I have a great little sub $20 bluetooth headset that I've been too lazy to get working on my laptop. I run
Void Linux because for me systemd creates more headaches than it solves and I prefer minimalism for
a machine beholden to a battery. Similarly I consider PulseAudioto have an unacceptable level of overhead for what it brings to
the table. So my goal is to get my headphones working on my laptop with these constraints.
Unfortunately the [Bluetooh page of the Void Wiki][void-wiki] is less than useless. I should probably go back and add some stuff
for them one of these days. Fortunately the [Bluetooth page of the Arch Wiki][arch] is more helpful, but not 100% precise.
You will need to install Bluez with # xpbs-install -Sy bluez
and add yourself to the bluetooth
group with the command
# useradd -G bluetooth
. You might want to log out and back in at this point. This way you can make sure your