Void Linux tips

Nathan England nathan at nmecs.com
Fri Oct 23 10:10:50 MST 2015


No, you didn't imply it. I looked on their web site and saw no mention 
of anything KDE but Gnome, Xfce, Mate, and some others.

I didn't see the package search function. But it genuinely seemed like a 
non KDE distro.

#KDEMatters


On 2015-10-22 13:34, Steve Litt wrote:
> Void has KDE and tons of its software. The following file lists the
> output of xbps-query -Rs kde:
> 
> http://pastebin.ca/3212296
> 
> It's true that, to the best of my knowledge and ability, I personally
> use no KDE software or libraries, but Void supports them.
> 
> Please tell me where I said or implied that it has no KDE so I can
> correct it and make it accurate. As far as I know, Void Linux fully
> supports KDE.
> 
> Please accept my apologies for implying something not true.
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:56:15 -0700
> Nathan England <nathan at nmecs.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Am I seeing this correctly, void does not have KDE available?
>> What about KDE apps?
>> 
>> 
>> On 2015-10-21 21:24, John J. Macey wrote:
>> > Steve - thanks for bringing that to our attention.
>> >
>> >  John
>> >  _Down on the Jersey Shore_
>> >
>> > On 10/21/2015 03:05 PM, Steve Litt 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 [1]
>> >>
>> >> Hope you like it.
>> >>
>> >> SteveT
>> >>
>> >> Steve Litt
>> >> October 2015 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times
>> >> http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive [2]
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>> > Links:
>> > ------
>> > [1] http://troubleshooters.com/linux/void/voidtips.htm
>> > [2] http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive
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