Hello! Ryan Prior <rpr...@protonmail.com> skribis:
> 1. I haven't been able to use Guix Home to migrate my home config across > machines. I've done this 3 times since I started using Guix on what I would > consider advanced-level (writing Guile, defining my own packages & manifests, > contributing patches.) Each time, I've got frustrated with the applicability > of what documentation or examples I could find, and ended up migrating the > bad old way by copying config files & modifying them as needed. Guix does > help me in these migrations somewhat by allowing me to install needed > software environments in a non-disruptive way, but I haven't gotten any use > out of Home here. For reference, my attempts have been on elementary OS and > Ubuntu, never on Guix System. If this is a documentation issue, it would be nice to pinpoint what examples were missing or what info was unclear. If it’s a more general applicability issue (like: “this thing is useless to me”), then maybe that’s okay :-), or maybe we should look which or your use cases should be addressed by Home but aren’t. > 2. I've desired to use Guix Home on foreign distros to run Guix services > (like Docker or Postgres) via Shepherd, but have failed to do so thus far. I > read documentation in Guix and Shepherd, and some source code. I've got > Shepherd installed & running on some of my machines, but I can't figure out > how to use it to run Guix services. Possibly I'm missing something, but I > also wonder whether perhaps Guix services are only intended to run on Guix > System? In general, you can only use services that are explicitly designed for or “ported” to Guix Home, which are documented here: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Home-Services.html (You can find them with ‘guix home search’.) Now, there’s a mechanism in place that simplifies porting System services to Home, though again, that work has to be done explicitly. > I would like to help make Guix Home & services have an excellent experience > on foreign distros. I intend to write documentation, blog posts and code to > do so. I've been stuck, though, in actually making progress understanding how > to accomplish my aims, and every time I've tried it so far I've been in > enough of a hurry that I gave up after a couple days' hacking. If anybody > wants to pair with me or lend a hand I'd be thrilled to get back to this. Would be great! Thanks, Ludo’.
