▁History ▁Void ▁Linux ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁by ▁Juan ▁Rom ero ▁P ard ines , ▁a ▁former ▁developer ▁of ▁Net B SD , ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁test - bed ▁for ▁the ▁X B PS ▁package ▁manager . ▁The ▁ability ▁to ▁n atively ▁build ▁packages ▁from ▁source ▁using ▁x b ps - src ▁is ▁likely ▁inspired ▁by ▁p k gs rc . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁project ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁new ▁website ▁and ▁code ▁repository ▁by ▁the ▁core ▁team ▁after ▁the ▁project ▁leader ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁heard ▁from ▁for ▁several ▁months . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁April ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁Void ▁is ▁the ▁e ighth ▁highest ▁r ated ▁project ▁on ▁Dist ro Watch ▁with ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 9 . 0 7 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 . ▁ ▁Fe atures ▁Void ▁is ▁a ▁notable ▁exception ▁to ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁Linux ▁distributions ▁because ▁it ▁uses ▁run it ▁as ▁its ▁init ▁system ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁common ▁system d ▁used ▁by ▁other ▁distributions ▁including ▁Arch ▁Linux , ▁Cent OS , ▁Deb ian , ▁Fed ora , ▁M age ia ▁and ▁Ubuntu . ▁Void ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁distribution ▁to ▁incorpor ate ▁Lib re SSL ▁as ▁the ▁system ▁crypt ography ▁library ▁by ▁default . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁unique ▁among ▁distributions ▁in ▁that ▁separate ▁software ▁repositories ▁and ▁installation ▁media ▁using ▁both ▁g lib c ▁and ▁mus l ▁are ▁available . ▁▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁its ▁rolling ▁release ▁nature , ▁a ▁system ▁running ▁Void ▁is ▁kept ▁up