SSS is a #rice 🖥️ 🍙 worthy of #unixporn and uses #guile #scheme #emacs #hyprland and more

The thing is StumpWM is not integrated into the session manager (-service?).

I get that under Debian, I could switch a non-graphical runlevel und use xinit or startx the old-school way. But how can I do this in Guix system?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33466232

Introducing Veritas v0.0.20: my new Lisp-powered (Guile Scheme) testing framework!

https://codeberg.org/jjba23/veritas

Born from my engineering experience and frustrations, I aim for incredible expressiveness. It is currently super early stages, also eager for other people to pitch in ideas before fully stabilizing the API. I also want to add many more capabilities for integration tests, containers and more.

veritas aims to be a simple and lightweight testing framework written in Scheme. Its main purpose is to help developers verify that their code behaves as expected. It achieves this by providing a clear structure for writing tests and producing easy-to-read feedback in various formats.

The framework is built around the concepts of "suites," which group related "tests," and "assertions," which perform the actual checks. I'd encourage you to peruse the test/ folder of this project to see real examples of how to use veritas.

The power of veritas lies in its simplicity, expressive embedded domain-specific language (EDSL), and some clever features that promote robust testing practices and correctness, like order randomization and concurrent testing.

Using the Grid'5000 infrastructure,a study of the effect of nine different CPU models using two software packaging systems (#docker and #guix), and comparison of the resulting hardware variability to numerical variability measured with random rounding.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33183559

I wrote a short blog post with my thoughts and experience on using Lisps and Scheme. Maybe you like it .

https://jointhefreeworld.org/blog/articles/lisps/scheme-and-lisps-are-great-for-production/index.html

It covers #scheme (a minimalistic #lisp) and implicitly #emacs and my text editor (which i use to make and publish the website too with #orgmode). #guix is also a great killer app for #guile

With the idea of promoting the usage of Guix and of my favourite programming language Guile Scheme, I created a small project which is still in early stages, but I think with some more love and effort can be quite something.

https://jointhefreeworld.org/guile-show-hub/

The Guile ShowHub! Promoting all Guile projects out there! By reading from foss Guix project source code we can tap into a plethora of information, and leverage the homoiconicity of Lisp to directly analyze the source code and extract info.

Always wanted to selfhost your Fediverse instance but were always worried about system administration trauma?

Do you ever have to run around your flat, picking up all the leftover parentheses from yesterday's party with your hosting coop coworkers?

Then you are probably the right person, check out this post about fearless Bonfire hosting on a Guix System. You'll learn that taking care of a community is much more manageable when you let computer do the boring work for you.

Set up HTTPS, automatic backups, automatic nightly upgrades and join the awesome Bonfire community without a single worry on losing data from your instance.

Recently I got into NixOS and started setting it up -- until I found Guix System. I started feeling like Nix is more of a DSL, while Guix seems more like a truly programmable system. But I still can’t decide between them. What do you find most attractive about Guix System compared to NixOS?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30485676

Generate SVG images for handy useful glyphs, org/markdown badges and more, from Lisp (Guile Scheme)

https://codeberg.org/jjba23/ggg

Be proud and appreciate technologies and techniques you use, distinguish clearly supported versions of things, etc. With flexible support for badges between one and three parts.

Through SVG generation from Lisp (Guile Scheme) we leverage a beautiful DSL and apply some mathematical knowledge to build pixel perfect badges. These SVG can then be easily converted without quality loss to any desired format.

With GGG, you have the power to create your own badges and images with a consistent and clean aesthetic.

I was never able to get into that email based workflow anyway