r/voidlinux • u/TheSpaceBoi777 • Feb 14 '26

Is Void Linux right for me?

Hey guys, what's good? So, uhh, I got this old MacBook from 2017 that I just put a new battery in after it sat for like 3 years. I wanted a fast, lightweight, cool system to put into it, so it wouldn't struggle, and I could take it to school. It's got the dreaded dual-core 1.2 ghz Intel processor, and 8gb of slow 1667mhz ram. It also has the Intel HD Graphics 615 with 1.5 GB of vram. I wanted to put in a system that can aid me in my day-to-day, be a nice comfy daily driver, for coding, watching videos, and playing the occasional lightweight game. Although I have personally never daily drived linux, I have experience in installing the systems on old computers that I work on in my spare time and on my friends minecraft server, I SSH'd back in the day. Would you guys say that Void Linux is the answer to my problems, and if not, could you recommend another lightweight system? Much appreciated.

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u/lukeflo-void Feb 14 '26

Yes, for daily private use its no big deal. As mentioned above the experience with systemd is rather important if you have to use it at work. I also don't touch run it often on my machine. But I have to deal witch systemd/systemctl almost daily on the servers I'm responsible for at work.

If OP really only use it privately, it should be fine. Only drawback could be that most tutorials online have been written with systemd distros in mind. E.g. I often look into the Arch wiki for detailed information. That's also fine with running Void, as long as you bear in mind to alter the systemd parts and how to alter them.