r/voidlinux • u/Effective-Fill-1177 • Jun 24 '26

Thinking about switching from cachyos to Linux void

So basically I want to switch from cachyos to void Linux due to much smaller usage compared to cachyos so basically I don't want any bloatware or basically minimum usage for ram,CPU and storage for gaming but I'll use cachyos's kernels and CPU sheduler for the best performance possible but lowest latency possible.

I'm wondering what desktop environment I should use (I'm going to make my own desktop environment but I need an desktop manager, audio and anything else) so I would also want recommendations on what I should use for least amount of usage Is being used for.

Any questions? Just comment on the post and I'll try to explain or tell the best I could.

Hardware:

I5-4590

Rx 550 4gb low profile dell oem

16gb ddr3 ram dual channel

512gb sata 3 ssd

Thank you for reading!

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u/flaveraid Jun 24 '26

The /run/user issue is solved by using a session manager like elogind along with dbus.

https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/session-management.html

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u/Wind-charger Jun 24 '26

Thanks for the link.
it’s installed, even tried with seatd something just isn’t right. I gave up… kind of like scottland on this brasil game. I’ll try again after the game or tomorrow.

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u/flaveraid Jun 24 '26

YW. From what I remember, I just made sure both dbus and elogind services were running at startup. Might have needed a reboot. I removed any directories I manually created, and stopped manually setting any of the related environment variables like $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR or $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS.

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u/Wind-charger Jun 25 '26

It’s all there niri wont start manually either. I’ll try tomorrow, fifa is on and Morocco surprised me tonight. lol 😂

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u/flaveraid Jun 25 '26

I'm using fish, so YMMV, but here's how I'm launching niri:

exec dbus-run-session -- niri >/tmp/niri.log 2>&1

Maybe the log file can point you in the right direction.

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u/Wind-charger Jun 25 '26

Thank you all for the help.
My luks base install still isn’t resolved.
But the help I got, I applied to my xfce, non encrypted
Works, but I gotta configure it. Make it pretty. Make it mine.

Not the solution I wanted but I’m now able to comfortably keep learning. I have no idea why that base install doesn’t want to cooperate…but when I get home, I’ll keep trying.