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rinsmiles´ Guide to the Void

Version 2021.02


rinsmiles´ Guide to the Void is a guide for installing and setting up a Void GNU/Linux operating system:

voidlinux.org

It mainly, and merely intends to guide the user through the steps, providing hints and examples along the way, and it is complemented by the official Void documentation.

The installation is performed from the ground up, by bootstrapping the new system with the XBPS package manager from a console. After following through with this guide, the user will have a fully configured, reliable, performant and fundamental system which they can then tune and extend to their requirements.

This guide assumes that the user is familiar with the use of a shell, core utilities and GNU/Linux operating systems, and that they will take a look at specific documentation of any tool and feature with which they are not.



Contents:


Installation
0. Boot a base live image of Void and login as root.
1. Set keyboard layout and desired font
2. Set up filesystems
3. Connect to the internet
4. Install Void on the mounted filesystem
5. Chroot into the newly installed system
6. Configure the basics
7. Set up swap
8. Make the new installation bootable
9. Reconfigure and reboot
System Components and Management
Network
Firewall
Users
Audio
Display server
Input and ACPI events
Scheduled actions
Power saving and performance
Laptop mode
Lockup detectors
PCI and SCSI bus devices
HDD Advanced Power Management
Filesystems and virtual memory
Audio power save
CPU frequency scaling
Initial images
Power profiles
What about...?
Appendix
Power Management
Volume and Backlight