Ive been daily driving void and overall I love it but sometimes it doesn’t feel right. The lack of SystemD is a double edged sword and the small repo is occasionally frustrating. This weekend I’m going to make the switch back to Arch Linux or Artix, not sure which one yet.

This doesn’t mean that Astral-OS will switch to an Arch base and I’m going to dual boot arch with void or just continue development on Arch.

I very much value stability and I’m sure I would love Debian if I ever gave it a shot but I also want new packages. I am going back to Arch because…

A) the documentation is better

B) despite my dislike for SystemD, I’m not an outright hater of it and it just works

C) Arch has a larger repository and the AUR

Overall I do still enjoy using void but every once in a while I miss Arch. Void is a breath of fresh air for myself coming from the arch community, if Void expanded their repo I would consider daily driving it again and I’m genuinely kinda sad to go back to Arch. Part of the problem is that I’m going to progressively more busy with work and travel so I want something that I feel completely comfortable using.

I am open for suggestions or thoughts if Y’all have any.