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Void users, what do you especially like about your distro? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm not trying to bait. I've been playing with Void for a while, but didn't get what makes it special. I guess I'm missing something about it.

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[–] quantumvoid0@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

i like gentoo and I like arch...I see void as better part of both combined

xbps is as gud as pacman and is rly fast for binary. xbps-src gives me control like portage

arch is light by design, but uses systemd which slows my boot, gentoo is slightly heavier than arch (but u can make it smaller) , gentoo boots faster with openrc compared to arch with systemd.....now combine the gud stuff ...void, runit boots faster , void is lighter than both out of the box

Only part I can point out where void lacks compared to gentoo is profiles and security options, other than that its perfect

And overall i like the minimalism, flexibility and control

I have even tried LFS , sure it was gud in every aspect and was perfect for my needs built by me, except package manager, I'm not rly looking forward to writing a package manager better than xbps.

P.S when I say gentoo is heavier than arch I meant out of the box right after installation

[–] pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have you tried Artix?

[–] quantumvoid0@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

yes , it lacks source install