r/voidlinux • u/gijsyo • 11d ago

New to Void

Hi all. I'm new to Void as of today. Not new to linux, and I've been a fan of Debian since the late 90s. I'm not so keen on the move towards systemd (reloading after editing the fstab, why?! Log files in binary format, yikes! Windows registry vibes almost) but I still love apt-get plus I do not need to edit fstab that often or look at log files regularly so it's fine for now.

I also run an OpenBSD VM, and Void feels pretty similar. Simple, no frills, to the point and fast.

So far my Void VM is just for messing around in textmode. I picked the musl variant and that may not be the final version but we will see. So far I feel at home almost immediately. Thanks for have an active subreddit 👍

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u/ShipshapeMobileRV 11d ago

I'm a big fan of Void, and it does very well for my needs. However, it sounds like you'd be a happy Debian user if only for systemd? In that case, have you looked at Devuan? It's basically Debian with systemd removed. In fact, it was started by a handful of Debian developers who broke off and started their own disteo after Debian announced that they were going all-in on systemd.....

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u/gijsyo 11d ago

Thanks for the tip. I'm pretty happy with my Debian VM, and I would get rid of systemd if there was an easy way :) No plans of doing anything big to that machine, I customzed it so much that I don't dare to be honest. If things go downhill I'll definitely choose a systemd-free setup.