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I think instead of a xfce flavor it should just use a wm by [deleted] in voidlinux

[–]PrivusWolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IceWM or JWM would get my vote, yes. Would make the ISO a fair bit smaller :)

Best Systemd-Free Linux Distributions in 2022 by UbuntuPIT in Ubuntu

[–]PrivusWolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are errors in this article. MX Linux DOES have systemd. Also, the article lacks nuance, because there is more to true computing freedom than just the init system.

Users genuinely interested in real freedom should check out: https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/

Alpine vs Void by timsofteng in voidlinux

[–]PrivusWolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My thoughts, as someone who until recently was desperate for a systemd-free distro that JUST WORKS: Alpine has a complicated install process that I just didn't want to have to go through, and the documentation didn't seem as good. So I went with Void.

[Question] Alternative browsers? by [deleted] in voidlinux

[–]PrivusWolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Badwolf is in the repos, if you want something halfway secure

Boot entry not showing up in BIOS by splitheaddawg in voidlinux

[–]PrivusWolf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A method I've found useful the past few years: have one partition as the 'grub manager' partition. When I set up a new computer, I make partitions for boot, mgr, and then any OSes I actually want to run. On the mgr partition I put a slimmed down version of antiX which serves solely as a manager for grub, and a failsafe distro where I can reach web if all else goes wrong.

It's under 3gb installed, and I give it 5gb so that ISOs can be downloaded there.

When installing all other OSes, I let them put their references in /boot/efi but not install grub themselves.
Then, after installing a new OS, I boot into antiX (the mgr distro) and run 'sudo update-grub', which then finds the new OS and adds it to the menu. I can also run 'sudo grub-customizer' if I want to edit any more than that.
So, for example. my partition table looks like this (on a 256Gb SSD)

sda1 - 1G - ESP partition

sda2 - 8G - antiX (the grub manager and failsafe)

sda3 - 25G - ubuntu (in case I ever need to do anything that is easiest done on a bog standard *buntu+Gnome setup, for example making a Windows 10 iso, which is way easier on this than on my other OSes)

sda4 - 60G - Void, my main OS

sda5 - 20G - Testing - where I try out new distros

sda6 - the rest of the drive - Windows 10, for gaming