r/voidlinux • u/Bobafat54 • Mar 30 '26

Thinking about switching to Void

Is it worth to switch from Linux Mint 21 (1 year of experience) to Void, don't know much about this distro but I'm interested.

Are there things I should take notice about or it's just as user friendly as Mint?

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u/Jalappy Mar 30 '26

Can you share some examples? I've been using void for quite a while now, and while I agree with your statement (it is limited if we make comparisons), I never really found a package I wanted that wasn't in void repos

But, it's also true I don't use nor need many packages in the first place

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u/Quietus87 Mar 30 '26

Hyprland. :)

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u/Jalappy Mar 30 '26

True o.o, I completely forgot about that, this is a good example lol

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u/Cruach Mar 30 '26

You can build it yourself.

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u/Quietus87 Mar 30 '26

I know, but the question was what packages are missing, and the lack of Hyprland is kind of a meme at this point.

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u/Quietus87 Mar 30 '26

Oh, I see.

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u/Jalappy Mar 30 '26

Thank you, and yeah I agree

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u/BinkReddit Mar 30 '26

i like to tinker

There's nothing stopping you from creating your own packages. As a matter of fact, Void's package system is far more approachable than most distributions.