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Post age-attestation distro migration | Artix vs Void vs endeavorOS vs ??? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 hours ago by aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I think it's too early to be making decisions based on this alone.

[–] aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Fair point, but I think at this point it's extremely likely Fedora will comply, and my issue with this is ideological, not practical. I will not use a distribution that complies with this law because I believe it is morally compromised.

[–] juipeltje@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I think both Artix and Void have also said that they do not plan to implement age attestation. I haven't used Artix all that much aside from playing around with it in a vm, but i have daily driven Void for about 2 years total probably. Artix is probably the easiest to install if you choose the gui installer. Void has a guided ncurses installer and it isn't super difficult, but it does help if you have some experience with manually installing arch. In particular they'll ask you to format your drive using a cli tool. Void does offer an xfce image though, so once you get it installed you've got a gui ready to go. Runit is pretty simple to use. It uses shell scripts so that's something to keep in mind if you want to create a custom service, but other than that you basically just use ln -s commands to enable services, sv down to stop, and sv up to start a service.

[–] antrosapien@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

Is there anything similar to aur for void linux?

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 0 points 1 hour ago

for me, i'll find the closest arch to manjaro that simply does not rely on systemd