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Charlatan

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Void is just soo good.

  • Runit is super simple and makes sense to me. - I get to build the distro the way I want it.
  • I’ve learned a ton about the inner workings of Linux using Void for the last 3 years.
  • You’re right about packages, but I’ve not had issues as I’ve found flatpacks or appimages for anything not offered.
  • Xbps has spoiled me. I HATE using almost every other package manager. They’re all so slow and cumbersome.
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It’s definitely hard to beat: )

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Thanks for the heads up. That is something I’ve taken into consideration. I am curious how long I’d last on musl.

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Thanks, Sid hasn’t been on my radar. Ill go have a look. I happen to have a ZFS box up in rsync.net running Debian, and it’d be nice to learn more about CLI in the deb world.

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Ah Chimera. I’ve been looking at that the last two days. I am really tempted to give it a shot. My laptop is mostly for playing around these days. Are you running it?

I forgot about Arch. I ran Manjaro for a year and didn’t have the best experience. 'Course I was pretty green on Linux then.

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I haven’t honestly. Isn’t that one that takes forever to install because it builds the packages as you install the system?

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I know, so cool. I am open to learning, but I am not sure I am in for that depth of education :)

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Great suggestion. A few of the distro suggestions here are in the deep end of the Linux pool, so it’s probably best to build them virtually to see how I want things setup.

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I never took a swing at musl, though I did kick it around a few times. I used my laptop for work for years and couldn’t afford to lose options for some apps. The gloves are off now :)

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It’s soo good. It’s taught me most of what I know about Linux. And, without getting into a battle over inits, I just love the simplicity of runit.

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