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2mo ago

When you can't afford Arch Linux

58 comments

Why isn't Manjaro the one in the meme?
- I use manjaro and you said nothing but facts.
  
  I just quit Manjaro about two months ago and i agree.

Frankly I'd much rather have void. Super cool distro, a lot of things about it seem like an ideal fit for me, I just don't really have the technical skill to get a minimal distro all set up the way I want it
Plus their logo is pretty. Which shouldn't matter but like, look at it- it's a cool logo!
- Yes, the install process is difficult to perform. But once you do it, you'll feel like a wizard. You learn so much from the process if you do a manual chroot install. It helps you understand how the installation process for other distros like Debian works. If you have some free time, I would recommend trying it in a virtual machine.
  
  I tried when I set up my new laptop and definitely learned a ton, but eventually stalled at getting network manager setup so I could use GNOME settings to configure networks, and getting sound set up
  I completely forgot about trying it in a VM, I may have to go give that a try!
  If it had package kit implementation so I could use a graphical package manager/app store it'd basically be my perfect distro if I could get it set up the way I want. An independent distro, super elegant, if I understand right the packages are all vanilla, "stable rolling release". I really like it, a minimal distro is just a bit beyond me skill-wise, and I'd miss having a way to browse native (non-flatpak) applications graphically

As one of the dozens of Void Linux users, I too find this very offensive!
(But hey, at least we're getting some attention, which is nice....)
- Oh, come on, I use Void too, it was just a play on Void 😁.

I don't agree with it being a cheap version of arch, it works too good for that, it deserves more respect
- Nah, it's just play 😊.
  It's better than Arch if you ask me, I use it on all my rigs.
  
  Okay :) I've been using it for a few years now, have never looked back at arch or any other distribution 😄

You're using the meme wrong. The "at home" needs to be worse than the "mom can we get?"
- I know, it was just play on Void 😊.

I have enough void inside me already

Was I supposed to be paying for arch this whole time?
- Oh, you paid for it, don't worry.

How dare you.

when you can't be bothered to setup arch linux:

the only thing void has over arch is more architecture support (which is kinda ironic)
- Stability as well. It's probably the most stable rolling release distro out there.
  
  that kinda depends on your personal experience - for example ive been running arch for 2 years, i do weekly updates and ive never encountered a single issue

Could someone remind me what the appeal behind Void is exactly?
- no systemd IIRC.
- Rolling release and stable. And no systemd... not by choice though, they're not purists, you just can't build it for musl.
  
  Musl and stable is one worst word combinations there is. I still have nighmares from broken packages under alpine that worked just fine under normal distro. It took us like a week to find the problem. Bad times.

Haha now I kinda feel like this is Endeavour. I'm really liking Endeavour! It feels like Arch but just a bit smoother of an approachability curve. Lovely community, too.
I should mess with Void sometime. 🤔
- It's more like Arch than Endeavour though, just a heads up. Very little GUI things, especially the installer and all that. Well, the installed is TUI, so It's not that hard to be honest.

fucking runit

Is void a distro?
- Yes. Independent, rolling, stable.
  
  rolling, stable
  Huh?

Alpine is better. It's more minimal.
- Yeah, but no glibc 🤷... some of us need it, and I can't chroot all the time.
  
  But it's very minimal with a very small attack surface by default (because of Musl, glibc is bloated).

Who remembers Antergos

It was Antergos for me, before the project was shut down.

This meme was brought to you by an arch user desperately trying to justify the mental gymnastics of using systemd in their supposedly "keep it simple" distro
EDIT: I joke of course. If arch/systemd works well for you, that's all that matters!
- It was just a pun, cuz Arch is popular, I use Void actually 😊.

I just like Archbang.

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