Void users, what do you especially like about your distro?
2026-07-05 03:11 UTC
Replies (10)
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@Hxrmit@thelemmy.club 2026-07-05 03:22
Non-systemD Lightweight Convenient to use Standalone (not based on any distro) No controversies involved I like the logo Isn’t restrictive compared to certain distros Ideal for power users and servers
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@Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 2026-07-05 08:41
It’s a lightweight, independent distro for power users. It’s also currently one of the very few distros still offering an official 32 bit version out of the box. I use it on my oldest and lowest power machines. It’s snappy and stable. Plus, the name is badass, for whatever that’s worth lol.
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@talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world 2026-07-05 13:55
Might be that you are at the end of your distro-hopping journey, which isn’t when you have found the perfect distro, but when they all start to look the same
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@verdare@piefed.blahaj.zone 2026-07-05 14:38
Been a while since I used it, but I thought XBPS was pretty neat. I contributed a couple packages to the repos, and the recipe system did most of the lifting for me.
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@racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 2026-07-05 14:07
It’s Arch Linux done right.
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@quantumvoid0@programming.dev 2026-07-05 18:05
i like gentoo and I like arch…I see void as better part of both combined xbps is as gud as pacman and is fly 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 systems…now combine the gud stuff …void, runit boots faster , void is lighter than both out of the box And overall i like the minimalism, flexibility and control
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@fozid@feddit.uk 2026-07-05 20:32
It is just a very simple clean stable unopinionated rolling release distro. It doesn’t try to be bleeding edge, or force you down any particular path. Its not a derivative of another distro. It uses runit for its init process, no systemd and is just really nice and clean to use. I’ve been on it about 12 months after swapping from arch which I had used for about 15 years. No plans to move any time soon.
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@Tundra@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-05 20:52
Isnt Void rolling release debian aswell? the point release is the only negative thing about debian for me
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@juipeltje@lemmy.world 2026-07-06 08:24
I’m not really using it anymore aside from it still being on my server (i simply haven’t switched it to my new distro yet), but what made me switch to it is xbps. It’s lightning fast but seems more solid than pacman, and can easily update a system that hasn’t been updated in years. I also ended up liking the simplicity of runit, and it made me realize i just don’t like using systemd all that much. Because of that i now tend to look out for other non-systemd distros as well. A few months ago i switched my desktop and laptop over to guix.
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@TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe@lemmy.world 2026-07-12 05:56
That hybernation is really easy to setup. You just need a swap partition or logical volume. This one has not been mentioned yet.