Void Linux
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Who else here is using void linux?
It's simply the perfect Distro
No use flags equivalent
>>54201479
You are the cancer of FOSS
>>54201544
why ?
>>54201594
I was just quoting Juan RP. This is what you will be told anyyway if you try to contribute to it
>>54201601
ok, thats the first time i heard something like that about him
>>54201479
i'm using it
>>54201479
It's a meme like arch and gentoo.
>>54201479
>It's simply the perfect Distro
There is no perfect distro
>>54201479
>update
>wireless breaks
Because it is just like arch. I don't have time to keep fixing things every time I update. I'll stick to debian for now and wait for devuan.
>>54201893
i'm guessing you had the pleasure of getting bit by the dhcpcd-6.10 update, where dhcpcd opted to remove the normally present-by-default wpa-supplicant hook. the void wiki has been updated to take care of this.
https://wiki.voidlinux.eu/Network_Configuration
(i hate to point this out because i know it doesn't matter to the user, but this was actually dhcpcd's fault, not void's. annoyed me like hell as well, but that's what they did.)
>>54201479
i use void, among other things
>>54201861
gentoo isn't a meme and void is arch done right.
>>54201479
HIPSTER TRASH
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>>54201479
Oh boy, another obscure Arch fork.
>>54202099
It's not an Arch fork you fag
Use your brain before you post shit
>>54202133
>our arch fork isn't actually an arch fork because, guys, you see...
Oh boy, another obscure Arch fork for hipsters to cling to until it gets too popular.
>>54202099
it's not even a fork at all it's a completely independent distro(ok, maybe not independent from Linux)
>>54202163
It's an independent distrobution
You still aren't using your brain, Anon
>>54202187
just give up he'll never understand
>>54202175
>>54202187
>our arch fork isn't really an arch fork, except that it is. but it's totally not. or is it?
Yeah, it's an Arch fork.
>>54202221
do you even know what a fork is?
>>54201479
>It's simply the perfect Distro
>Perfect=No software
Yeah,I'll pass. Solus burned me in that regard. I'm not going to compile shit that everyone else has either.
>>54202221
Not sure if you're just trolling
Nobody can be this dumb
>>54202250
>>54202254
Hey, you can use whatever new/obscure Arch fork you want.
>>54202252
I never had to compile anything until now, the Repositories are EXTREMELY good and you can find most software you'll ever need there. It even has packages i didn't find in any other repository
>>54202277
>>54202288
Yeah, that's great. Too bad it's still actually a fork of Arch.
>>54202254
he has no idea what a fork is, he read it somewhere and declares anything he doesn't know as an arch fork
>>54201867
except arch of course
>>54202299
:^)
>>54201542
What package manager does it use?
>>54202322
I'm sorry that Manjaro and Chakra got too "mainstream" to keep using. But hey, this is the new obscure fork.
>>54202299
stop shitposting
>>54202283
I'll have to look again but the last time I checked out Void, their repos were literally Void of anything but the bare essentials.
>>54202324
pacman, under a different name
>>54202324
it's using it's own called XBPS
>>54202347
they're pretty good now, but sometimes the packages are named a little bit different than in other distros (GnuPG instead of gpg as in most repos for example)
>>54202348
>xbps-install -S
lol, they didn't even change the commands
>>54202414
yeah, right except this command is doing something else than pacman -S
>>54202439
>To synchronize remote repository index files:
>xbps-install -S
>not pacman -S
ayyy
>>54202414
>>54202475
That's like saying apt-get and yum are the same thing because the commands are apt-get install/yum install
>>54201479
>forked arch with all the names changed so it's totally not a fork
>no packages in the repo
>no aur
Why?
>>54202506
stop shitposting
>>54202527
just ignore him
I use an encrypted Void installation on my IBM X60 - here's my desktop right now, although I'm using an external 27" monitor instead of the laptop display. It's also Libreboot'd. Wonderful machine.
Don't mind the shitposting on IRC to the left, #pasta is hidden under seven levels of irony.
>>54202527
not shitposting, asking legit
why the fuck would i, or anyone else, use this when more mature distros doing the same things already exist?
>>54202543
>Why would you use X when Y exists?
>Why would you use Y when X exists?
Because it's different.
It uses a fast package manager that no other distro uses. It uses runit instead of systemd. It's very lightweight.
>>54202566
runit is probably one of the most important reasons for most people
>>54202566
yeah, a package manager with no packages in its repo.
as for systemd, this isn't the first or only distro that doesn't use it. hell, there's a fork of debian in the works right now specifically to avoid using systemd. i'm sure more will follow as the anti-systemd hysteria continues.
lightweight? so are a lot of other distros.
there has to be a selling point here somwhere. what is it?
>>54202605
>never used it
>claiming there is no software in the repos
>>54202623
i don't have to use it to be able to head over to their website and read the page
>Currently there are over 6000 optimized binary packages
>>54202605
>a package manager with no packages in its repo
Have you ever used Void? It doesn't have every DE but aside from that it has pretty much everything you would need.
