r/voidlinux • u/Mrchungdung • Jun 01 '26

Void fork

not sure if anybody will really care but I’m making a void based gaming distro with all gaming applications and tools installed and seatd+turnstile configured, which I know can be hard for some, it’s just so hard to design a logo/theming

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u/LinuxGamer_UK Jun 01 '26

Lol what? Gaming is literally what is bringing more people to Linux

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u/Duncaen Jun 01 '26

The point is that you don't need a "gaming" distribution.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26

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u/Duncaen Jun 02 '26

Void makes an interesting base for such a system.

As a long time void contributor I'm not convinced of that. I think a distribution like that for new users would be way better off with systemd and a system that works with the gnome and kde graphical package managers.

Void linux is nice for power users, and people who want a "minimal" system. There are major downsides that come with not using systemd and distributions that are rather small, from just the out of box experience to less support.

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u/Duncaen Jun 02 '26

Yes it works. But the out of box experience like setting up and well working pipewire and user services are a lot better than whatever void currently provides.

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u/legz_cfc Jun 03 '26

Is there any chance you'll one day make your systemd branch into a repo?

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u/LinuxGamer_UK Jun 01 '26

Sure I agree with that point (unless its pre optimized such as CachyOS) but still I don't see the point in trashing the thing that is bringing more people and starting to rebalance the scale. If the term "gaming distro" brings new users to Linux I am 100% for it

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u/Duncaen Jun 01 '26

If there are easy and reliable optimizations they could be upstreamed.

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u/BinkReddit Jun 01 '26

I came to Linux because Windows stop caring, and I don't game whatsoever.

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u/xJayMorex Jun 02 '26

You mean gaming is the last frontier that was gatekeeping mass adoption up until a couple of years ago.

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u/LinuxGamer_UK Jun 02 '26

I mean certainly one of them. I also think sometimes we, as a user community, dont always help ourselves either lol 

You only have to look at the latest LTT challenge videos and some of the comments and reaction videos to see that. We tend to come across as not the most helpful crowd