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(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)))))
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