PepVoid Update and Continued testing

Key points

The Peppermint OS team has put out a new round of testing ISOs for PepVoid, a branch that applies the Peppermint approach to Void Linux's rolling-release model. Depending on feedback, the project is aiming for an official release in November, timed with the scheduled ISO refreshes of its Debian-based builds.

What PepVoid is

• The work started as an experiment in bringing Peppermint to Void Linux. The first testing ISOs came out earlier this year.
• The branch is also where the team tries out new designs and ideas, which it plans to carry over to the Debian family of Peppermint OS once the tools are stable.

The testing ISOs

• The images are about 3.2 GB. The team describes them as a "PepVoid Loaded 64 bit" spin.
• There are two variants: one with Xorg and one with XLibre.
• They ship a selection of preinstalled packages and an updated PepTools, adjusted for users who prefer to work through a graphical interface.
• The preinstalled package lineup may still change as the team weighs community feedback.
• The ISOs are at peppermintos.org/PepVoid/.
• Live session login: user pep-live, password pep-live.

Repositories

• The system uses Void's standard upstream repositories:

https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current
https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current/nonfree

• The XLibre variant also uses a custom external repository, hosted on GitHub at xlibre-void/xlibre.

Updates

• In the post's comments, the developer explains that the Void parts of the system roll as usual. The Peppermint parts are mostly a Python stack, so updating them usually means downloading the new PepTools and placing them in the right locations, not reinstalling from a new ISO.

Feedback

• The team asks for testing and feedback through its Matrix channel (#peppermintos:matrix.org), Discord, Telegram, the SourceForge community forums, Mastodon and Codeberg.

Summary by DistroNews, based on the original post.