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Reader supplied reviews for d77void GNU/Linux
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7.0 from 4 review(s)
Version: 20251102
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-05-03
Country: Denmark
Votes: 0
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I've been using d77void for about a month and the experience has been great. I really appreciate the effort of the developer to make the installation of so many WMs and DEs very very easy. I've installed void in the past and to get anything other than the xfce DE from the Void ISO up and running took a lot of troubleshooting; for example I installed Void using the base image ISO and added Gnome DE, I then had to sort out audio, networking, and bluetooth.....nothing impossible but still took quite a bit of time (particularly the audio). With d77void everything was easy and the welcome app was nice. The implementation of Niri WM with dank material shell was particularly awesome...big thank you to the developer.
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Version: 20251102
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-12-13
Votes: 2
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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.
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Version: 20251102
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-12-11
Votes: 1
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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 ?)
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Version: 20251028
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-05
Votes: 5
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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.
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Latest Reviews
Project: d77void GNU/Linux
Version: 20251102
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-05-03
Votes: 0
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I've been using d77void for about a month and the experience has been great. I really appreciate the effort of the developer to make the installation of so many WMs and DEs very very easy. I've installed void in the past and to get anything other than the xfce DE from the Void ISO up and running took a lot of troubleshooting; for example I installed Void using the base image ISO and added Gnome DE, I then had to sort out audio, networking, and bluetooth.....nothing impossible but still took quite a bit of time (particularly the audio). With d77void everything was easy and the welcome app was nice. The implementation of Niri WM with dank material shell was particularly awesome...big thank you to the developer.
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Project: d77void GNU/Linux
Version: 20251102
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-12-13
Votes: 2
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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.
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Project: d77void GNU/Linux
Version: 20251102
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-12-11
Votes: 1
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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 ?)
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Project: d77void GNU/Linux
Version: 20251028
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-11-05
Votes: 5
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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.
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