Void Linux
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| Developer | Void Linux Team, Void Linux Community, Juan Romero Pardines (xtraeme) |
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| OS family | Unix-like (Linux) |
| Source model | Free Software |
| Latest release | Rolling release |
| Official website | voidlinux |
Void Linux is a Linux distribution that uses the XBPS package manager and the runit init system. Besides non-free kernel blobs, a normal install is free software only. Users can still get things from an official non-free software repository if they like.
Features
[change | change source]Void Linux is different from most Linux distributions. It uses runit instead of systemd as the init system. The init system handles the background services on a Unix-like OS and is important to the boot process. It also supports musl instead of glibc, which is a form of the C standard library (libc).
As of May 2026, Void Linux now provides Flatpak. Flatpak is a package management utility which lets users install a wider range of software.
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