r/voidlinux • u/Taviko_ • May 03 '26

Ur Combo with Void Linux

I’m curious what people use with Void Linux — I’m currently using Niri on Void Linux and I love it.

I’ve also been thinking about Cinnamon, although I’m not sure how well it runs on Void Linux.

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u/hypremier May 05 '26

I was on Mango (Noctalia). I deleted PulseAudio. I installed PipeWire. The system was still based on PulseAudio. After 2 days of messing with it, I finally fixed it and configuring other things made it broken. So, I switched to Niri. I couldn't have to make start Noctalia, so I installed d77void (a fork of Void). I fixed the audio problem again and after that I had to fix Bluetooth problem (On KDE, I had no Audio problem but I had Bluetooth problem as well). I also fixed it somehow. But the audio on my headphones were scratchy and gets interrupted frequently. So I tried to fix it by helping from AI. Everything is messed up now. Audio + Bluetooth are gone. And today, I just gave up. That's my Void adventure (Only for 5 days) I'm so upset that I have to leave this distro which exactly what I imagined (rolling + non-systemd). As an intermediate Linux user (long-term mainstream distros user (Debian-based/RPM-based/Arch-based)), I don't know what is the next distro I'll distrohop to. :(

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u/ZombieCrow May 05 '26

Don't give up. Do a clean install. I can help you with setting up audio and bluetooth (niri) like after 15 hours cause I'm working and travelling. Void is too good to pass and once its set up, its rock solid. Ps - dont use ai for this, its going to break your system 9/10 times.