I’m not trying to bait. I’ve been playing with Void for a while, but didn’t get what makes it special. I guess I’m missing something about it.

  • Helix 🧬@feddit.orgEnglish
    2·
    13 hours ago

    preparation for systemd compatibility, none of which should be a big deal.

    I mean there are systemd haters questioning anyone’s sanity who is daring enough to do that…

    • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      13 hours ago

      AFAIK, they’re not switching to systemd in the first place, at least for its base system. PostmarketOS is tho, and I can see why they’d want to facilitate that.

        • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
          7·
          9 hours ago

          Xlibre is an explicitly right-wing projevf developed by alt-right developers. They have been rejected by other distros as well on those grounds in favor of Wayback, a non-right wing alternative.

          • pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.worksOP
            1·
            2 hours ago

            First of all, it wasn’t rejected. Several noticeable distros included it to their repos or began testing. And the reason Void Linux yet hasn’t, is that the team isn’t sure about Xlibre’s longevity.

            I see no reason in cancelling XLibre due to developer’s political views. It’s free and open source, that’s it. Enrico Weigelt gets nothing for working on it. Furthermore, it is good that he’s making XLibre. He’s doing something safe and useful. He could’ve become a political bloger or activist and influence minds instead of coding. Now ask yourself, if this would be better than maintaining an obscure fork of a deprecated piece of software, which is hardly going to ever be adopted in security-sensitive environments (because they are on distros with Wayland already).

        • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          9 hours ago

          The systemd units are easier to create and maintain compared to the init scripts. The systemd itself can also be used as a one stop solution for cron, hostname, ntp client, dns resolver, tmpfile manager, even bootloader, and many more.

          Don’t get me wrong, I’d use OpenRC where I can, but I totally see why systemd is popular.

          As for the XLibre, I’ve never used it myself since I’d be upgrading to Wayland instead. My legacy systems remain on X11. I’ve read it’s quige buggy tho. At the same time, there are a lot of fanatics who are making this a big deal out of proportion.