kiasoc5 <kias...@disroot.org> writes:
> On 6/19/23 08:54, Nicolas Graves via Development of GNU Guix and the > GNU System distribution. wrote: >> One of the criticism that can be read online about Guix (compared to >> Nix) is its speed. I have never tried Nix and probably won't in a near >> future, but I was wondering if some work has been made to compare them >> on basic tasks (package installation, removal...) (the reason why I ask >> is to be able to give an honest answer to someone hesitating between >> both). >> > > At least package installation is faster with Nix. One reason is that > Hydra (their "substitute server") has faster download speeds compared > to CI/Bordeaux, likely due to multiple geographical locations/mirrors. Conversely, Nix itself is likely to be slower than Guile. I remember search being so memory intensive with Nix that it got OOM killed even with 4 GB of RAM, although they may have fixed that since.
