[mdlug] Void Linux tips

Steve Litt slitt at troubleshooters.com
Sat Oct 24 01:52:25 EDT 2015


Hi Drew. Which version of which distro does this?

On Sat, 24 Oct 2015 09:14:40 +0800
Drew <drew4096 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Live CD boot isos look for initrd.gz, but the file is named
> initrd. Once fixxed, the boot proceeds for a bit, then it displays
> looking for btt-something-or-other-fs several  hundred times, then
> aborts into an initrd Failed boot session.
> 
> On 10/24/15, JeremyBekka C <jrchristophel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Steve for sharing your experience. I looked at Void about a
> > month ago and liked what I saw. I am using Manajaro Openrc right
> > now and really like that. I know that it is not completely free of
> > systemd, but it is close enough for me. Plus, I like the fact that
> > everything is very well documented and that I have access to the
> > Arch repository.
> >
> > I am curious to know what you think are the advantages of Void over
> > a Distro like Manjaro that is not totally free of systemd.
> >
> > I will keep an eye on Void and maybe look into that in the future.
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Steve Litt
> > <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I recently switched over to Void Linux, a KISS principle distro
> >> much closer to Slack than to Ubuntu, but with an oustanding, full
> >> dependency handling package manager. So far, I really like it.
> >>
> >> I've put together a bunch of tips for installing and using Void, so
> >> that the next guy has an easier time than I did:
> >>
> >> http://troubleshooters.com/linux/void/voidtips.htm
> >>
> >> Hope you like it.
> >>


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