void linux is so fast
2024-06-19
What is Void Linux:
void is a systemd-free runit based init system distro, who tries to be a independent free of the systemd monopoly and give it's users a clean system experience.
Why You should Use Void(in my opinion)
1. Package manager:
- Void has a one of the best package manager out there, it's very fast although the mirrors are kind of slow.
- Void packages are very small, they don't include debug packages when you install some core utils, so that does make it very lightweight.
- Void package availability is surprisingly much better than pacman, or I think so excluding aur, found some packages in void repo which aren't available in pacman.
2. Runit:
- Runit is very fast even faster than systemd, boot time is less than 5 sec, unlike openrc it starts services in parallal.
3. Stability:
- Void is very stable, even though though they are rolling release linux distribution, it is rock solid, the packages are rarely breaks.
4: Documentation:
- Yes, I know their documentation sucks, but it is great when you don't need alot of things to run a system, it covers almost all the basic things needed to setup or fix.
| Architechture | CPU | RAM | Storage |
|---|
| x86_64-glibc | x86_64 | 96MB | 700MB |
| x86_64-musl | x86_64 | 96MB | 600MB |
| i686-glibc | Pentium 4 (SSE2) | 96MB | 700MB |
- The base memory foot print is very small even smaller than arch linux.
6: DownSides:
- It is not updated as fast as arch linux does although some packages are faster to provide update.
- Void has problems with NVIDIA GPU by default it uses open-source Nouveau driver so the distro gets stuck while booting into it, atleast it got stuck for me many times, you may need to switch to proper drivers.
- Void works best with Xorg, and wayland compositors like hyprland are not available in void through offical repository.