d77void GNU/Linux

Reader supplied reviews for d77void GNU/Linux Average rating 6.3 from 3 review(s) What are your thoughts on d77void GNU/Linux? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 20251102 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 20251102 Rating: 1 Date: 2025-12-13 Votes: 0 Opinions on this distribution are divided. Installation can be done with Calamares or via the original keyboard method. While the installation can be performed using Calamares or the keyboard shortcut, that's where the success ends after the reboot. The updater reports that xbps and libxbps need updating. This update process seems to run smoothly, but then, when attempting to update the system, the user encounters error messages related to Calamares and Python 3. These errors prevent both upgrades and the installation of numerous programs from being interrupted! The system simply freezes! A support forum is nowhere to be found, and no assistance is available. Unfortunately, this is just a "one-man" distribution, and it's a fact that the original Void distribution is a better choice. Attempting to install D77 is a waste of time. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 20251102 Rating: 9 Date: 2025-12-11 Votes: 0 A very positive experiment !. if you insist on using void this is a great alternative to it's vanilla void-installer. I had a similar result w/agarimOS under this same HW, but once i installed it on a rather dated SSD i have, i want to save that drive for some better surrounding HW. The only issue there was bluetooth, but that might be because i missed some things. On this particular HW i had a lot of issues w/Trixie (runs too fast ?), and the system would randomly lockup which never happens with void (or other distro's using older kernels). Make sure to invoke d77welcome (at least once) which has a bluetooth install option, and i wonder if i had run this 1st if things might have worked out better. Another option in this command line program; one is able to install the void repositories for cosmic desktop. At which point i was able to utilize OctoXBPS to install the cosmic desktop (i chose minimal & beta versions), and it seemed to work. The slim (or is that sddm) replacement was very visually appealing (extra large fonts), but i was not enamored with the rolling animation as opposed to the classic way (which would be a menu or pulldown or tab chooser). While i didn't like the default browser i had no issues changing it out. I think LxQt is more than adequate to get around and the only unfortunate for me is i think he chose a fixed length monospaced font which i perceive as a bit cramped (changing size didn't help), and i didn't see how to completely change it other than for each app individually, but that is probably my lack of depth when it comes to LxQt (or did he use wayland ?) Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 20251028 Rating: 9 Date: 2025-11-05 Votes: 3 I have been using d77 since february; initially dual booting with Arch, but since september alone in one of my laptops. SInce the begining I have noticed Daniel made an huge effort to deliver usable systems, with none or few bloat, giving you the chance to craft your own system over the already good approach he made. All the configs are in the right places; nothing hidden like in some other personal distros.~ A curated list of compiled pkgs made by himself available at sourceforge d77void-repo (they can be used in any Void based distro) and a d77-welcome script to help you install steam, private repos, browsers, flatpak, etc are 2 good additions and Calamares is a most welcome installer over void installer. For all of these, my review is a 9 star. It can be upgraded in some minor tweaks and perhaps a less underground browser/mail client installed. Was this review helpful? Yes No