Void Linux
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Description and history
Independent Linux distribution based on the unique X Binary Package System (XBPS).
Beginning in 2008, Juan Romero Pardines ("xtraeme"), wrote XBPS and the Void Linux ports system, xbps-src. In 2018, after xtraeme had been unreachable for some time, a group of Void Linux contributors moved to the distro to the current domain name.
| username | password | |
|---|---|---|
License and type
Licensing varies per-package:
- All packages in the main repository are free and open source software.
- A "non-free" repository is provided for non-FOSS software that permits redistribution, such as device drivers, IDEs, browsers, a bunch of Electron apps, and Steam.
- Some "restricted" packages, which cannot be redistributed, can be built from source using the Void Linux ports system. These packages are not available in any repository.
The non-free repository is not enabled by default. Licensing information is stored in the metadata of each package.
Packaging, sources, repositories and building
xbps and xbps-src are used for packaging.
https://github.com/void-linux/xbps
Void Linux ports tree contains contribution instructions.
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages
Table
| Homepage | https://voidlinux.org |
| Homepage backup | |
| Based on | Independent |
| Status | Active |
| Architecture | x86_64, i686, aarch64, armv7l, armv6l |
| Category | |
| Desktop (default) | |
| Desktop (available) | |
| Source | https://github.com/void-linux |
| Download | https://voidlinux.org/download/ |
| Release model | Rolling |
| Packaging | XBPS |
| Package management | |
| Installer | Custom TUI |
| Init | Runit |
| Shell | dash |
| C library | glibc, musl |
| Core utils | GNU |
| Compiler | GCC, some LLVM |
| Language | multilang |
| Country | World |
| IRC | #voidlinux on libera.chat |
| Forum | /r/voidlinux on Reddit |
| Mailing list | |
| Docs | https://docs.voidlinux.org/ |
| Bugtracker | https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues |
| Translation | Ask in IRC about translating documentation |
| Donations | |
| Commercial | Ask in IRC about Void Enterprise licensing |
| Price | |
| Social/Contact | |
| Social | https://twitter.com/voidlinux |
| Social | |
| ArchiveOS | |
| Distrowatch | https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=void |
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Void_Linux |
| on LWN.net | Yes |
| Repology | https://repology.org/repository/void_x86_64 |
| In the timeline | Yes |
Releases
New install media is published on the downloads page periodically.
Media coverage
- Linux Magazine's Distro Walk (2021)
- It's FOSS Review (2019)
- Linux.com Article (2017)
- DistroWatch Review: Returning to the Void (2017)
- DistroWatch Review: Looking into the Void distribution (2015)