(begin (use-modules (srfi srfi-19)) `((title . "Distro of the Linux-based GNU system ported to MIPS") (author . "Ludovic Courtès") (date unquote (make-date 0 0 0 0 28 10 2013 3600)) (content div (p "The Guix-based distro " (a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2013-10/msg00174.html")) "has been ported to MIPS64") ", specifically to the " (a (@ (href "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson")) "Loongson") " processors notably found in the free-software-friendly " (a (@ (href "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemote#Netbook_computers")) "Yeeloong laptops") "." (br)) (p "Technically, " (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Porting")) "\"porting\"") " here means that the \"bootstrap binaries\" were cross-compiled to +mips64el-linux-gnu+, and then used as an input to the " (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Bootstrapping")) "distro's bootstrapping process") "---a purely functional, and trackable, process." (br)) (p "Thanks to Mark and Nikita for their tireless work to make this happen!" (br)))))