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I currently use Manjaro as my daily driver, but it is bloatware to be honest. I want to switch to more minimalist distro so i ended up thinking on Void. So any advice? How is package manager? Community? Softwares? Documentation?

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[–] Helix@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I want to get away from systemd

Why?

[–] LinuxBey@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Thats because its bloatware, and i just need a init system for start my pc, also its dictated by Redhat. Same reason for i hate Ubuntu because Cannonical behind it, and behind of systemd is Redhat.They bind rest projects to themselves.(gnome has dependency to systemd) We shouldnt let Companies to be game keeper in Foss world. Thats my opinion.

[–] Kelp@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

The entire Linux kernel is constantly contributed to by companies. So I guess you should hate Linux then.

[–] LinuxBey@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

being contributing and being developing by are two different things.They contributing because they use it on their own server.Linux has dominated server world so its understandable.

[–] Kelp@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

They do develop Linux. Not just financial contribution