QV Linux distribution version 250605

Posted by BarryK on Jun 7, 2025 7:13 AM CST
https://bkhome.org/news/; By Barry Kauler
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QV is a new very experimental Linux distribution, under development and still evolving.

The letters "QV" may mean "Quirky Void", as this is a very quirky distribution compared with Void Linux. Or, it may mean "Quantum Vis", which is Latin for "has everything that you need".

Built with Void Linux packages, "frugal" install in a btrfs filesystem, also supports encryption with a ext4 filesystem in a sparse file.

There is also a mini-tutorial on snapshots:

https://bkhome.org/news/202506/mini-tutorial-creating-a-snap...

Feedback/suggestions welcome, especially if you have experience with btrfs on mainstream Linux distributions.

QV is highly experimental, a moving target, and may undergo major structural change in the future.

Shipped as a drive-image file, that you can write to a usb-drive, then boot. Unlike a live-iso, this will be fully installed in the usb-drive, with a vfat esp and a btrfs working-partition. Note, the working-partition automatically expands to fill the drive at first boot.

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