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		yjftsjthsd-h on June 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Guix: Unifying provisioning, deployment, and manag... > I ran Guix on top of Gentoo Could I ask you to compare guix and portage? I'm not an expert in either, but it looks like guix provides very similar source builds with easier binary caching/substitution.

nitia on June 12, 2021 [–]

I can compare. Ebuilds are nothing in comparison, and guix is much more flexible. What portage has over guix is the wealth of premade packages (for now)

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