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Void Linux: Into the Void

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Re: Void Linux: Into the Void

#11

Post by a012 »

mdekkers wrote: post #10
alxlaz wrote: post #5

I usually refrain from distro- (and editor-, and language-) related discussions but I think Void Linux deserves an exception here: - Everything is remarkably simple, (mostly) well-documented and straightforward. - Friendly, dedicated and very knowledgeable community - Open development, very few hooks to jump through if you have something to contribute - No systemd, so: rebooting your system isn't a lottery where, if…

No systemd, so [...] you can't do much DevOps on Void Linux How so? How is DevOps linked or dependent on systemd in your view? Personally, I find systemd gets in the way of devops.

I don't understand, what can't DevOps do much without systemd where most of the DevOps culture involving around automations?

Re: Void Linux: Into the Void

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Post by [deleted] »

mdekkers wrote: post #10
alxlaz wrote: post #5

I usually refrain from distro- (and editor-, and language-) related discussions but I think Void Linux deserves an exception here: - Everything is remarkably simple, (mostly) well-documented and straightforward. - Friendly, dedicated and very knowledgeable community - Open development, very few hooks to jump through if you have something to contribute - No systemd, so: rebooting your system isn't a lottery where, if…

No systemd, so [...] you can't do much DevOps on Void Linux How so? How is DevOps linked or dependent on systemd in your view? Personally, I find systemd gets in the way of devops.

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Re: Void Linux: Into the Void

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Post by BlackLotus89 »

xfer wrote: post #7
BlackLotus89 wrote: post #4

A while ago I started looking for alternative linux distributions and void linux is my new darling that came out of this search. It has many binary packages, out of the box musl images, images for many of my arm boards (raspberry pi *, c2 and cubieboard for instance) and a nice packagemanager with source support and arch like syntax (it's splitted like the debian apt-get/apt-cache but worse... I still like it) If som…

I also used to use void-linux for many of these reasons(after arch for a few years). But i have now moved to nixos. It offers me the benefits of replicating system setup(i don't backup my system folders anymore, just my homedir and the nixos configuration files), cleanly removing system-wide packages(no more stale config hanging around) and of course the benefits of using nix for isolated/reproducible builds.

Nixos was on my list as well, but I never got to try it out properly since void linux won me over.

I'm still using arch as well, but I guess I always try to choose the right distro for my use case.

But I think I will give nixos a spin again some time. I like the idea of the package manager very much

Re: Void Linux: Into the Void

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Post by mdekkers »

a012 wrote: post #11
mdekkers wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No systemd, so [...] you can't do much DevOps on Void Linux How so? How is DevOps linked or dependent on systemd in your view? Personally, I find systemd gets in the way of devops.

I don't understand, what can't DevOps do much without systemd where most of the DevOps culture involving around automations?

That is exactly my question. OP appears to take the position that not having systemd somehow gets in the way of doing DevOps, which to me sounds like bullshit, and I asked for some more info. Instead of engaging in a discussion, I got downvoted though, so I guess it was "the wrong question", or "I didn't ask in the right tone of voice". This place reminds me of my ex-wife.

Re: Void Linux: Into the Void

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Post by BlackLotus89 »

a012 wrote: post #11
mdekkers wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No systemd, so [...] you can't do much DevOps on Void Linux How so? How is DevOps linked or dependent on systemd in your view? Personally, I find systemd gets in the way of devops.

I don't understand, what can't DevOps do much without systemd where most of the DevOps culture involving around automations?

I found the question interesting as well especially since the original post mentions how michael works on void and distributimg it with ansible (many of the things he mentioned sound like devops to me)

Re: Void Linux: Into the Void

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Post by O_H_E »

alxlaz wrote: post #5

I usually refrain from distro- (and editor-, and language-) related discussions but I think Void Linux deserves an exception here: - Everything is remarkably simple, (mostly) well-documented and straightforward. - Friendly, dedicated and very knowledgeable community - Open development, very few hooks to jump through if you have something to contribute - No systemd, so: rebooting your system isn't a lottery where, if…

    you can't do much DevOps on Void Linux
Why is that ???

Re: Void Linux: Into the Void

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Post by somebadguy »

mdekkers wrote: post #14
a012 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand, what can't DevOps do much without systemd where most of the DevOps culture involving around automations?

That is exactly my question. OP appears to take the position that not having systemd somehow gets in the way of doing DevOps, which to me sounds like bullshit, and I asked for some more info. Instead of engaging in a discussion, I got downvoted though, so I guess it was "the wrong question", or "I didn't ask in the right tone of voice". This place reminds me of my ex-wife.

Whiny victim. Not surprised your wife moved onto better things

Re: Void Linux: Into the Void

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Post by keithpeter »

fouc wrote: post #9

Nice, my past distros of choice were slackware & archlinux. This feels like a successor to those. I'm sold.

Slackware and Arch are still very much alive as projects.

By 'successor' do you mean 'works in a similar way and I happen to like it better' or is there something that you think Void has got that slackware and arch don't have?

PS: downloading the void live .iso now for a bit of distro-hopping on a spring morning.

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