Hi, On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 at 14:54, Nicolas Graves via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org> 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). I would find that very helpful. For some command, I find Guix very slow, especially when compared with Apt or Aptitude from Debian. But that is comparing Apple to Orange. :-) For sure, “guix search” is very slow [1]. 1: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/39258 Cheers, simon
