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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Mwa@thelemmy.club to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

yes i did a os one but i am wondering what distros do you guys use and why,for me cachyos its fast,flexible,has aur(I loved how easy installing apps was) without tinkering.

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[–] PushButton@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

No Void here?

Oh well... I surely don't use it because it's popular...

  • Runit
  • Pkg manager
  • KISS
  • Up to date / rolling distro
  • But stable
[–] tomatoely@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I went into void as my first DIY distro, mainly because I wanted to mess around with window managers and it was a very good experience. Runit made my underpowered laptop boot into linux in like 4 seconds, crazy fast. XBPS package manager was always really really fast too. I like the fact that nearly everything you need is in the official repo, instead of having to delve into the depths of something like the AUR. I also managed to make a contribution to the repos with the help of the community on the IRC chat rooms which were very noob friendly. Overall just a solid experience.

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 month ago

I was thinking the same thing, but I don't like void because it doesn't have every package I want And they only offer old or extremely specific ones.