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I've been using Void Linux[0] for a few years now. It's philosophically aimed at being a minimal distro for power users. Design choices: * Rolling release *
by xelxebar 7y ago
I've been using Void Linux[0] for a few years now. It's philosophically aimed at being a minimal distro for power users.
Design choices:
* Rolling release
* Custom package manager: XBPS with binary package repository. It's pretty darn good IMHO.
* Minimal init process: runit
* LibreSSL (vs OpenSSL)
* User can choose standard library: Glibc or musl
* Prefer dash over bash in system scripts
You get the drift. The biggest change to a user is probably the use of XBPS as a package manager. The repository of pre-compiled binaries is pretty extensive, and the package definition scripts are dead simple. The entire collection of package definitions is in a repo on GitHub, so sharing your package definitions is also quite painless.
Their IRC channel on freenode (#voidlinux) is also pretty active with lots of knowledgeable and helpful people.
[0]:https://voidlinux.org/ https://voidlinux.org/
- sprash 7y agoYou forgot to mention they have a very sane package hirachy that always draws as few dependencies as possible. Many self proclaimed "minimalist" distros will immediately become bloated as soon as you install one package not in the base system.