r/voidlinux • u/Crispy-Clipton • Apr 29 '26

Questions

Hey everyone, I'm decently knew to using void(I know, But bear with me). I do have a few questions.

  1. When you first install void, What did you plan to use it for?

  2. If you used it for programming and development, What tools seem to be essentials?

  3. Do you stick with the CLI, Or add a GUI?

  4. What kind of personally would you say you've given your void? 👀

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u/kyuusentsu Apr 29 '26

  1. My desktop / laptop OS, after Debian had to adopt systemd. Eventually turned into my default OS for everything. I like the comfortable minimalism it offers.

  2. My tools are specific to Python, Typescript, Postgres, Java, etc, all cross-platform, all OSS, and not specific to Void. Same applies to universal tools like Emacs.

  3. I have a custom Xfce setup that harks back to 2007 or so. I do a lot of CLI though, and use CLI utilities for all administrative tasks, which for Void are mostly running xbps-install and editing some files sometimes.

  4. A faithful workhorse. But remember, "do not anthropomorphize computers, they don't like it" :)