Re: Guix / Nix Benchmarks

[Efraim Flashner]

On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 02:55:21PM -0400, kiasoc5 wrote:
> 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.

I believe on the Nix side that includes a ~$9000/month bill for AWS.

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