I’m a longtime Linux user, starting back in 1998 with an early RedHat release before switching to Slackware, and then basically Kali for work.
Most recently after getting back into Desktop Linux I switched to Alpine, because it met my needs for how I used to use Slackware. I like as minimal as possible a system, with everything clear and laid out not hiding behind tools or obfuscation, with security in mind.
I did try Void once before, but ran into issues getting some package I wanted to work, and Alpine was working better for me so I stuck with it.
I’m still very interested in Void, but I wonder at this point, are there any distinct advantages it has over Alpine?
Honestly, it’s just a matter of package availability for me, especially since void has a glibc option.
I used void for a bit but ultimately switched to arch, but on smaller machines that don’t need anything proprietary or complex I go with Alpine. Void had more packages and glibc though, but that for me made the usecase almost identical to arch so I just stayed with arch.
glibc & xbps-src are handy to have, the main branch rolls and xbps feels safe to roll on. If you like minimal you’ll likely appreciate runit.
Alpine has gcompat which has worked well for me, and when I did try void so many years ago, I remember running into some problem after choosing musl only and then trying to get glibc to run after installing glibc packages. It was a long time ago and I’m sure the issue no longer exists though.
xbps-src does seem nice though, similar to checkinstall which I used to use on slackware.
Ultimately I just have to give it a try again and see if I like it better or not.
