Should I switch from Arch to Void?
Should I switch from Arch to Void?
Matthew Moore
Julian Morales
install void
and by void, I mean gentoo
Camden Hernandez
takes too much time to compile pkgs on my thinkpad
Aaron Wood
If you want to move from one meme to another, sure.
Just make sure you install the musl libc version so nothing works, it will make you feel like more of a hacker.
Gavin Long
Yes get that systemdick out of your ass!
Ethan Mitchell
What are the benefits of runit other than speed?
Easton Thompson
Not true.
Just use docker/chroot for proprietary garbage.
Cooper Mitchell
You can understand the whole system by reading a bunch of very short shell scripts and some C source in less than 30 min.
Brandon Peterson
Switch to OpenBSD. Linux is practically finished. OpenBSD has an actual future, unlike Google / Redmond / NSA Linux.
Gabriel Rodriguez
OBSD doesnt have a lot of packages people use, and most are outdated (e.g. plasma/gnome)
Carter Young
>Should I switch from Arch to Void?
No
Matthew Perry
Cool
Noah Ramirez
>Linux is practically finished.
Gavin Baker
>No drivers
Joseph James
pros:
- runit init, no systemd
- the fastest non-bloated package manager out there
- musl version available if wanted
- rolling release
- package don't pull a minimalist amount of dependencies
- true KISS approach
- very helpful IRC channel
cons:
- uses reddit as "forum"... really?
Justin Reed
As much as I'd love switching to musl a lot of programs don't work or require too much attention and time which is a real hassle if you need to get work done. Also as a laptop user running programs in a virtualized environment isn't really battery-friendly. But overall void is great and I plan on switching to the gnu libc version for now
Ryan Price
Understandable.
Even some open source programs fuck up on MUSL.
After all, 99\% is compiled using GCC.
That said, I'm using glibC version as my main system and am pretty happy.
One complaint is the lack of 64-bit wine, but then again, one could use Lutris and alike.
>user running programs in a virtualized environment
Chroot/Docker have 0 overhead.
William Carter
Why does everyone act like the musl version is a pro? It’s not. It’s a fucking meme. Musl is barely functional.
Austin Martin
It's objectively better.
Nathan Turner
>oh no muh desktop environments
It has drivers for everything useful.
Camden Butler
>oh no muh desktop environments
not everyone use tiling vms
Jace Scott
Truth
Jackson Richardson
OpenBSD has Gnome and KDE to hold your hand if you can't use a computer properly.
Easton Murphy
yes, but older versions
Joseph Hughes
I'm in the same boat right now. runit seems comfy.
Ethan Turner
Six months old, yes. What features were implemented in KDE and Gnome in the last six months that are must-haves for you?
Kayden Gray
Running musl version since two years. It works perfectly fine. The only thing that didn't work was java, but who cares.
I also have a lot less problems with internationalization which is just purged from the system when running the musl version.
Sebastian Lee
It's easier to manage than systemd and openRC, you just create symlinks to enable/start daemons
Noah Lewis
no were full
Owen Campbell
?
Zachary Hill
Thinking about switch from Arch to Void too, it seems pretty comfy. But I think I like AUR better.
Henry Perry
Bear in mind AUR packages may contain malware
Isaiah Davis
OH NONONONO HHAAHAHAHA
Jack Stewart
void is an improvement over arch. another good choice is guix system, but it's a bit unusual and complicated. I went from arch to void to guix. both very good.