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-This repository contains the source package tree to build XBPS binary
-packages from sources for Void GNU/Linux.
-
-You can find more info about XBPS and Void GNU/Linux on:
-
-	http://code.google.com/p/xbps
-
-To use this repository the 'xbps-src' utility is required. If you don't use
-Void GNU/Linux you can fetch its sources from:
-
-	https://github.com/xtraeme/xbps-src
-
-Or alternatively if you are already using Void and/or XBPS you can install
-the binary package with:
-
-	$ xbps-bin -y install xbps-src
-
-Enjoy and happy hacking! meet us at xbps@irc.freenode.net.
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+## The official source repository for voidlinux.
+
+This repository contains the source package tree to build xbps binary
+packages from sources for the Void Linux distribution.
+
+To use this repository the 'xbps-src' utility is required. If you don't use
+Void Linux you can fetch its sources from:
+
+	https://github.com/xtraeme/xbps-src
+
+Or alternatively if you are already using Void you can install
+the binary package with:
+
+	$ xbps-install -y xbps-src
+
+Enjoy and happy hacking! meet us at xbps@irc.freenode.net.
+
+http://code.google.com/p/xbps
+http://www.voidlinux.eu