Re: Guix / Nix Benchmarks

[kiasoc5]

On 6/19/23 08:54, Nicolas Graves via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU 
System distribution. wrote:
> One of the criticism that can be read online about Guix (compared to
> Nix) is its speed. I have never tried Nix and probably won't in a near
> future, but I was wondering if some work has been made to compare them
> on basic tasks (package installation, removal...) (the reason why I ask
> is to be able to give an honest answer to someone hesitating between
> both).

At least package installation is faster with Nix. One reason is that 
Hydra (their "substitute server") has faster download speeds compared to 
CI/Bordeaux, likely due to multiple geographical locations/mirrors.