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@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -*- mode: org -*- -[[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/][GNU Guix]] is a purely functional package manager, and associated free -software distribution, for the [[http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu.html][GNU system]]. In addition to standard -package management features, Guix supports transactional upgrades and -roll-backs, unprivileged package management, per-user profiles, and -garbage collection. +[[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/][GNU Guix]] (IPA: /ɡiːks/) is a purely functional package manager, and +associated free software distribution, for the [[http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu.html][GNU system]]. In addition +to standard package management features, Guix supports transactional +upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, per-user +profiles, and garbage collection. It provides [[http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/][Guile]] Scheme APIs, including a high-level embedded domain-specific languages (EDSLs) to describe how packages are to be diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 93dd69ff56..bab5cf7a8f 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -78,12 +78,14 @@ package management tool written for the GNU system. @node Introduction @chapter Introduction -GNU Guix is a functional package management tool for the GNU system. -Package management consists in all the activities that relate to -building packages from source, honoring the build-time and run-time -dependencies on packages, installing packages in user environments, -upgrading installed packages to new versions or rolling back to a -previous set, removing unused software packages, etc. +GNU Guix@footnote{``Guix'' is pronounced like ``geeks'', or ``ɡiːks'' +using the international phonetic alphabet (IPA).} is a functional +package management tool for the GNU system. Package management consists +in all the activities that relate to building packages from source, +honoring the build-time and run-time dependencies on packages, +installing packages in user environments, upgrading installed packages +to new versions or rolling back to a previous set, removing unused +software packages, etc. @cindex functional package management The term @dfn{functional} refers to a specific package management |