@VoidLinux@chaos.social

· 6mo ago

Changes to linux-firmware may require manual intervention https://voidlinux.org/news/2026/03/firmware-compression

Changes to linux-firmware may require manual intervention

To reduce installation size, firmware provided by linux-firmware is now compressed with zstd. Ensure you are running a supported kernel when updating to linux-firmware-20260309_1 or later:

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Void Linux @VoidLinux@chaos.social

· 30mo ago

Bad news: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4

Good news: As of the current state of investigation VoidLinux is not affected by this backdoor.

openwall.com

oss-security - backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise

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Void Linux @VoidLinux@chaos.social

· 8mo ago

@hardtech@corteximplant.com have you synced with xbps-install -S? also, package names are case sensitive, so Waybar not waybar

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Void Linux @VoidLinux@chaos.social

· 44mo ago

News: New utility for selecting XBPS mirrors https://voidlinux.org/news/2023/02/xmirror.html

voidlinux.org

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Void Linux @VoidLinux@chaos.social

· 45mo ago

News: Void Accepted to Fastly Fast Forward! https://voidlinux.org/news/2023/01/fastly-fast-forward.html

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Void Linux @VoidLinux@chaos.social

· 44mo ago

News: New utility for selecting XBPS mirrors https://voidlinux.org/news/2023/02/0-xmirror.html

voidlinux.org

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Void Linux @VoidLinux@chaos.social

· 46mo ago

News: US Mirror Issues https://voidlinux.org/news/2022/12/repo-us-issues.html

Void Linux

US Mirror Issues

The US mirror, repo-us.voidlinux.org, is currently having hardware issues and is no longer syncing with the other mirrors for the time being. Until this is fixed, switching to another mirror is recommended. There are several other mirrors located in the US that are still operational.

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Void Linux @VoidLinux@chaos.social

· 44mo ago

News: New Repo: Fastly CDN https://voidlinux.org/news/2023/02/1-new-repo-fastly.html

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Void Linux @VoidLinux@chaos.social

· 44mo ago

News: Minor breaking change in service logging for several packages https://voidlinux.org/news/2023/02/log-service-change.html

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Void Linux @VoidLinux@chaos.social

· 48mo ago

News: New Images! (October 2022 Edition) https://voidlinux.org/news/2022/10/new-images.html

Void Linux

New Images! (October 2022 Edition)

We’re pleased to announce that the 20221001 image set has been promoted to current and is now generally available.

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Void Linux @VoidLinux@chaos.social

· 61mo ago

News: US Mirror Retirement https://voidlinux.org/news/2021/10/mirror-retirement.html

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Void Linux @VoidLinux@chaos.social

· 48mo ago

News: Hacktoberfest 2022 https://voidlinux.org/news/2022/09/hacktoberfest.html

Void Linux

Hacktoberfest 2022

Are you ready for Hacktoberfest 2022? Void Linux is! We’re excited to be participating for our 6th year. Contributions that help to address our out-of-date packages queue are especially welcome. This is a great way to dip your feet into the world of Linux distro package management and what happens behind the scenes to provide a wide selection of packages and make sure your system remains up to date.

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