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GNU Guix 0.8 Has A New Visual UI In Emacs

Written by Michael Larabel in GNU on 18 November 2014 at 09:25 AM EST. 2 Comments

The GNU Guix functional package manager has been updated to version 0.8 and incorporates four months of changes.

GNU Guix 0.8 features a new visual user interface in Emacs, a variety of new Guix sub-commands, improved reporting of package upgrades, and various improvements to the Linux-libre distribution portion of Guix.

Those interested in this open-source package manager based on the Nix package manager can find the v0.8 details via this GNU announcement.

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