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Void


Last Update: 2025-02-02 13:58 UTC


Void is an independently-developed, general-purpose operating system based on the monolithic Linux kernel. It features a hybrid binary/source package management system which allows users to quickly install, update and remove software, or to build software directly from sources with the help of the XBPS source packages collection. Other features of the distribution include support for Raspberry Pi single-board computers (both armv6 and armv7), rolling-release development model with daily updates, and native init system called "runit".

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 92 (128), 6 months: 93 (134), 3 months: 85 (154), 4 weeks: 87 (153), 1 week: 101 (122)

Average visitor rating: 9.17/10 from 210 review(s).


Void Summary
Distribution Void
Home Page https://voidlinux.org/
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Documentation https://docs.voidlinux.org/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-02-02: Distribution Release: Void 20250202
 • 2024-03-15: Distribution Release: Void 20240314
 • 2023-07-11: Distribution Release: Void 20230628
 • 2018-11-13: Distribution Release: Void 20181111
 • More Void releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2023-05-25 Overview of Void's features
 • 2021-03-11 Void changes kernel parameters
 • 2021-02-28 Void to switch back to OpenSSL
 • 2019-05-20 Void community discusses PolicyKit access
 • 2019-02-13 Void publishes update on domain status
 • 2018-12-05 Void publishes tips and tricks
 • 2018-05-01 Void team plans resource migration
 • 2017-12-07 Advent of Void tutorials
 • 2017-04-15 Void supports Flatpak
 • More Void headlines...

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Feature 20250202 20240314 20230628 20221001 20210930 20191109 20181111 20171007 20150221 Feature
Release Date 2025-02-02 2024-03-15 2023-07-09 2022-10-17 2021-09-30 2019-11-13 2018-11-12 2017-10-07 2015-02-21 Release Date
End Of Life                   End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 400-1400 400-1000 400-1000 400-1000 400-1000 300-800 300-800 70-700 70-700 Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop Xfce Xfce Xfce Cinnamon, Enlightenment, GNOME, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon, Enlightenment, GNOME, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon, Enlightenment, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon, Enlightenment, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon, Enlightenment, LXDE, LXQt, Xfce Cinnamon, Enlightenment, MATE, Xfce Default Desktop
Package Management XBPS XBPS XBPS XBPS XBPS XBPS XBPS XBPS XBPS Package Management
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture armv6, armv7, i686, x86_64 armv6, armv7, i686, x86_64 armv6, armv7, i686, x86_64 armv6, armv7, i686, x86_64 armv6, armv7, i686, x86_64 armv6, armv7, i686, x86_64 armv6, armv7, i686, x86_64 armv6, armv7, i686, x86_64 armv6, armv7, i686, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software runit runit runit runit runit runit runit runit runit Init Software
Journaled File Systems btrfs, ext3, ext4, xfs btrfs, ext3, ext4, xfs btrfs, ext3, ext4, xfs btrfs, ext3, ext4, xfs btrfs, ext3, ext4, xfs btrfs, ext3, ext4, xfs btrfs, ext3, ext4, xfs btrfs, ext3, ext4, xfs btrfs, ext3, ext4, xfs Journaled File Systems
Multilingual                   Multilingual
Asian Language Support                   Asian Language Support
Full Package List 20250202 20240314 20230628 20221001 20210930 20191109 20181111 20171007 20150221 Full Package List
Package 20250202 20240314 20230628 20221001 20210930 20191109 20181111 20171007 20150221 Package
abiword (3.0.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.6)
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 1.2.12 1.2.11 1.2.9 1.2.7.2 1.2.5.1 1.1.9 1.1.7 1.1.4.1 1.0.28 alsa-lib (1.2.13)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3 bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.6)
chromium (134.0.6998.35) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (134.0.6998.35)
cups (2.4.11) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cups (2.4.11)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) -- -- -- -- -- 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.6 -- dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.2) 1.47.2 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.45.4 1.44.4 1.43.6 1.42.12 e2fsprogs (1.47.2)
firefox (136.0) 134.0 123.0 115.0 105.0.1 78.14.0 70.0.1 52.9.0 52.4.0 35.0.1 firefox (136.0)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.2 2.13.2 2.13.1 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.10.1 2.9.1 2.8.1 2.5.5 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.41) 2.39 2.38 2.36 2.32 2.32 2.30 2.28 2.26 2.21 glibc (2.41)
gnome-shell (47.5) -- -- -- -- 3.38.3 3.34.1 -- -- -- gnome-shell (47.5)
gnucash (5.10) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.10)
gnumeric (1.12.59) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.59)
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.00 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.16.12) 4.16.7 4.12.5 4.10.4 4.8.1 2.24.32 3.24.11 3.24.1 2.24.31 2.24.26 gtk (4.16.12)
httpd (2.4.63) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.63)
inkscape (1.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4)
k3b (24.12.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (24.12.3)
kmod (34.1) 31 31 30 30 27 -- 25 24 19 kmod (34.1)
krita (5.2.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.9)
LibreOffice (25.2.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (25.2.1)
linux (6.13.6) 6.12 6.6 6.3 5.19 5.13 4.14 4.18.17 4.12.13 3.18.7 linux (6.13.6)
Package 20250202 20240314 20230628 20221001 20210930 20191109 20181111 20171007 20150221 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- 0.10.0 0.10.0 0.9.3 0.9.3 -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.6.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.6.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- 1.24.1 1.22.2 1.20.3 1.8.1 1.8.1 mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.0.1) 24.2.8 24.0.2 23.1.3 22.1.7 21.2.3 19.2.3 18.2.4 17.2.2 10.4.4 mesa (25.0.1)
mysql (9.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.2.0)
nautilus (47.2) -- -- -- -- 3.38.2 -- -- -- -- nautilus (47.2)
NVIDIA (570.124.04) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (570.124.04)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (23.0.2)
openssh (9.9p2) 9.9p1 9.7p1 9.3p1 9.0p1 8.8p1 8.1p1 7.9p1 7.5p1 6.7p1 openssh (9.9p2)
openssl (3.4.1) 3.3.2 3.1.5 1.1.1t 1.1.1q 1.1.1l -- -- -- -- openssl (3.4.1)
perl (5.40.1) -- -- -- -- 5.32.1 5.30.0 5.28.0 5.26.1 5.20.2 perl (5.40.1)
php (8.4.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.4.4)
plasma-desktop (6.3.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.3.2)
postfix (3.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.10.1)
postgresql (17.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (17.4)
Python (3.13.2) 3.13.1 3.12.2 3.11.4 3.10.7 3.9.7 3.6.9 2.7.15 2.7.14 2.7.9 Python (3.13.2)
qt (6.8.2) -- -- -- -- 5.15.2 5.13.2 5.10.1 5.8.0 -- qt (6.8.2)
samba (4.22.0) 4.20.1 4.14.12 4.14.12 4.14.12 4.14.7 -- -- -- -- samba (4.22.0)
systemd (257.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (257.4)
thunderbird (136.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (136.0)
vim (9.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) 1.23.0 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.19.0 1.17.0 1.16.0 1.13.0 1.7.0 wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.20.0 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.16.1 4.16.0 4.14.1 4.12.4 4.12.4 4.10.3 xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.16) 21.1.15 21.1.11 21.1.8 21.1.4 1.20.13 1.20.5 1.20.3 1.19.4 1.17.1 xorg-server (21.1.16)

