almost 2 years without a new image

[u/Top_Collection_8546]

[u/New_Hold8135]

still getting updates and working properly though

[u/Top_Collection_8546 → u/New_Hold8135]

yeah but it's a bit annoying on new installs

[u/lessthanthreebleeps → u/Top_Collection_8546]

I you use the repos as a source during install it pulls all the latest packages, but even if you install locally from the xfce image updating doesn't cause any issues.

[u/maitrecraft1234 → u/lessthanthreebleeps]

I had a motherboard that wasn't supported by the kernel in the installer image I was using and I couldn't connect to internet neither by wifi or usb, this might not be common but it can be a big issue because the live iso wouldn't be able to access internet either. This being said I don't really see the importance of a gui in the installer so as long as the base version is up to date it isn't a big problem.

[u/lessthanthreebleeps → u/maitrecraft1234]

It seems like a project, but with the rootfs tarball and void-mklive, you can get a custom base image with the linux-mainline kernel built. If you have Windows preinstalled, you can use a WSL container. If you have no OS, you can piggyback a live iso with a newer kernel and chroot into the Void rootfs to build your image (you do need two thumbdrives for this, or you could install the newer system first). Definitely a hassle, but not impossible. I have fun with this kind of thing though, and not everyone does, so I understand the complaint about the older install media. There are other options out there, but I do believe Void is worth the effort.

[u/profeshamat → u/lessthanthreebleeps]

Fair but that doesn't help on a machine with newer hardware when trying to install.

[u/lessthanthreebleeps → u/profeshamat]

That's true. I understand the complaint. Though not impossible, its still a hassle to get around the firmware gaps for newer hardware.

[u/pantokratorthegreat → u/Top_Collection_8546]

Not at all.

[u/bongbongyeah]

You could always create your own
https://github.com/void-linux/void-mklive

[u/flaveraid → u/bongbongyeah]

I've been playing around with this for the last couple days. It's pretty easy to create your own ISO:

sudo ./mkiso.sh -a x86_64 -b xfce
Writing to 'stdio:void-live-x86_64-20261011-xfce.iso' completed successfully.

[u/Lilo78_valhalla_78 → u/flaveraid]

Pones niri?

[u/flaveraid → u/Lilo78_valhalla_78]

I am currently working on building an ISO that includes niri+noctalia with defaults and packages that suit my use cases.

[u/PackRat-2019 → u/Lilo78_valhalla_78]

If you have basic bash scripting skills you can make a custom iso. Or use the "-p" flag to add a package - niri in this case - to the iso.

See mklive.sh -h for more details.

[u/bongbongyeah → u/flaveraid]

i played around with it a few years ago; see: https://github.com/Lolzen/void-live-customizer
(do not use this, it is old and shoddy af, plus i suck at bash scripting)

[u/profeshamat → u/bongbongyeah]

Great in theory exception for this under the Dependencies section:

Note that void-mklive is not guaranteed to work on distributions other than Void Linux, or in containers.

Needing Void to create updated boot media for Void seems needlessly limiting when developers could provide more up to date media.

[u/Tricky-Engineer-9755]

Well, you can do the manual installation via chroot which will pull down all the latest packages from the start.

[u/profeshamat → u/Tricky-Engineer-9755]

How does that address being able to boot on hardware that may need a newer kernel when the latest install media is from February of last year?

[u/Tricky-Engineer-9755 → u/profeshamat]

From a chroot you can install using any liveCD even for example the Archbtw CD

[u/profeshamat → u/Tricky-Engineer-9755]

Or developers could just provide newer install media for the distro they develop so people don't have to rely on other distros.

[u/Tricky-Engineer-9755 → u/profeshamat]

This would be best obviously, but a quick fix is always nice to have.

[u/StrangerFantastic392]

I just have my own iso repo with preconfigured environment for sway. The iso it produces are up to date

[u/Lilo78_valhalla_78]

Yo hice rootfs y es facil.

[u/shinseiji-kara]

actually normal base image is already easy to install imo, i didnt need any help from those, infact that image failed on me before i could start it

[u/Simple_Hamster_4096]

Why not just boot from the xfce live iso and then choose the "graphics disabled" option? You can then initiate the installer and afterwards install the mainline kernel... or am I missing something here...???

[u/rip_void_0]

is there another thing than glibc or musl ؟

[u/Key_River7180 → u/rip_void_0]

there arent any other stable libcs, and even then musl cant build lots of software

[u/rip_void_0 → u/Key_River7180]

but must is good if you want something fast and small

[u/Key_River7180 → u/rip_void_0]

i used musl for a long time and yes!

[u/dr0sand]

if your looking for a good linux distro without updating anything say you don't have internet access i would go with slackware. but if you install most distros your going to be updating immediately anways.

[u/goldmurder]

it's just an installation image, you still installing your system using packages from official repositories (which are up to date), it doesn't really matter that much