Jairo Junior Posted on May 30 Why I drop from Fedora to BRGV-OS # devjournal # linux # opensource # ui Hello! I'm Jairo. This week I found myself doing something that probably every Linux user has done at least once: looking for a new distro even though my current one was working perfectly fine 😅. I was browsing YouTube, looking for something to distract myself and calm my anxiety a little, when I found a video talking about a Linux distribution that promised three things I care a lot about: Gaming Development A beautiful desktop experience I'm not going to lie: that last one immediately caught my attention. The possibility of making my PC look like a MacBook without paying MacBook prices is always tempting. And that's how I discovered BRGV OS . Wait... Void Linux? The first thing that surprised me wasn't BRGV OS itself. It was its foundation. BRGV OS is built on top of Void Linux . And my immediate reaction was: What is Void Linux? I've spent most of my Linux journey around Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, Arch Linux, and CachyOS. Somehow Void Linux had completely escaped my radar. Coming from Fedora and Debian-based systems, everything felt a little unfamiliar at first. Different package manager, different ecosystem, different philosophy. And honestly? That's exactly what made it interesting. Why I Decided to Try It I have a pretty simple checklist for my daily machine. I need something that allows me to: Code all day Play games at night Customize everything Stay fast and responsive Fedora already does most of that extremely well. In fact, Fedora with GNOME is still one of my favorite Linux experiences ever. So BRGV OS had a difficult mission: it needed to convince me to leave my comfort zone. The First Impression What immediately stood out was how polished everything felt. Most Linux installations follow a predictable path: Install Linux Install your tools Spend three hours configuring your desktop Break something Fix it Finally enjoy the system BRGV OS skips a lot o
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