[kwlug-disc] Devuan, a distro without systemd

[Bob Jonkman]

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I have to admit, although I've got systemd on my laptop and a couple
of servers, there's nothing I've run into that's caused me pain,
except some logfile reading when diagnosing boot problems.

But I still think variety and choice is important, and so I encourage
the devs of Devuan to keep at it.

- --Bob.


On 2017-07-24 08:02 PM, Digimer wrote:
> If I can ask a broader question; What is it about avoiding systemd
> that is appealing? I know this can be a loaded question, and
> please understand I am genuinely curious.
> 
> Personally speaking, I've been on sysvinit since rhl 5.2, and I
> totally understood the fear of losing so many years of experience
> and knowledge. Once I gave it a chance though, I've totally fallen
> in love with it. So I ask because I am curious what it is that
> people want in sysvinit, beyond familiarity?
> 
> cheers,
> 
> digimer
> 
> On 2017-07-24 07:01 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>> Devuan has all the software that's been re-compiled to work
>> without systemd. So, not everything is there, but it's quite
>> functional.
>> 
>> The biggest things I'm missing are
>> 
>> 1) the KeepassX v2 client (KeepassX v0.43 is available, but no
>> longer compatible with my DB which got upgraded on other PCs)
>> 
>> 2) the Nextcloud sync client, but that's not in the Debian repos 
>> either. There are instructions to compile the Nextcloud sync
>> client from source, but I haven't done that (yet).
>> 
>> The Devuan box is just a trial. I'm using it as my Podcast
>> server, and as a third screen for my laptop using Synergy. It
>> doesn't get much of a workout.
>> 
>> --Bob.
>> 
>> 
>> On 2017-07-24 05:43 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
>>> In another thread, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>> 
>>>> Works for me on XFCE on Devuan...
>> 
>>> How is Devuan working out?
>> 
>>> Does it have all the repos that Debian has, or limited to a 
>>> subset?
>> 
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