01 · kernel
The stock kernel treats every process equally. On a desktop, your terminal and your build job fight for the same slices. BORE fixes that. Interactive processes get priority. Compiled for x86-64-v3. Packaged natively for Void via xbps.
02 · package management
A native Qt6 frontend for xbps. No Electron. No daemon. ~2,000 lines of Python and a window. Search, install, remove, update — everything xbps does, with a face.
03 · service management
runit is correct. Managing it from the terminal is verbose if you just want to toggle a service. runit-gui gives you the full list and lets you act with a click. Nothing hidden. Nothing abstracted.
04 · system tuning
Looks like one app. It is not. Each panel is an independent program — no shared state, no persistent process. Unix architecture with a face.
05 · installer
Calamares assumes systemd. We fixed that. Full disk encryption, UEFI and BIOS — and a desktop environment chooser at install time. One ISO, multiple desktops.
06 · wayland
Tiling and dynamic WMs on Wayland — without a full DE. Noctalia Shell is a Qt layer that runs on any Wayland compositor. Consistent look across all WM variants. No DE imposed.
07 · philosophy
Odyssey adds three packages to Void. Everything else is upstream Void Linux — official repos, same keys, same versions. You stay on Void. To leave: remove three packages. No drama.