https://guix.gnu.org/feeds/blog/guix-hackathon.atomGNU Guix — Blog — Guix Hackathonfeed author nameGNU Guixhttps://guix.gnu.org/static/base/img/icon.png2020-08-14T21:45:02Zhttps://guix.gnu.org/blog/2014/join-us-for-a-guix-hackathon-on-sep-27-28/Join us for a Guix hackathon on Sep. 27-28!Ludovic Courtès2014-09-16T00:00:00+02002014-09-16T00:00:00+0200 The GNU Guix project is organizing a hackathon on September 27th and 28th, 2014. The hackathon will take place primarily on-line, on the #guix IRC channel on Freenode. We have started collecting a list of hacking ideas . Feel free to stop by and make more suggestions! The hackathon is accessible to anyone with experience in GNU/Linux packaging or systems hacking. Scheme programmers will find additional things to work on in the tool set. Finally, we will also be welcoming newcomers and helping them get started. …<div><p>The GNU Guix project is organizing a hackathon on September 27th and 28th, 2014. The hackathon will take place primarily on-line, on the #guix IRC channel on Freenode. We have started collecting a <a href="http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/Hackathon-09-2014">list of hacking ideas</a>. Feel free to <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/#contact">stop by</a> and make more suggestions!<br /></p><p>The hackathon is accessible to anyone with experience in GNU/Linux packaging or systems hacking. Scheme programmers will find additional things to work on in the tool set. Finally, we will also be welcoming newcomers and helping them get started.<br /></p><p>This is a followup to <a href="/software/guix/news/join-guix-for-an-on-line-hackathon-on-sep-28-29.html">last year's hackathon</a>, organized for <a href="http://www.gnu.org/gnu/initial-announcement.html">GNU's 30th anniversary</a>.<br /></p><h4>About GNU Guix</h4><p><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/guix">GNU Guix</a> is the functional package manager for the GNU system, and a distribution thereof.<br /></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. It also offers a declarative approach to operating system configuration management. Guix uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package manager, with Guile Scheme programming interfaces.<br /></p><p>At this stage the distribution can be used on an i686 or x86_64 machine. It is also possible to use Guix on top of an already installed GNU/Linux system, including on mips64el.<br /></p></div>https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2013/join-guix-for-an-on-line-hackathon-on-sep-28-29/Join Guix for an on-line hackathon on Sep. 28-29!Ludovic Courtès2013-09-18T00:00:00+02002013-09-18T00:00:00+0200 GNU Guix joins other projects in celebrating GNU's 30th anniversary . Join the #guix channel of the Freenode IRC network for a Guix hackathon on Sep. 28-29! Tasks will include packaging your favorite software, hunting bugs , and improving stand-alone builds of the Guix-based GNU system. This is accessible to anyone with experience with GNU/Linux packages; people with experience in Scheme may find additional things to work on. Happy hacking! …<div><p>GNU Guix <a href="http://www.gnu.org/gnu30/celebration">joins other projects</a> in celebrating <a href="http://www.gnu.org/gnu30/">GNU's 30th anniversary</a>.<br /></p><p>Join the #guix channel of the Freenode IRC network for a Guix hackathon on Sep. 28-29!<br /></p><p>Tasks will include <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Defining-Packages">packaging</a> your favorite software, hunting <a href="http://bugs.gnu.org/guix">bugs</a>, and improving stand-alone builds of the Guix-based GNU system. This is accessible to anyone with experience with GNU/Linux packages; people with experience in <a href="http://schemers.org">Scheme</a> may find additional things to work on.<br /></p><p>Happy hacking!<br /></p></div>