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by b3n 1423 days ago
> While I understand and agree with most of the GNU mantra of free software, it was simply difficult and unwieldy to use my laptop since it required non-free software

One easy solution is to use Guix's Nix service[1], which lets you install packages from the Nix package manager.

[1] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Miscellaneous-Servi...

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That's pretty slick. Thanks, I'll take a look into that!