# What guix really needs is guix user repositories **URL:** \ **Category:** Guix\ **Created:** [July 5, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838 "2024-07-05T12:57:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@amano](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/amano)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/1 "2024-07-05T12:57:11Z")
Nix has nix user repositories. Gentoo has gentoo overlays. It is possible to search packages on all registered gentoo overlays. ---
**Author:** ![PuercoPop](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/puercopop/32/585_2.png) [@PuercoPop](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/PuercoPop)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/2 "2024-07-06T01:48:29Z")
Yes. That is exactly what [https://whereis.みんな/](https://whereis.xn--q9jyb4c/) is! You can even search other users repository using toys [https://toys.whereis.みんな/](https://toys.whereis.xn--q9jyb4c/) ---
**Author:** ![amano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@amano](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/amano)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/3 "2024-07-06T08:20:42Z")
You should advertise it widely. Why didn’t I know about it already? If I knew about this, I would have started learning guix. ---
**Author:** ![alphapapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alphapapa](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/alphapapa)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/4 "2024-07-07T00:58:01Z")
The domain name might have something to do with its not being very well-known… ---
**Author:** ![amano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@amano](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/amano)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/5 "2024-07-07T01:10:18Z")
I think david wilson of system crafters should advertise this widely on his youtube channel. ---
**Author:** ![PuercoPop](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/puercopop/32/585_2.png) [@PuercoPop](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/PuercoPop)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/6 "2024-07-07T02:58:55Z")
> [@amano](#): > > You should advertise it widely. I am literally advertising here? I found about it on the Fedi, it is part of the #guixrus collective. As I new guix user I’ve found it useful to find example of packages and setup my personal channel. It is also faster and includes the guix channel so I default to it over the official [https://packages.guix.gnu.org/](https://packages.guix.gnu.org/) ---
**Author:** ![PuercoPop](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/puercopop/32/585_2.png) [@PuercoPop](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/PuercoPop)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/7 "2024-07-07T03:01:43Z")
> [@alphapapa](#): > > The domain name might have something to do with its not being very well-known… On the other hand, it reinforces the purpose of site. To find over guix users. みんな means everyone in Japanese. So the URL says where is everyone! ---
**Author:** ![amano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@amano](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/amano)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/8 "2024-07-07T09:18:35Z")
> [@PuercoPop](#): > > I am literally advertising here? Forum comments don’t reach enough people. David wilson and other content creators need to advertise this. ---
**Author:** ![amano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@amano](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/amano)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/9 "2024-07-07T09:22:16Z")
It also required better search engine optimization. I can’t find it on search engines with usual search terms I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![altomcat](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/altomcat/32/583_2.png) [@altomcat](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/altomcat)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/10 "2024-07-07T09:37:49Z")
Thanks for the link! I sent a patch yesterday to add my own repository. We’ll see how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![benoitj](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/benoitj/32/127_2.png) [@benoitj](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/benoitj)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/11 "2024-07-09T03:15:36Z")
Hi amano, This was mentioned at least couple of times by David and other members. Some of us have channels indexed there. Also mentioned by Andrew Tropin on a recent video. You may not know it, but its not hidden. Benoit ---
**Author:** ![benoitj](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/benoitj/32/127_2.png) [@benoitj](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/benoitj)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/12 "2024-07-09T03:21:16Z")
I don’t think they (whereiseveryone) are on the forum, but you can find then on irc (#whereiseveryone on libera) or on their mailing list on source hut ([~whereiseveryone](https://sr.ht/~whereiseveryone/)) Benoit ---
**Author:** ![benoitj](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/benoitj/32/127_2.png) [@benoitj](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/benoitj)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/13 "2024-07-09T04:06:05Z")
this is the video posted by Andrew related to this post: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsY00oWBgJw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsY00oWBgJw) ---
**Author:** ![unruffled\_lumiere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@unruffled\_lumiere](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/unruffled_lumiere)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/14 "2024-07-12T14:39:10Z")
A bit meta… Hope that’s ok. Is that TLD in … Kanji? It must be from what PuercoPop wrote. I don’t speak or read Japanese but with the rounded-ness it almost _looks_ more Korean? Or even slightly Arabic? Interesting regardless. ---
**Author:** ![rine](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/rine/32/102_2.png) [@rine](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/rine)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/15 "2024-07-12T23:55:51Z")
Low volume, meta probably ok 🙂 Japanese uses hiragana (which this is) and katakana in addition to kanji > **[Hiragana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana)** > > Hiragana (平仮名, ひらがな, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}IPA: \[çiɾaɡaꜜna, çiɾaɡana(ꜜ)\]) is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana as well as kanji. > It is a phonetic lettering system. The word hiragana means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", as contrasted with kanji). > Hiragana and ... ---
**Author:** ![unruffled\_lumiere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@unruffled\_lumiere](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/unruffled_lumiere)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/what-guix-really-needs-is-guix-user-repositories/838/16 "2024-07-13T00:10:39Z")
TIL! Off to do some searching! ty