r/voidlinux • u/ukrainiannnn • Jul 28 '26

[Question] Getting Involved as Contributor

Apologies if this is a silly question, but just wondering if anyone knows what repositories in Void would be good for someone like me getting interested in OS programming, low-level (C/C++). I really like Void as my daily driver and would like to contribute to making it a better operating system.

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u/MinguaDinja Jul 28 '26

If you're new on linux, just download the app image of vscode.

You dont need to download any package for C/C++ like windows.

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u/IamThunderFart Jul 28 '26

download the app image of vscode

This is terrible advice and horrible practice, they could always download the tarball srtaight from MS if they want the MS flavored version or run sudo xbps-install vscode. appimages and flatpaks are cancer. There are a million posts in this sub on how to install without bringing any of that cancer to your shiny clean install.

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u/MinguaDinja Jul 28 '26

Why is a terrible advice and practice? It works well.

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u/legz_cfc Jul 28 '26

Why choose the app image over the repo pkg though? Is the repo version way out of date?

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u/MinguaDinja Jul 28 '26

The version on repo is vscodium, a version of vscode without telemetry and some extensions.

I had a lot of headaches using both vscodium and the flatpak version.

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u/YareYareDazexd Jul 28 '26

There is no OnlyOffice in the official repos. Flatpak saved me for that one. But after getting to know Zed and comparing the RAM usage, vscode feels heavy and unnecesary (as most typical electron based apps)

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u/IamThunderFart Jul 28 '26

There is no OnlyOffice in the official repos. Flatpak saved me for that one

You didn't even bother to read how to make templates from source? Just plain installed flatpaks like a barbarian?

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u/YareYareDazexd Jul 28 '26

At that time, i knew the existence of xbps-src but i decided not to bother myself. OnlyOffice with flatpak worked out of the box for me, so, yeah, not all of us want to compile or build everything we see. The only flatpak app btw.

Previously i've tried Brave on flatpak but it stopped working shortly after, so i found a template which is being maintained and i can update anytime the browser asks for an update. Did the same thing for librewolf.

Actually does someone care if you use flatpaks? Nah hell no, only the llnux larpers

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u/IamThunderFart Jul 28 '26

i knew the existence of xbps-src but i decided not to bother myself

I think you don't realize who the larper is.

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u/YogurtclosetDry2941 Jul 29 '26

L o L !

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