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		chungy on June 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Debian is the greatest Linux distro of them all Python's maybe not the best example, since it's pretty easy to build and install to any location you want. On the other hand, you might want to install Guix and/or Nix on top of Debian.

giancarlostoro on June 12, 2024 [–]

Sure, but I dont want to have to build any package I want to install, for that I just call it a day and install a source based distro.

chungy on June 12, 2024 | [–]

Guix and Nix will provide you binaries, installed in /gnu and /nix so they don't conflict with anything else.

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