- to - date ▁with ▁binary ▁updates ▁always ▁carrying ▁the ▁new est ▁release . ▁Source ▁packages ▁are ▁maintained ▁on ▁GitHub ▁and ▁can ▁be ▁compiled ▁using ▁the ▁x b ps - src ▁build ▁system . ▁The ▁package ▁build ▁process ▁is ▁performed ▁in ▁a ▁clean ▁environment , ▁not ▁tied ▁to ▁the ▁current ▁system , ▁and ▁most ▁packages ▁can ▁be ▁cross - comp iled ▁for ▁foreign ▁architect ures . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Void ▁Linux ▁supports ▁Fl at p ak , ▁which ▁allows ▁the ▁installation ▁of ▁the ▁latest ▁packages ▁from ▁up stream ▁repositories . ▁ ▁J esse ▁Smith ▁of ▁Dist ro Watch ▁notes ▁fast ▁boot up ▁times ▁which ▁he ▁cred ited ▁to ▁run it , ▁but ▁also ▁notes ▁that ▁documentation ▁and ▁bug - testing ▁are ▁lack ing . ▁The ▁official ▁docs ▁are ▁slowly ▁replacing ▁a ▁deprecated ▁w iki . ▁ ▁Ed itions ▁Using ▁flav ours , ▁users ▁can ▁download ▁pre - config ured ▁install ▁media ▁providing ▁typical ▁desktop ▁environments , ▁such ▁as ▁C inn am on , ▁En light en ment , ▁L X DE , ▁M ATE , ▁or ▁X f ce . ▁The ▁live ▁images ▁contain ▁an ▁installer ▁that ▁offers ▁a ▁n c urs es - based ▁user ▁interface . ▁The ▁default ▁root ▁shell ▁is ▁D ash . ▁K DE ▁is ▁on ▁the ▁repos , ▁but ▁not ▁pre - pack aged . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : Linux ▁distributions ▁Category : Linux ▁distributions ▁without ▁system d ▁Category : R ol ling ▁Release ▁Linux