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[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago

At least as long as you don't really need WiFi of course...

Hey, now – the NonGuix repo. exists!

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For those unfamiliar, it contains software with proprietary elements that otherwise can't make it into the Guix software repository, à la non-free for Debian.

You can get the normal Linux kernel and all the hardware compatibility you'd typically expect easily through NonGuix.