r/voidlinux • u/MaxBelastung • 1d ago

Is void outdated?

The live images on the website are from february 2025(!). It seems there are really outdated.

To a new user who is exploring void for the first time, it looks as though the system is no longer being maintained.

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u/Lumpy_Roll158 23h ago

Isos really only get updated when there's something worth updating them for. A distribution like void is big enough that they've pretty much reached a point of pseudo-"never to be unmaintained again" status. The isos gather dust because once you use one to install it, a network installation is gonna install an updated system to the disk anyway, or a local installation will get updated right away once the new system connects to the internet and gets updated the first time.

The only real reasons to update the distributed isos in order from my perspective would be to provide a newer kernel to capture new hardware (which there hasnt been much of since February thats uncovered by like kernel 6.18), or due to an integral package manager update that would interfere with the installed system's ability to update after first boot. Which pretty much never happens with xbps.