[somat]

It is hard for me to quantify why the openbsd install is so good. But as an anecdote. when I need a linux I keep going back to void linux, mainly because the installer is modeled directly off the openbsd installer.

[dijit]

void linux in general is great if you are looking for a “no-magic” linux install where you can conceivably control all moving parts of the system.

[generalizations]

Totally agree, and that's where I landed when I started doing stuff to my computers that violated the 'magic abstractions' of ubuntu et. al.