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?
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.