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Vostok Linux based on Void (vostoklinux.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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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[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

...and independently maintained by one developer for the entire world...

This makes me uneasy. Hats off to them and best of luck to their endeavours, but I would still rather choose Void simply due to the fact that there's a team behind the project as opposed to one individual. Something happens to them and then what?

[–] hornedfiend@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago

This was my take as well, so I ended up with vanilla Void.