>What is Void Linux? Void is a general purpose operating system, based on the Linux kernel. Its package manager, xbps, allows you to quickly install, update and remove software; software is provided in binary packages or can be built directly from sources with the help of the XBPS-SRC packages collection.
>Why Void? -Its xbps package manager is spectacular. -Its Runit init system is small, fast, intuitive, and DIY friendly. -Every package has a Runit run script, and they're always small. -Void Linux is solid, stable, and doesn't screw up. -Both gcc and musl versions available. -No systemd, unless you try really hard to install it. -It's a rolling release. -But updates don't break your computer. -Works well on anemic computers. -Lightning fast on well-endowed computers. - XBPS-SRC to compile from source
>Where to start? Void Linux can be found at : voidlinux.eu/
You need to clone it and some other shit first though
Isaiah Watson
Then why make xbps-src? Pkg-src is a perfectly good, cross-platform package manager. Isn't Void even being developed by netBSD devs?
In what ways does it improve upon pkg-src? It really seems like a non-issue.
James Perez
That you can have a distro with another init isn't a problem. That most servers run RHEL/CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu which use systemd is. As well that many programs depend on it. Programs that your colleagues expect you to use.
Henry Harris
This is literally me. Except in my case it's my first distro, so I can't compare it to arch, but what I can do is bang my head against the keyboard every time I have a problem and have to spend hours researching only to gain a deep understanding of the issues and come up with a solution myself, because there sure as fuck aren't going to be any online.
Brandon Gutierrez
- Update and install in one run (-S). - One tool for all (apt-file for xbps-query -R -o, update-alternatives for xbps-alternative, aptitude ... for xbps-remove -o, dpkg-reconfigure for xbps-reconfigure and editing cofig file to pin for xbps-pkg -m.
And yes it is. XBPS-SRC packages are maintained by void devs and handled with extra love and care, desu
Luis Reed
Wait, what other shit depends on systemd now? I thought it was mostly, like, gnome, which is irrelevant anyway
Camden Taylor
accurate i get all my fixes from myself or forums / discords / etc
Evan Watson
That xbps-src connects with the main binary package manager of Void, xbps obviously. Same way as makepkg and pacman do.
Evan Jackson
Lots that though don't directly depend on it, depend on another piece of software that in turn depends on systemd (eg chromium, lighttpd, mailman, subversion).
Landon Scott
Is linux-libre in the repos?
Jack Cruz
devs say " currently not interested in providing another line of kernels."
sorry :(
Kayden Howard
>Crux is a mess of crappy, hacky, build scripts, half of which don's work anymore Crux is the perfect distro as you get all the control you want but it's a pita if you don't git gud.
Christian Lopez
it's not an issue of being good or not. There's nothing more pathetic than being elitist about using a distro--of all the things you could be elitist about. It's not that fucking hard to get a distro up and running, and you must be incredibly stupid if you believe otherwise. Need I remind you that all distros are, in one way or another, just respins of the same operating system?
It's about being efficient. Does Gentoo absorb a lot of time? Yes. Does Gentoo give you a reasonable amount of control for the time you put in? Also yes.
That's where it matters. There are startups out there with servers running super-optimized, super-light implementations of Exherbo. You're not going to run Crux on production. Which isn't to say that Crux on desktop isn't viable--and I don't mean to say that there's no merit or /fun/ to be had in using Crux on the desktop--but in an enterprise equation, you would be the object of ridicule--even be Windows users' standards.
Enterprise. Work. Production. Things that matter. Not desktop. Not Crux.
Camden Cook
Void is a perfectly good distro and I'm happy to recommend it, but this cannot possibly sustain a general.
Carter Martin
>Discord dropped
Joseph Murphy
enjoy your color screen monitor
Aiden Watson
>We care about your needs
>In the last few month Void has grown to a point where we no longer can ignore the users needs and wishes. We noticed that we don’t know what you expect from a distribution like Void Linux and we decided to change this.
>Starting from today we plan to let every user participate in our upcoming package statistic database. Not only that, we are also optimising your experience with Void Linux based on your personal process table (ps) and your .bash_history, using a small cron job.
>This information will let us focus our efforts, and make the work we do help you more. This service, just like Void, will be provided free of charge.
>But that’s not all: Together with the statistics we’re starting to improve password security! Every Void system will get a PAM service that sends your password to one of our secured Amazon cloud servers and check it there against our password policies. We hope to use this information to help our users become as secure as they can be.
>With these cloud based solutions we believe that we can increase both the user experience and Void’s system security. Stay excited!
Thomas Stewart
Why not, oh idk, ask them? Fucking autists.
Jacob Jones
Void has the best aprils 1st shit
Jayden Harris
bumping because void deserves the front page once again
Dominic Jackson
>discord There's not a single advantage to this, they should really just come up with a ticketing system with user-end frontline input to streamline troubleshooting of problems faster.
Also I've always wondered how these projects get funded. I would love to start my own project but work takes all my time and unless i get paid i dont want to lift a finger
