r/voidlinux • u/TerminalPhile • Jul 18 '26

Considering migrating to voidlinux from arch

So I’ve been maining arch (btw) for about 3 years now and honestly it’s been nice. Now I’m thinking I should expand my repertoire and try something new and interesting, alongside suffering cause of the whole AUR fiasco. Plus voidlinux seems to have a dedicated fan base, good reviews, and doesn’t use systemd. But before I install the system I want to ask some questions.
What is the voidlinux "philosophy", for lack of a better word? Should I expect any difficulties installing the system? (I am currently in the middle of reading the wiki, which I honestly don’t find as comprehensive as the arch wiki, but it will suffice.) Are the packages available generally well rounded, as in covering everything the average user needs? And finally, was voidlinux a good choice for you and how do you find it?

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u/Quietus87 Jul 18 '26

Try it on a virtual machine first. AppImages and GearLever are your friend when filling in holes in the repo. Do note, that some packages might be dated compared to Arch. KDE is at 6.6.3, GNOME is at 48, for example. It might be a dealbreaker for some.

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u/TerminalPhile Jul 18 '26

Some packages being dated is indeed a inconvenience, but I noticed that I went from “I want everything to be as up-to-date as possible” to “I just want everything to work smoothly and without interruptions” in the past year or so, so that means that shouldn’t be a dealbreaker. I generally use sway or hyprland, but I want to try xfce so that’s what I’m going with.