Desktop

Void, rollingand out of your way

A full Void desktop, drawn in the tab through noVNC.An independent distribution that keeps itself small.

Void 20260901R12 cores · 4 GBOpens in a browser tab

hub://void

$ dxflow workflow create --identity void hub://void --start --link

01Pick a machinecores, memory and a rate per hour

02Create the workflowpulled from the hub, once

03Run it, then stopstopped when the work is done

The application

Small by default,yours to grow

xbps and runit, on a desktop that is already running.

Rolling and independent

Void is its own distribution, not a derivative of one, with xbps and runit.

Openbox and a taskbar

Openbox, a taskbar, a terminal and a file manager, over TurboVNC and noVNC.

Files stay on the volume

Anything you keep under /volume is still there once the next start is done.

How you run it

Six variablesshape the desktop

What you see and what you hear are both set on the start line, and nothing has to be edited inside.

VNC_PASSWORDWhat the tab asks for. It ships as dxflow, and everyone reading this knows that.

WALLPAPERshow or hide. Hiding it leaves a flat backdrop, which compresses better over a slow link.

PANELshow or hide the window decorations. Hide it when one application is meant to own the screen.

TASKBARshow or hide the bar along the edge. Both are on here, because this is a desktop rather than one app.

AUDIOOff by default. Turn it on and the desktop sound is streamed to the same page.

AUDIO_RATE and AUDIO_CHANNELS8000 up to 44100, in one channel or two. Lower both when the link matters more than the fidelity.

start it your way

$ dxflow workflow start void --override env.app.VNC_PASSWORD=something-long

$ dxflow workflow start void --override env.app.AUDIO=on --override env.app.AUDIO_RATE=44100 --link

The session

Everything shown,nothing hidden

Streamed to your browser, with nothing switched off.

6082Browserin the tab, at /vnc.html

5901VNCin a native client

/volumeStorageyour files and app state

Open it from anywhereStart with --link and the session comes back on an HTTPS address.

Set a password firstVNC_PASSWORD defaults to dxflow, and everyone can read this page.

Sound needs a clickAudio starts at the first click in the desktop, once AUDIO is on.

Good to know

The smallest basethe hub has

Void is independent and rolling, and it is why so many of the desktop entries pull in seconds rather than minutes.

Under three hundred megabytes

Nothing is carried that the desktop does not need. The apps built on it inherit that, which is most of why they start so quickly.

xbps, and a rolling repository

Packages are current rather than frozen to a release. When Void has what you need, it is usually the newest build of it.

Sound waits for a gesture

Browsers keep a page muted until someone interacts with it, so audio starts at the first click or keystroke in the desktop.

The image

Pulled once,then it stays

Void Desktop arrives as one image. This is what comes down the first time, and what the disk should have free for it.

277Mamd64compressed, the way the registry counts it

276Marm64compressed, the way the registry counts it

20GOn diskunpacked, with room to work beside it

ghcr.io/dxflow-ai/void:latestPublished from the hub, pulled on the first start and kept for the ones after it.

Either architectureamd64 and arm64 are both published, and the machine pulls the one it runs.

What it asks for

What it wants,and what it needs

The definition asks for 2 cores and 4 GB. The image comes up on less than that, and a start given --fit trims the ask to whatever the machine actually has.

2 cores · 4 GBAsks forwhat the definition writes down

2 cores · 2 GBRuns onthe least the image comes up on

Not neededGPUit works on the cores alone

The ask is not the floorThe definition writes down what suits the work. The image itself starts on less, which is what the second figure is.

--fit caps it to the hostA start given --fit trims each step to what the machine actually has, for that start alone. The definition is never rewritten.

Machines that fit it

Void Desktop asks for 2 cores and 4 GB. Cheapest first.

E2 Medium

$0.0419/ hour2 cores · 4 GBStart this machine

T3 Medium

$0.052/ hour2 cores · 4 GBStart this machine

B2s

$0.052/ hour2 cores · 4 GBStart this machine

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