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Welcome to libre

A comm dedicated to the fight for free software with an anti-capitalist perspective.

The struggle for libre computing cannot be disentangled from other forms of socialist reform. One must be willing to reject proprietary software as fiercely as they would reject capitalism. Luckily, we are not alone.

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Resources

Free Software, Free Society provides an excellent primer in the origins and theory around free software and the GNU Project, the pioneers of the Free Software Movement.
Switch to GNU/Linux! If you're still using Windows in $CURRENT_YEAR, take Linux Mint for a spin. If you're ready to take the plunge, flock to Fedora! If you're a computer hobbyist and love DIY, use Arch, Gentoo, Guix or the many, many offerings out there.

Those on Apple Silicon Macs can consult Asahi Linux for available options.

Rules

Be on topic: Posts should be about free software and other hacktivst struggles. Topics about general tech news should be in the technology comm or programming comm. That doesn't mean all posts have to be serious though, memes are welcome!
Avoid using misleading terms/speading misinformation: Here's a great article about what those words are. In short, try to avoid parroting common Techbro lingo and topics.
Avoid being confrontational: People are in different stages of liberating their computing, focus on informing rather than accusing. Debatebro nonsense is not tolerated.
All site-wide rules still apply

Artwork

Xenia was meant to be an alternative to Tux and was created (licensed under CC0) by Alan Mackey in 1996.
Comm icon (of Xenia the Linux mascot) was originally created by @ioletsgo
Comm banner is a close up of "Dorlotons Degooglisons" by David Revoy (CC-BY 4.0) for Framasoft

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GNU Guix 1.5.0 released! (guix.gnu.org)

submitted 2 days ago by hello_hello@hexbear.net to c/libre@hexbear.net

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GNU Guix is a package manager that allows for transactional and deterministic software management and deployment. Guix System is an operating system based on the Guix package manager.

GNU Guix is completely source based down to the bootstrap level and can be installed on any Linux operating system.

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[–] wheresmysurplusvalue@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I installed Guix System on an old partly broken laptop after seeing it recommended here. Been running it for about 3 weeks and I think it will replace NixOS for me. There aren't quite as many packages, but the gap is not that big and I'm usually ok to just use other software instead if a program is missing. I was able to make 2 packaging PRs in my first week, which I think is a testament to the choice to use Scheme. (I never wrote lisp before this.)

One thing I miss from the Nix ecosystem is that there are way more service definitions, e.g. it's almost trivial to set up a basic Matrix server in Nix these days. That's only due to the network effect, much larger contributor base for Nix. That can only be addressed by joining and contributing.