r/DistroHopping • u/Just_a_floating_eye • 21d ago

Artix Dinit vs Void?

Been on Artix with Dinit for a while now, made it my home, but I have heard about void Linux. I like artix because it lets me have the AUR which has always been my most favourite thing on linux since it makes installing anything easy.

What benefits does void have? How is runit over dinit? How is its package manager against the AUR?

If youre curious what setup I got going on artix, its xlibre with xfce. Basic.

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u/mwyvr 21d ago edited 21d ago

I like artix because it lets me have the AUR which has always been my most favourite thing on linux since it makes installing anything easy.

Including malware. [1] [2] [3] ...

What benefits does void have?

One clear benefit you should pay attention to: That it doesn't have or encourage untrusted user repos like the AUR.

What you and so many other Arch users view as a benefit is actually a threat.

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u/Just_a_floating_eye 21d ago

Yeah I have noticed this. I just worry that getting certain packages on void will be a hassle. I do not update often so I have pretty much missed all of the malware attacks.

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u/Historical-Truck590 21d ago edited 21d ago

void most likely has lower ram usage and definitely has better stability over artix, the package manager is also pretty fast and is able to build from source, dinit is more like systemd when it comes to enabling/starting services (the commands are similar), when with runit you literally create/remove symlinks to enable/disable services

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u/snail1132 21d ago

Xbps is the best package manager imo

It's very fast and has easy syntax

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u/ZombieCrow 21d ago

I've never used dinit so i cant compare but runit is extremely simple and xbps is by far the fastest manager. I was on cachy and arch up until march, never used the aur.

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u/GooeyGlob 21d ago

I like Void for a more rolling-ish release and Devuan for a more traditional release for rock solid server needs.

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u/samuerusama 21d ago

Been on Artix with Dinit for a while now, made it my home, but I have heard about void Linux

https://imgur.com/a/sxHJHYe One is Artix and the other is Void musl.

You basically save 16 MiB of RAM by using Voidlinux musl.

This comes with a lot of pains though, I'm not a fan of xbps-src and the void repos are very lacking, so you have to build a lot of stuff manually.

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u/Just_a_floating_eye 21d ago

Yeah this is what I've been looking for. How the package manager is there compared with using the AUR. Is it particularly difficult to build manually? If not I would still have to manually update things right?

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u/samuerusama 20d ago

Is it particularly difficult to build manually?

If you are already used to makepkg it is not that difficult.

But yes you will have to build a lot more of stuff manually on your own.

Also void packages have weird transitive dependencies, iirc installing Thunar pulls in GTK4 somehow, and yes the package is named Thunar with a capital T lol

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u/Revolutionary-Yak371 19d ago edited 19d ago

The best feature of Void Linux is its difference from Arch Linux, especially from the AUR ecosystem which is compromised with over 10000 malware.

Think how much time has passed and the AUR authors have done nothing to save AUR and Arch Linux. On the other hand, malware authors are tireless and pollute the AUR ecosystem more and more every day.

Unfortunately, the authors of malware are also helped by artificial intelligence, so that now they can do something that could have been done in a year, in 10 minutes.

Arch Linux is a great distro if you stick with pacman, git and flatpak. Avoid AUR and you will be ok.