>hell, there's a fork of debian in the works right now specifically to avoid using systemd
Yeah but maybe some people like Void more than Debian
>>54202639
>It doesn't have every DE
you're making my point for me
>>54202651
it has openbox and tint2
what else do you need
>>54202638
>crawl
>but no angband
letrashman.jpg
>>54202651
I've already told you what the pros of using Void are. If there's no reason for you to use it then don't use it. It's that simple.
>>54202651
Gnome
lxQT
lxde
i3
enlightment
xfce
Only DE not readily available is plasma5, so what do you want?
>>54202708
no, you haven't
you coughed up some tripe about "fast and lightweight" like you're paid to promote it
>>54202726
What about just trying it out?
are you to incompetent for that?
>>54202739
why would i try it out when it doesn't actually do anything?
>>54202726
"fast and lightweight" aren't the only things I've said about Void.
As I said, if there's no reason for you to give it a shot then just don't fucking use it
Also >>54202739 this
Just try it out. If you don't like it, use a distro you like.
>>54202605
>selling points
>linux
You just pick it if you like it or fuck off if you don't. Selling points don't exist in linux distros as technically any distro can be made to act like any other distro.
>>54202756
>"fast and lightweight" aren't the only things I've said about Void.
yeah, they essentially are.
i'm sure their package manager is fast or whatever, but it's not any different or better than something like pacman. it just fucking isn't. it's a package manager.
as for systemd, i couldn't care less, and neither could you or anyone else here. there's nothing wrong with systemd, at least not anything that would make you completely avoid a distro to stay away from it. if you think otherwise, you spend too much time reading drivel written by weird kids. i'm not the biggest fan of poetteringware by a long shot, but i'm also not delusional or computer illiterate.
what we're left with is "fast and lightweight" and that's basically meaningless marketing garbage
>>54202805
>as technically any distro can be made to act like any other distro.
then why use this one as opposed to one that's already established and has robust repos?
>>54202805
stop arguing with trolls
>>54202483
that font color only makes me thing about the arch meme
>i'm so minimal i barely exist
>>54202861
stop replying to yourself
>>54202829
You don't get it
Nobody here gives a fuck if you think it's unseless or not
Just don't use it
>not any different or better than something like pacman
You've never even used it
It is not pacman. It is different. That's like saying apt and pacman are the same thing.
>as for systemd, i couldn't care less
I don't care that you don't care
>and neither could you or anyone else here
So because you don't care about systemd nobody cares about it, right?
>there's nothing wrong with systemd
Wrong
>>54202542
default mumble skin is buttugly
>mouths
Get 1.3
>>54202869
i'm not replying to myself
>>54202542
>using i3wm
>gtk theme is unconfigured or misconfigured, butt ugly
>muh terminal irc taking up half of the screen
yep, it's a Linux user alright
>>54202882
>It is not pacman. It is different.
no one said it was pacman. i said it was functionally similar to pacman, because it is. a quick peek at the void website makes that fairly clear.
>That's like saying apt and pacman are the same thing.
they are, in as much as they're both package managers. as in, they manage fucking packages.
and there isn't anything glaringly wrong with systemd, and avoiding systemd isn't the reason you're using this distro.
>>54202963
he's becoming desperate
>>54202989
you don't really have any answers, do you? you don't really have any actual reasons for using this distro outside of the fact that it's new, do you?
>>54203001
Don't try to reason with autistic Linux users
>>54203027
i am an autistic gadzooks/looney user, so it should have been fairly easy for them to at least sell me something on this distro
so far, it looks like the faggot about 12 posts in was right, and it's just hipster trash
While runit is fucking based, give me a single reason to use Void over Manjaro-openrc.
>>54203043
Naw man, there are normal humans like you and I using Linux. But when you realize that the person you're talking to is one of these tinkerers who just wants to sit in their mom's basement and jerk off to playing with new free software, you just have to cut your losses and move on
>>54202963
If you don't care which package manager your distro uses then fine. There are people who care about it though.
>there isn't anything glaringly wrong with systemd
That's only your opinion. I disagree and many other people disagree to.
>avoiding systemd isn't the reason you're using this distro
Don't pretend like you can read my mind. It's a reason for a lot of people to use a distro because it doesn't use systemd.
>>54203001
i like it because it's not using systemd, always has pretty recent software but isn't breaking like most of the other rolling release distros, it's often using BSD licensed software instead of GPL, good software availability (I used fedora before and the software availability was way worse).
>>54203068
i forgot to mention, it's not new, its 6/7 years old
so what does Void excel at
>>54203152
attracting hipsters who think they've found the next arch that no one's using yet
>>54203902
>STOP LIKING THINKS I DON'T LIKE!!!!!
>>54202542
My brother from another mother. I have that exact same setup, complete withe the encryption and libreboot (X200). Maybe we should meetup somewhere. Are you a girl?
>>54206093
I'm the guy you replied to. I'm in Houston, and I can be whatever you want me to be baby. ;)
>>54203910
who said anything about liking it or not? i'm just pointing out that you're using it because it's new and still relatively obscure