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Version: 20250202
Rating: 1
Date: 2025-03-07
Votes: 0


From my point of view, I feel like this distro has potential, but there are a lot of annoying aspects and complications that stop me from giving it a good rating. First, there's the fact that it doesn't have a graphical installer, which can be overlooked since many distros don't have one, but even the installation script they provide is super limited and doesn't seem to have gotten much attention over time. It led me to an error screen more than once. Another really frustrating thing is that not all the package names are in lowercase; some have uppercase letters, and it’s case-sensitive. So, even if you type the name correctly in lowercase, it’ll return an error saying the package wasn’t found. There are some "restricted" packages you can compile yourself from a recipe, but you have to clone the entire GitHub repo to do so, not just the recipe like in Arch’s AUR. To me, that's a huge waste of space. But the main issue I have is that I don’t feel the "amazing performance" that people claim. In fact, the system seems to get slower with each update. There was one time I had to roll back to a snapshot with an older kernel just to keep the system usable. People often focus too much on RAM usage and get fooled by it, but that doesn’t necessarily reflect the system’s actual performance. Lastly, I constantly have internet connection issues on Void. Sometimes when I boot up my computer, my network interface just isn’t found, like it’s not even there anymore. Dealing with this kind of issue all the time really kills the motivation to keep using it, which is why I had to replace it for now.


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Version: 20250202
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-06
Votes: 2


Idk know for how long I use Void. Maybe 6 years or so. I came from Devuan which is still a good distro but Void is faster and rolling, which is a favor for me. There is not much to say. Xbps and runit are working like a charm. A large update is like an explosion of package install / overwrites.

Not a critic or not a critic to Void alone is the missing ability to script the whole system. A simple version of Guix so to say. But this is not a real critic just an inspiration for a meta-package-manager.

Void is a fast and high quality distribution.


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Version: 20250202
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-03-04
Votes: 2


Void Linux is one of the fastest distros I've ever used!
Stable, did not crash once since 6 months.

I use KDE Plasma because I really dislike XFCE. There are custom images with KDE Plasma preinstalled.
packages with .deb or .rpm can't be installed, because Void Linux uses the xbps package manager.
It's very lightweight and fast, but only some of the software is available yet.

Hope this will change soon, because I'm missing some software. Xbps-src is availabe, where you can install additional software from.

In general, I really like this distro and will still use it as my 2nd OS to get noticed about updates


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