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This sets it apart from other distributions by providing separate software repositories and installation media that can be used with either glibc or musl.\n\n== Technical Specifications ==\n\n=== ***General Information*** ===\n\n* ***Developer:*** \n** Juan Romero Pardines\n** Void Linux Team and Community\n* ***Licensing:*** Mostly VSD 2-clause\n* ***OS Family:*** Linux (Unix-like)\n* ***Initial Release Date:*** September 26, 2008\n* ***Latest Release Date:*** March, 14, 2024\n\n=== ***Availability Information*** ===\n\n* ***Languages:*** Multilingual\n* ***Platforms:***\n** i686\n** x86-64\n** ARMv6\n** ARMv7\n** ARMv8\n\n=== ***System Information*** ===\n\n* ***Working State:*** Active\n* ***Source Model:*** Open Source\n* ***Update Method:*** Rolling Release\n* ***Package manager:***\n** XBPS\n** XBPS-SRC\n* ***Userland:*** GNU + Glibc or GNU + Musl\n* ***Default User Interface:*** \n** Command-line interface (Bourne shell as the default shell)\n** Xfce\n\n== Additional Information ==\n\n* [link|https:\/\/voidlinux.org|Official Void Linux Webpage]\n* [link|https:\/\/docs.voidlinux.org|Official Void Linux Documentation]\n* [link|https:\/\/github.com\/void-linux|Official Void Linux Github Repository]","contents_json":{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Background Information"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Created in 2008 by former NetBSD developer Juan Romeo Pardines, Void Linux is an independent, general-purpose, Linux distribution that employs the X Binary Package System (XBPS) package manager and the runit init system."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Void is also noteworthy for employing the service management scheme runit as its initialization system instead of the more widely used systemd. 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Background Information<\/h2><\/div>\n\n

Created in 2008 by former NetBSD developer Juan Romeo Pardines, Void Linux is an independent, general-purpose, Linux distribution that employs the X Binary Package System (XBPS) package manager and the runit init system.<\/p>\n\n

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Technical Specifications<\/h2><\/div>\n\n
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