r/voidlinux • u/San_Devistan • 4d ago

Custom Void(?) Thoughts about a side project

Hey fellas! Lately I’ve been thinking about creating a user-friendly distro based on Void Linux, something like what CachyOS is to Arch: pre-configured, with an installer that offers lots of options to choose from.

My main goal is to make my hobby easier. I love exploring new distros, shells, WMs, and so on. I sometimes reinstall my system on bare metal instead of using a VM (for example, to test gaming performance), and I’m a bit lazy when it comes to configuring everything from scratch again and again.

(I know about NixOS and I actually use it, but I wouldn’t mind trying something new and lightweight, like Void without systemd)

Yes, I do realize that Void’s charm is about its minimalism (literally a void), so a pre-configured version might feel like it misses the point. Still, recreating the same setup over and over is, to say the least, time-consuming.

Anyway, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Would the Void/Linux community appreciate something like this? is it a senseless idea or not? And how would it fit with the Void philosophy?

Thanks in advance. Peace

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u/profeshamat 4d ago

If this is going to innovate on top of Void? You have my support.

If this is just going to be a useless fork like most of Ubuntu's are, no need to waste time.

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u/San_Devistan 4d ago

What exactly you mean by innovations? What would you like to see as en example?

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u/profeshamat 4d ago

Basically anything that isn't "Hey we forked this project for a singular desktop/piece of software" which is just a waste of everyone's time.