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Devuan
Devuan with its default XFCE desktop running on a virtual machine (2023-08)
DeveloperVeteran Unix Admins
OS familyLinux(Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseMay 3, 2016;8 years ago(2016-05-03)[1]
Latest release5.0.0[2]Edit this on Wikidata/ 15 August 2023;13 months ago(15 August 2023)
Repository
Package managerAPT(dpkg)
Platformsi386,amd64,ARM,ppc64el
KerneltypeMonolithic (Linux kernel)
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface		Xfce
LicenseVariousopen source licenses[note 1]
Official websitewww.devuan.org

Devuanis aforkof theDebianLinux distributionthat usessysvinit,runitorOpenRCinstead ofsystemd.[3][4][5][6]Devuan aims to avoid "lock-in" by projects likesystemd[7][8]and aims to maintain compatibility with otherinitsystems to avoid detachingLinuxfrom otherUnixsystems.

History

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With the release ofDebian 8,some developers and users felt alienated due to the project's adoption ofsystemdand subsequent removal of support for other existing init systems.[9]This decision prompted some Debian community members to start aforkof Debian without systemd.[10][7]

Instead of continuing the Debian practice of usingToy Storycharacter names as release codenames,[11]Devuan aliases its releases using planet names. The first stable release shared the Debian 8 codenameJessie.However, the Devuan release was named forminor planet 10464.[12]

The first stable release of Devuan was published on May 25, 2017.[13][14][15]

Devuan 2.0.0ASCIIwas released on June 9, 2018, and 2.1ASCIIwas released on November 21, 2019. ASCII provides a choice of five differentdesktop environmentsat install time (XFCE,Cinnamon,KDE,LXQt,MATE), while many other window managers are available from the repositories. It also provides installation options for choosing betweensysvinitandOpenRCforinit,and betweenGRUBandLILOfor theboot loader.Devuan maintains a modified version of the Debian expert text installer, which has the ability to install onlyfree softwareif the user chooses, while thelive desktop imagealso uses a custom graphical installer from Refracta, a derivative of Devuan.[16]

Devuan 3.0 Beowulf was released on June 3, 2020, based on Debian 10.4.Ppc64elhas been added to the list of supported architectures.Runitis now available as an alternative init. Eudev and elogind are now used to replace someSystemdfunctionality.[17]

Devuan 4.0 Chimaera was released on October 14, 2021. It is based on Debian Bullseye (11.1) with Linux kernel 5.10.

Devuan 5.0 Daedalus was released on August 15, 2023. It is based on Debian Bookworm (12.1) with Linux kernel 6.1.

The current testing suite with code name Excalibur is planned for 2025+. It is based on Debian Trixie (13) with Linux kernel 6.4.

Packages

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Devuan has its ownpackage repositorywhich mirrorsupstreamDebian,[18]with local modifications made only when needed to allow forinitsystems other than systemd. Devuan does not provide systemd in its repositories but still retains libsystemd0 until it has removed all dependencies.

Amprolla is the program used to merge Debian packages with Devuan packages. It downloads packages from Debian and merges changes to packages that Devuan overrides.[19]

Derivatives

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In August 2022,Peppermint OSannounced the release of Devuan-based ISO's, alongside their Debian-based ISO's.[20]

Exe GNU/Linux is a Devuan derivative (since 2017) featuring theTrinity Desktop Environmentand anotherLXDEversion.[21]

Star is another Devuan-based Linux distribution featuring several lightweight window managers, such asOpenbox,Fluxbox,JWM, andi3.[22]

Version history

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See also:Debian version history
Version Codename Codebase Release date End of support
Old version, no longer maintained:1 Jessie Debian 8 "Jessie" May 25, 2017 June 30, 2020
Old version, no longer maintained:2 ASCII Debian 9 "Stretch" June 9, 2018 July 1, 2022
Old version, no longer maintained:3 Beowulf Debian 10 "Buster" June 3, 2020 June 30, 2024
Old version, yet still maintained:4 Chimaera Debian 11 "Bullseye" October 14, 2021 N/A
Current stable version:5 Daedalus Debian 12 "Bookworm" August 14, 2023 N/A
Latest preview version of a future release:6 Excalibur Debian 13 "Trixie" N/A N/A
Future release:7 Freia Debian 14 "Forky" N/A N/A
unstable Ceres Debian "Sid" Rolling release
Legend:
Old version, not maintained
Old version, still maintained
Latest version
Latest preview version
Future release

Source:[23]

Notes

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  1. ^Due to Devuan being based onDebian,most (if not all)Open Sourcesoftware is probably available underDFSGcompatiblelicenses.

References

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  1. ^Devuan Beta Release
  2. ^"Devuan Daedalus 5.0 stable release".Retrieved15 August2023.
  3. ^Hoffman, Chris (3 December 2014)."Meet Devuan, the Debian fork born from a bitter systemd revolt".PCWorld.Retrieved13 December2014.
  4. ^Larabel, Michael (28 November 2014)."Devuan: Debian Without Systemd".Phoronix.Retrieved14 December2014.
  5. ^Devuan Is Still Moving Along As A Debian Fork Without Systemd - Phoronix
  6. ^Sharwood, Simon (1 December 2014)."systemd row ends with Debian getting forked".The Register.Archived fromthe originalon 1 December 2014.Retrieved13 December2014.
  7. ^ab"Announcement of the Debian Fork".devuan.org.Retrieved2022-08-23.
  8. ^"Debian Fork Newsletter Dec. 22, 2014".devuan.org.Retrieved2022-08-23.
  9. ^Wise, Paul (25 April 2015)."Debian 8 'Jessie' released".debian-announce.Retrieved26 April2015.
  10. ^Stahie, Silviu (28 November 2014)."Fork Debian Project Announces the Systemd-less OS Devuan".Softpedia.Retrieved30 November2014.
  11. ^Debian FAQ Authors (1 May 2015)."What are all those names like etch, lenny, etc.?".The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ.Archived fromthe originalon 11 July 2015.Retrieved17 June2015.
  12. ^"Devuan GNU+Linux Release Codenames".1 January 2020.Retrieved1 January2020.
  13. ^"Devuan Jessie 1.0.0 stable release (LTS)".devuan.org.Archived fromthe originalon 2017-05-25.
  14. ^DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 715, 5 June 2017
  15. ^Devuan 1.0 Officially Released - Letting Debian Live Without Systemd - Phoronix
  16. ^"Devuan GNU+Linux Free Operating System".
  17. ^"Devuan Beowulf 3.0.0 Released: A GNU+Linux Debian Without Systemd".3 June 2020.
  18. ^"Devuan build system overview".Archived fromthe originalon 12 January 2016.Retrieved17 November2015.
  19. ^"amprolla3".
  20. ^"Peppermint OS Releases for 08-02-2022 – Peppermint OS".Retrieved2022-08-23.
  21. ^"DistroWatch.com: Exe GNU/Linux".distrowatch.com.Retrieved2023-02-07.
  22. ^"DistroWatch.com: Star".distrowatch.com.Retrieved2023-02-07.
  23. ^"Devuan releases".
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