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Devuan
DeveloperThe "Veteran Unix Admins" (VUA) collective; e.g. Franco Lanza, Denis Roio, Roger Leigh
OS familyUnix-like
Source modelOpen source
Repository
Kernel typeMonolithic: Linux
UserlandGNU
Official websitedevuan.org

Devuan is a fork[1][2] of the Debian Linux distribution that started in November 2014. Its stated first goal is to provide a distribution without the systemd init daemon installed by default.[3] The Debian 8 Jessie release has caused polarization among Debian developers and users, due to the project's adoption of systemd as the default init replacement.[4][5][6]

Devuan has its own package repository which mirrors upstream Debian development,[7] with local modifications made only when needed to remove systemd dependencies or otherwise preserve "init freedom". Modified packages include policykit and udisks. Devuan is supposed to work very similarly to the corresponding Debian release. Devuan does not provide systemd in its repositories but still retains libsystemd0 until it has removed all dependencies on it.

Instead of continuing the Debian practice of using Toy Story character names as release codenames,[8] Devuan aliases its releases using planet names. The upcoming stable release will share the Debian 8 codename Jessie. However, the Devuan release is named for minor planet 10464. The permanent alias for the Devuan unstable branch is Ceres, named for the dwarf planet.[9]

Devuan Alpha 4 builds for i386 and amd64 were released to the public on February 1, 2016.[9][10]

Devuan Jessie Beta was released to the public on April 29, 2016.[9][11]

The second Beta version of Devuan was released in November 2016 and should be followed by a production release early 2017.[12]

References

  1. ^ Hoffman, Chris. "Meet Devuan, the Debian fork born from a bitter systemd revolt". PCWorld. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ^ Larabel, Michael. "Devuan: Debian Without Systemd". Phoronix. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ^ Sharwood, Simon. "systemd row ends with Debian getting forked". The Register. Retrieved 13 December 2014. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
  4. ^ Stahie, Silviu (28 November 2014). "Fork Debian Project Announces the Systemd-less OS Devuan". Softpedia. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  5. ^ Lanza, Franco (30 November 2014). "Re: [Dng] I want systemd". Dng -- The first mailinglist after debianfork.org. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  6. ^ Wise, Paul (25 April 2015). "Debian 8 "Jessie" released". debian-announce. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Devuan build system overview". Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  8. ^ Debian FAQ Authors (1 May 2015). "What are all those names like etch, lenny, etc.?". The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  9. ^ a b c "Devuan GNU/Linux - Debian without systemd". 4 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Devuan download zone". files.devuan.org. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Devuan download zone". files.devuan.org. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  12. ^ Sharwood, Simon. "systemd free Linux distro Devuan releases second beta". The Register. Retrieved 2 December 2016. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
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