Void Linux is amazingly fast, lightweight, bare-bones and adheres to unix philosophies better than any other popular GNU/Linux distros. With Void Linux we can have the fun of building a system from ground up. Not convinced yet? Here are some more great reasons to try Void:
- Not a fork
- Stable rolling release
- It uses
runitas the init system and service supervisor - Supports
glibcandmusl - Native system package manager, written from scratch
This repository, then, tries to gather some good recommendations, articles and templates that I have tried over time. I hope you like it!
Inside this folder, you will find good files and information about Void Linux, such as: installation tricks, recommendations and my personal experience.
Note: this will be constantly updated, as I progress.
Inside this folder, you can find some ready-made recipes that I made to make things easier (templates) for programs that are not directly in the official repository.
Each template will have its own recommendation (README.md) to guide the installation and answer questions, but in general, the sequence will be:
# Step 1:
sudo xbps-install xtools
# Step 2:
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages
cd void-packages
# Step 3: (Do it if not done already)
./xbps-src binary-bootstrap
# Step 4: (To copy all the packages of my repository)
git clone https://github.com/gqtn/void-linux
cp -r /path/to/this/repo/srcpkgs/* /path/to/void-packages/srcpkgs/
./xbps-src pkg <package name>
xi <package name>
Most templates contain a Bash script to make updating easier.
If you have any suggestions for improvements, if something didn't work as expected or if you want to request a package, feel free to open an issue.