From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Received: by 10.236.32.238 with SMTP id o74mr7179280yha.2.1427045373602; Sun, 22 Mar 2015 10:29:33 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.182.34.195 with SMTP id b3ls1120472obj.89.gmail; Sun, 22 Mar 2015 10:29:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.182.48.169 with SMTP id m9mr478513obn.40.1427045373341; Sun, 22 Mar 2015 10:29:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 10:29:32 -0700 (PDT) From: =?UTF-8?Q?Stefan_M=C3=BChlinghaus?= To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: What's a complete "just works" distro? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_191_830347957.1427045373037" ------=_Part_191_830347957.1427045373037 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_192_1309375093.1427045373037" ------=_Part_192_1309375093.1427045373037 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I agree, void is not any faster or slower than other distributions it you look at raw performance. On the other hand, running a streamlined void with a lightweight window manager will of course feel much more responsive than an Ubuntu with Unity and 100 daemon processes that do who-knows-what in the background all the time, especially on older hardware. If with "just works" you mean a distribution that is easy to install/update and provides or at least supports everything you may ever need you will have to go with Ubuntu since that is pretty much the only disribution that has achieved some mainstream traction. There are several softwares out there that are (officially) only supported for Ubuntu. If Ubuntu itself is too bloated for your tastes try Xubuntu or Lubuntu . You can even do an Ubuntu minimal installation and customize everything just as you would in void. Thats what I'm using on my laptop and the performance is just fine. That of course might impede its ability to "just work" though :) Using apt for package mamagement is not as fast as xbps but also has a lot more packages to deal with. void currently has about 7000 (very rough count, factoring in meta-packages and 32bit versions probably substantially less) while Ubuntu is approaching 40000. By the way, Debian has even more packages (approaching 50000) but somewhat lacks the mainstream traction. It might be an option for you nevertheless. ------=_Part_192_1309375093.1427045373037 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I agree, void is not any faster or slower than other distr= ibutions it you look at raw performance. On the other hand, running a strea= mlined void with a lightweight window manager will of course feel much more= responsive than an Ubuntu with Unity and 100 daemon processes that do who-= knows-what in the background all the time, especially on older hardware.
If with "just works" you mean a distribution that is easy = to install/update and provides or at least supports everything you may ever= need you will have to go with Ubuntu since that is pretty much the only di= sribution that has achieved some mainstream traction. There are several sof= twares out there that are (officially) only supported for Ubuntu. If Ubuntu= itself is too bloated for your tastes try = Xubuntu or Lubuntu. You can even do= an Ub= untu minimal installation and customize everything just as you would in= void. Thats what I'm using on my laptop and the performance is just fine. = That of course might impede its ability to "just work" though :)
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Using apt for package mamagement is not as fast as xbps but = also has a lot more packages to deal with. void currently has about 7000 (v= ery rough count, factoring in meta-packages and 32bit versions probably sub= stantially less) while Ubuntu is approaching 40000. By the way, Debian has even more packages (approaching 500= 00) but somewhat lacks the mainstream traction. It might be an option for y= ou nevertheless.
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