I want to start feeling out future distros for me once the age attestation makes its way into systemd. I am currently using Fedora on two computers, one I use for gaming (all AMD) and one I use for getting work done (thinkpad x13). I am pretty bummed about this because I feel quite settled in with Fedora, but with all the talk of age attestation happening I will be withdrawing my consent from using distros that intend to comply with these laws.

I have targeted three distros, Artix, Void Linux, and endeavorOS. The first two do not use systemd at all and the third has stated they will not implement age attestation methods.

I am thinking endeavorOS might be a good move, I appreciate an out of the box solution. I can and have installed Arch manually several times, but I prefer to spend my time using my computer, not necessarily going into the “rice” rabbit hole. I will probably use a desktop environment like KDE, GNOME, or XFCE.

I guess the point of this post is: anyone who has experience with systemd-free distros like Void or Artix, what are your thoughts using as a general purpose operating system? how is the learning curve coming from systemd? Can someone who is technologically competent but not particularly interested in deep customization (I am a sysadmin, but I just like my shit to work) thrive in this type of environment? I use Fedora because it’s a good mix of being generally unassuming but having sensible defaults and being extraordinarily well supported.

Your thoughts are greatly appreciated. Feel free to give me any thoughts you may have on the subject of age attestation or even suggest distros I might not be aware of.

  • hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz
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    3 days ago

    honestly, It takes 10 minutes to have a fully working Void Linux install with plasma, pipewire, any GPU you want and most of common packages ( repos are indeed lacking compared to arch, but nothing unsolvable).

    And yeah… Runs like a dream.

    • ChrisG@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 hours ago

      That has not been my experience. I wonder what magical source of information you possess to accomplish all that in ten minutes lol

      • hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        7 hours ago

        Void documentation.I must admit it took me 3-4 tries to get it right,but last one was with btrfs subvolumes,so that one took a bit longer.

        In any case, if you stick to the official documentation and don’t lose yourself in multi case scenarios, you’ll be fine.

        WhatvI did was:

        1. install void (btrfs subvolumes are not supported by installer )
        2. Install zramen
        3. Install seatd
        4. Install plasma (which also installs necessary dependencies)
        5. install xdg-desktop-portal
        6. Install bluez and the BT profile package
        7. Copy pipewire and wireplumber conf to /etc - systemwide
        8. Ln .desktop files for pipewire

        Fully working system.

        Edit: I feel like I’m missing something but my memory’s not that good as it used to be.

        Edit2: oh yeah, don’t forget to “ln -s /etc/sv/{service} /var/service” for dbus,seatd, sddm if you so wish, Bluetooth,etc.