Also, wanted to bring to your attention this bit of reference
<https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/will-there-be-an-ubuntu-mate-24-04-download-for-raspberry-pi-5/27298/6>
from the defunct UbuntuMATE forum regarding *Martin Wimpress*'s
("Creator" or UbuntuMATE) now being "all-in" for *NixOS* (to the point
of stepping away
<https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-mate-seeking-maintainers/79264>
from being the main person for that):
(/from video description by Martin about motivation/):
"I'm going to migrate all my laptops and workstations to NixOS ...
Devices I'll be migrating to NixOS include ThinkPad P1, ThinkPad
Z13, Pinebook Pro, *Raspberry Pi 4*, a whole load of ultra-portable
PCs from GPD, a NUCs and some DIY homebrew PCs ..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9GM8k9Aa7k
The full "playlist" of NixOS-related videos that Martin has put out
there are offered here:
* NixOS Video Playlist
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9GM8k9Aa7k&list=PL2O-jVSvTrBw_PDlL7kRncGZ-k13tmBUY>
Eric M.
On 2026-10-09 14:50, Lucas Francisco Fryzek via linux wrote:
Hey,
I was looking at trying out Guix since the idea of transactional
package manager seems pretty interesting and having your whole OS
defined by a config file seems like it could be really nice for a
server that you might want to redeploy somewhere. I'm curious if
anyone else has used it and if you have any comments on if you liked
it or not. I'm pretty interested in figuring out:
- Is having to do everything through config files annoying?
- Is running the OS image nice, or do you just use it as a package
manager on top of a different os (is so which os?)
- Do you use it on your desktop/laptop or only for a headless server?
- If you've tried both Guix and Nix which one do you like better and why?
BR,
Lucas
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