Booting my laptop is a chore. It takes a long time, so I limit my reboots to once a day. This can be counter-intuitive when you use GNU Guix.
I use a Lenovo ThinkPad X200 with GNU Boot as my primary computer now. I migrated away from the HP "Blooglet" Chromebook because it lacks RAM, disk space, a good keyboard, and the ability to run a fully free OS.
Boot Procedure
Currently, my boot procedure is as follows.
- Press power button.
- Press
b
to use a regular BIOS. (Guix System does not work with GNU Boot's default GRUB option.) - Type passphrase.
- Select boot option.
- Type passphrase.
- Log in.
This can be an issue when running Guix System, as making even trivial
system changes, such as adding a user, may require a reboot.
Supposedly this is remedied by the new reboot --kexec
command, but
I'm not sure if it will work with my encrypted disk.
Ideal Boot Procedure
On Fedora, I had a much simpler boot procedure. I wish I could get this on Guix System on GNU Boot.
- Press power button.
- Type passphrase.
- Log in.