![]() Most of the sections where self-explanatory. It was divided into keyboard, network, source, hostname, locale, timezone, root password, user account, bootloader, partition, and filesystems sections. The installer reminded me a little bit of the terminal Debian installer, but it was laid out more like FreeBSD. After using the default password voidlinux, the installer started. ![]() To start installing Void, I opened up a terminal and typed sudo void-installer. I was very quickly presented with a vanilla MATE desktop. Void Linux MateĪfter I dded the 800 MB Void Linux MATE image to my thumb drive and inserted it, I booted my computer. This laptop has an Intel Centrino Duo Core processor running at 2.00 GHz, NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M graphics chip, and 4 GB of RAM. I was able to successfully install Void Linux on my Dell Latitude D630. NOTE: you can either install Void Linux download page via a live image or use a net installer. You can download ready to boot images for Raspberry Pi and several other Raspberry Pi alternatives. The Void Linux handbook recommends 700 MB for storage and also notes that “Flavor installations require more resources. 32-bit images require “Pentium 4 CPU (SSE2), 96MB RAM, 350MB disk, Ethernet / WiFi for network installation”. 64-bit images require “EM64T CPU, 96MB RAM, 350MB disk, Ethernet/WiFi for network installation”.
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