r/voidlinux

I currently daily drive Arch with Sway, Alacritty, Bash and mostly Vim. I realized I prefer lightweight but complete systems with strong keyboard workflows, without spending lots of time ricing or configuring.

I previously tried Void Linux + Sway when I was newer to both, so the experience felt rough. Now that I understand Sway and terminal workflows much better, I’m reconsidering Void as my only other serious distro option.

For people who have used both Arch and Void long-term:

- what differences matter in actual daily usage?

- does Void feel noticeably more intentional/lightweight after adapting?

- or does Arch end up being more practical for coding and Wayland workflows?

I’m more interested in workflow and maintenance experience than “which is harder.”

I've been experimenting with replacing runit with dinit on a voidlinux system, and so far it works well — both on desktop (kde/cinnamon) and server (k3s,codium remote server, nfs, printserver, tigervnc) workloads.

A few questions for the community:

• Has anyone else experimented with dinit on Void or a Void-based setup?

• Any blockers or edge cases I should be aware of?

• Any maintainers or developers interested in the idea?

Drop a comment if you've been down this path, or if you're curious about where this is going.

Update: the repo is now public — still WIP but feel free to have a look and contribute:

Next steps:

• cleaning up and improving repo

• add documentation.

Just another question. Theres no real alternative for mirroring ipad/iphone to your computer, so i'd really like to get this up on my computer.

My main issue is when i stream, it'll either be frozen or, after fidgetting with the settings, at most have a staticy-error type screen. Ive gotten it to work on my old void setup, so im not sure what im doing differently.

I know this is a more obscure program but any help is appreciated