https://guix.gnu.org/feeds/blog/documentation.atomGNU Guix — Blog — Documentationfeed author nameGNU Guixhttps://guix.gnu.org/themes/initial/img/icon.png2024-03-20T10:57:57Zhttps://guix.gnu.org/blog/2018/join-gnu-guix-through-outreachy//Join GNU Guix through OutreachyGábor Boskovits2018-10-04T10:00:00Z2018-10-04T10:00:00Z We are happy to announce that for the second time this year, GNU Guix offers a
three-month internship through Outreachy ,
the inclusion program for groups traditionally underrepresented in free software
and tech. We currently propose one subject to work on: Create user video documentation for GNU Guix . Eligible persons should apply
by November 22th . If you’d like to contribute
to computing freedom, Scheme, functional programming, or operating system
development, now is a good time to join us. Let’s get in touch on
the mailing lists and on the #guix…<p>We are happy to announce that for the second time this year, GNU Guix offers a
<a href="https://www.outreachy.org/december-2018-march-2019-outreachy-internships/communities/gnu-guix/">three-month internship through Outreachy</a>,
the inclusion program for groups traditionally underrepresented in free software
and tech. We currently propose one subject to work on:</p><ol><li><a href="https://www.outreachy.org/december-2018-march-2019-outreachy-internships/communities/gnu-guix/#create-user-video-documentation-for-gnu-guix">Create user video documentation for GNU Guix</a>.</li></ol><p><a href="https://www.outreachy.org/apply/eligibility/">Eligible persons</a> should apply
<a href="https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/">by November 22th</a>.</p><p>If you’d like to <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Contributing.html">contribute</a>
to computing freedom, Scheme, functional programming, or operating system
development, now is a good time to join us. Let’s get in touch on
<a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/contact/">the mailing lists and on the #guix channel on the Freenode IRC network</a>!</p><h1>About GNU Guix</h1><p><a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/">GNU Guix</a> is a transactional package
manager for the GNU system. The Guix System Distribution or GuixSD is an
advanced distribution of the GNU system that relies on GNU Guix and
<a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html">respects the user's freedom</a>.</p><p>In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports transactional
upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, per-user profiles, and
garbage collection. Guix uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package manager,
except that packages are defined as native
<a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/">Guile</a> modules, using extensions to
the <a href="https://schemers.org/">Scheme</a> language. GuixSD offers a declarative
approach to operating system configuration management, and is highly customizable
and hackable.</p><p>GuixSD can be used on i686, x86_64, and armv7 machines. It is also possible to
use Guix on top of an already installed GNU/Linux system, including on mips64el
and aarch64.</p>