Am I about to fall for a meme?

about as much of a meme as arch, actually slightly less because it has an installer
so maybe

Yes. And I assume you fell for many memes already if you're considering Void. Unlearn C, sell your Thinkpad and reinstall Windows. Live a happier life.

No. It's a great distro. It is still in its infancy but it has a lot of potential.

>>62250933
Arch is easy. I can tell you've never installed FreeBSD or compiled Gentoo or you wouldn't say Arch is hard.

>>62251000
What is the appeal of Void Linux anyway?

Luke Smith is a faggot, should I do as he does?

>>62251135
Who the fuck is Luke Smith?

>>62251135
>What is the appeal of Void Linux anyway?
It's stable, easy to configure. It is the 'purest' Linux experience as most packages are kept as vanilla as possible and all configuration is done via config files. It's also very light.

>>62251166
Some autistic frog poster from /g/ that posts his questionable i3 rices on Youtube.

https://youtu.be/mL5oLIHe5gw

I know Luke lurks here: install Gentoo already.

>>62251168
>stable
>easy
>vanilla
>config files
Wow, sounds just like Arch, except the config files part. Not sure what you newsom by that.

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>>62251168
>the purest linux experience
Anyway, the fact that it has no systemd by default, it's very minimalistic and at the same time not demonizing necessary nonfree firmware makes it a compelling choice. I too was skeptical at first, but I have to admit that it works pretty well. The only real downside I can think of is that there are still too few packages as of now.

>>62251235
Anything I've ever needed was in the repo.

If a package you want isn't, consider contributing. :)

>>62251218
It's nothing like Arch. lol

>>62251120
they didn't say Arch was hard to install, they just said it doesn't have an installer which is true.

>>62251278
How is it different from Arch then? Other than the screenfetch logo and the different buildpkg system.

>>62251333
They?
Installers are slow. Arch has 3rd party installer script for people that want that for whatever reason.

>>62251341
It has already been said.
>no systemd

>>62251341
No systemd, for one. It also gives you the option to use musl instead of glibc. It's also community-oriented and minimal, unlike Arch.

In the words of an Arch developer:
>Arch has *never* been minimalist... a Linux kernel with every module
available and every feature enabled at least when there's no non-bloat
related cost, feature-packed/complex GNU tools, nearly all optional
features enabled across all the packages, etc.

>Arch is the opposite of a distribution with lots of user freedom.

https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2015-July/039443.html

>>62251333
You are the installer

>>62251392
Nice so Arch minus systemd, minus AUR, and a trimmed down kernel.

You could have just said so if you knew what you were talking about.

>>62251419
Whats the difference between running an installer and running pacstrap?

>>62251592
You forgot musl.

>>62250904
No, it's a nice distro, similiar to arch without a few of its problems.

>>62251199
I want to kill that guy.

>>62251765
Why, because he's more successful than you?

>>62251367
>They?
You're not supposed to assume the gender of an individual here.

>>62251853
If you think that's being successful, not even 10k subs.

>>62250904
Runit is its biggest asset. Best init that I've used.

That reply was so retarded that I won't even give you a (You)
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>implying he doesn't have a life outside imageboard/linux memery.

>>62250904
If by meme you mean the best linux distro to come so far, then yes

Alright boiiz, you have convinced me, off the VM I am.

>>62252405
I'm going to follow your steps.

Also, how well does void on a laptop and as a "dev" environment? (I'm just learning C/++) and maybe some electronics stuff in the future.

>>62252528
I'd say pretty good. A tiling wm woud be ideal

>>62252528
Note: I use a T430.

>>62252587
Yeah, I was planning to use i3gaps and git gud with it.

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>>62251392
>>62251712
Gentoo > Void > A.R.C.H. (Autistic. Retard. Child. Hurricane)
Gentoo let's you choose whatever C libraries you want.

>>62252854
gentoo is fucking awful

>>62252942
>most flexible and configurable package manager in existence
>can literally build any combination of fundamental system building blocks you can think of
>awful

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>>62252942
Void is fucking awful.

>>62253042
how do I benefit from locally building ghc?
protip: it's just wasting my time

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>>62253052
>can't spell "environment"

>>62253159
>actually using Haskell
Wew

>>62253052
>>62253191
>using the wrong "its"

>>62253159
The point of compiling it, other than knowing it comes from the source code, is to be able to easily use your own compile flags or easily modify your own system.

>>62253236
>not knowing 'it's' is possessive
Boy, you sure schooled him, retard

>>62252200
Pathetic

>>62253256
"It's" is not possessive.

>>62253238
in this case I'd rather get a binary package compiled with sane defaults
in fact the list of software that I actually want to customize with compile-time stuff is very small (aka the kernel and some network daemons)

>>62253302
Then don't use Gentoo. It's for people that like old-school source-based software distribution or want to use their own compile flags so that their system actually uses their CPUs to their full potential.

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>>62253287
Wrong again, retard.

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>>62253378
>general rule
>not knowing that it is an exception
Hello there ESL.

>>62253412
>21st century NEWSPEAK English
Sorry you just learned English in some college classroom Paco. The English in actual literature has it's.

>>62253535
It's being used for possession went out of style like 300 years ago. The vast majority of English literature uses its for possession.

>>62253582
>went out of style
>being a fad fag
So like, do you buy the revised Bibles too?

>>62253614
Nobody speaks Shakespeare English. It's an extremely different language.

>>62253641
>mfw never had trouble understanding Shakespeare
Brainlet.

>>62253654
You're not typing it. You're typing the Newspeak version.

>>62253670
>bein dis buttblasted
lol kys famalam.

>>62251235
You're using slackbuilds.org and sbopkg, right? There's only been a few packages I've needed that haven't been in there. Fortunately, creating a slackbuild script yourself is very easy.

https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:slackware_admin:building_a_package