<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 1:48 PM, DJ-Pfulio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:DJPfulio@jdpfu.com" target="_blank">DJPfulio@jdpfu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 10/22/2015 11:15 AM, Chad Huneycutt wrote:<br>
> Smaller projects will almost always have faster and more responsive<br>
> support. There are also more bugs. As the number of users per<br>
> maintainer increases -- which will come with a successful project --<br>
> expect decreased service. I'm not sure I would be willing to<br>
> professionally take a chance on a new distro until the maintainers<br>
> show they are able to cope with success.<br>
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</span>Exactly.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The packages almost write themselves. Even more so than Arch Linux's package system. I do not foresee maintainers getting overwhelmed to the point that they turn into complete dicks like with other distros.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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For testing reasons, I'll take a look, but changing/adding a distro to<br>
be supported by IT is a big deal. Heck, we're finally getting off ext3<br>
and switching to a new distro is a much bigger consideration.<br>
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Still, love reading about the good and bad for this distro.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Aside from a personal VPS, I don't see Void as a "server" distribution. I think it is perfect for appliance type devices. Stuff like an HTPC or a DIY wireless access point. I suppose if you run Linux as a day-to-day desktop OS, then it would work for that too; simply because of its rolling release nature.</div><div><br></div><div>Still, it's really, really, tempting to designate it as the guest OS for Docker containers. The bare bones nature of Void is a perfect fit for that scenario.<br></div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>James Sumners<br><a href="http://james.sumners.info/" target="_blank">http://james.sumners.info/</a> (technical profile)</div><div><a href="http://jrfom.com/" target="_blank">http://jrfom.com/</a> (personal site)</div><div><a href="http://haplo.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">http://haplo.bandcamp.com/</a> (band page)</div></div></div></div></div>
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