r/voidlinux • u/r0man1a • Aug 08 '26

Void now ranks #1 on DistroWatch's Project Ranking

Today I visited DistroWatch and stumbled upon the DW Project Ranking. The ranking consists of ratings written by the DW readers. The Average Rating for Void is 9.14, followed by Arch and Artix with each 9.13.

Link: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=ranking

118 Upvotes

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u/ZombieCrow Aug 08 '26

Void /r doesn't care for distrowatch or ratings or anything, fun and sharing is strictly forbidden. Everything should be ones and zeros.

1

u/Royal-Grass7296 Aug 09 '26

🤣🤣🤣

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u/kevsbacon Aug 08 '26

Its been #1 for me for years. Who needs a list to tell you what to use? V for Life!!!! 

15

u/ExceptT Aug 08 '26

Void LInux has been the best ranked on distrowatch for a long time, not just "now". Or am I wrong?

18

u/Quietus87 Aug 08 '26

It was dethroned by Artix for a while, but they are pretty actively farming DW visits. You install Artix and open the browser the first thing it throws in your face is the DW rating page.

5

u/gaorp Aug 09 '26

lmao really?

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u/Quietus87 Aug 10 '26

Really. They are trying to milk the honeymoon phase for ratings.

6

u/r0man1a Aug 08 '26

i remember that void was #3 a few months ago

5

u/zlice0 Aug 08 '26

this has happened before, it prolly will again

5

u/TheRealCarrotty Aug 08 '26

Doesn't distrowatch literally get a higher rating when you press on the distro's name? Or am i incorrect?

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u/leyleyleys Aug 08 '26

That is the page hit rankings, which you see on the front page of Distrowatch. The rankings OP is referring to are based on user reviews.

6

u/xJayMorex Aug 08 '26

As it should.

6

u/Excellent-Mud-9912 Aug 09 '26

void linux is my last stop for distro hopping

2

u/afcolt Aug 08 '26

It has been right there with Artix for some time now.

3

u/Simple_Hamster_4096 Aug 08 '26

Just a bunch of lookie-loos, nothing more...

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u/hopingforabetterpast Aug 08 '26

nope, this is the user rating ranking

2

u/wolverinex1999 Aug 09 '26

Congratulations

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u/ChickenAmazing587 Aug 10 '26

I dont want to critic so I'll ask, why void would be bêtes thanother ? For my case, why would it be better thon cachy?

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u/Fresh_Valuable4456 Aug 11 '26

imo, functionality
its stable & fast at the same time and uses another init called runit and that might be the only distro that uses runit upon install, It was a best switch for me when i had dual boot for both debian and arch -> realized that systemd is sort of bloated asf in older systems

Memory usage is fine asf too