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Vostok Linux based on Void (vostoklinux.org)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by hornedfiend@piefed.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Has anyone tried this? I'm looking to switch to Void and this looks peachy. Has everything I want from a distro: as barebones as possible, so I can customize it myself.

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

            
              Eh, I don't see the point. It seems Void already has a TUI installer you can use, then afterwards you just gotta Install your DE of choice.
Void is a smaller distro, and as such you might not find as much help for it online compared to other distros, so I think think it'd be best for you to use it directly and do things the "manual" way first so you can gain familiarity with its inner-workings, so you can better serve yourself/fix issues you encounter.

Jumping directly into a "niche of a niche" distro that does everything for you doesn't sound like a good idea if you don't already have familiarity with the base system, IMO.