Compared to Arch the packages in Void aren’t the newest aka it’s not a “bleeding edge” distro so by it’s nature it’s generally considered to be more stable. They even call themselves the Stable Rolling Release.
Then again compared to Arch, there is no Arch User Repository, but there is XBPS-src which is package builder which can build packages from other popular distros like Debian or Fedora with their .deb and .rpm files. They are sandboxed by default and require no root and. You can build packages yourself and there are also a lot of templates in XBPS-src.
Speaking XBPS, that is Void’s very own package manager I believe it stands for eXtreme Binary Package System. It’s also completely original to Void. It’s a smart, versatile and very fast (second only to Pacman I think) tool.
Unlike Arch. Void doesn’t use the nowadays standart SystemD Init system and instead uses Runit which is compared to SystemD more minimalistic, pretty simple to understand and overall faster Init system. Where everything is accomplished by linking form /etc/sv/ to /var/service/ with “ln - s”.
Void also supports the C libraries. The standart GNU libc (glibc) and musl. Glibc with support for more software and musl generally considered to be more secure. Also in my humble opinion glibc Void is great for desktop systems and musl Void is good choice for headless home server.
Lastly just like Arch it’s a minimalist distro so you can have way more control over system without too much headache and can pretty easily replace packages like sudo with something like opendoas.
I think Void one of the best Linux distros. I’m going to shamelessly fanboy it to the end of my days. One major issue for me that the official documentation is always kinda lacking for and I have to experiment. But yeah there you have it. Hope I didn’t bore ya.
Compared to Arch the packages in Void aren’t the newest aka it’s not a “bleeding edge” distro so by it’s nature it’s generally considered to be more stable. They even call themselves the Stable Rolling Release.
Then again compared to Arch, there is no Arch User Repository, but there is XBPS-src which is package builder which can build packages from other popular distros like Debian or Fedora with their .deb and .rpm files. They are sandboxed by default and require no root and. You can build packages yourself and there are also a lot of templates in XBPS-src.
Speaking XBPS, that is Void’s very own package manager I believe it stands for eXtreme Binary Package System. It’s also completely original to Void. It’s a smart, versatile and very fast (second only to Pacman I think) tool.
Unlike Arch. Void doesn’t use the nowadays standart SystemD Init system and instead uses Runit which is compared to SystemD more minimalistic, pretty simple to understand and overall faster Init system. Where everything is accomplished by linking form /etc/sv/ to /var/service/ with “ln - s”.
Void also supports the C libraries. The standart GNU libc (glibc) and musl. Glibc with support for more software and musl generally considered to be more secure. Also in my humble opinion glibc Void is great for desktop systems and musl Void is good choice for headless home server.
Lastly just like Arch it’s a minimalist distro so you can have way more control over system without too much headache and can pretty easily replace packages like sudo with something like opendoas.
I think Void one of the best Linux distros. I’m going to shamelessly fanboy it to the end of my days. One major issue for me that the official documentation is always kinda lacking for and I have to experiment. But yeah there you have it. Hope I didn’t bore ya.