Cobbler VS nonguix

I'm looking for Windows Deployment Services equivalent for my Linux network. At the momment i'm using Cobbler (https://cobbler.github.io/) but i'm are looking for a software where i could place .iso images and PXE boot for any machine.

Check out this project: https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler

Take a look at Cobbler. I've used it for quite a few years & love it. It supports both preseed & kickstart.

I haven't setup a PXE server in a long time. There are management tools like MaaS, Collins, Cobbler, etc that deal with the provisioning of systems.

For users and enthusiasts of the Cobbler System http://cobbler.github.io/

if you built a Linux Cobbler server you can do this all

In regard on how to distribute things: If you just want an installation server then I would recommend Cobbler. This server is what is used by Uyuni under the hood for auto-installations. But this would be only reasonable if you really want to try to distribute in a broader way. I am aware that both projects are used from a couple of multiple thousands of machines. So you should be able to bend that system to your desire.

In regard to the installation I would recommend you to have a look at github.com/cobbler/cobbler/ because it would also enable bare-metal provisioning in many scenarios.

What about: Cobbler xCAT

Their software freedom policy seems to be similar to Debian. All free by default, allow separate nonfree addon. In the case of Guix you can find that here: https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix .

The GUIX community has a non-free package repo, you just add it as a GUIX channel and problem solved:

https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix

Yes, being a GNU project Guix has a strict free software only policy. The biggest channel (repo) with proprietary stuff for Guix is called nonguix. It has the vanilla kernel, Nvidia drivers and a number of other proprietary packages including Steam, Chrome and the like. I don't know what the state of ZFS on Guix is though as I don't care for it myself, but I can see why its inclusion would be questioned with regards to licensing.

Since Guix is a GNU project, it doesn't support proprietary software (Steam, Discord, Zoom...). Third-party repos are available for it.

There's a git lab repo for non-free/libre software that you can add as a channel when installing. I used the following guide that shows you how to do this.

I'm trying to enable substitues for nonguix. I added the code snippet from the nonguix website to my system.scm file per the instructions. When I try to reconfigure I get the following error: