 | This article may be written from a fan's point of view, rather than a neutral point of view. (September 2022) |
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 Devuan with its default XFCE desktop running on a virtual machine (2023-08) | |
| Developer | Veteran Unix Admins |
|---|---|
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | May 3, 2016[1] |
| Latest release | 5.0.0[2]  / 15 August 2023 |
| Repository | |
| Package manager | APT (dpkg) |
| Platforms | i386, amd64, ARM, ppc64el |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux kernel) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | Xfce |
| License | Various open source licenses[note 1] |
| Official website | www |
Devuan is a fork of the Debian Linux distribution that uses sysvinit, runit or OpenRC instead of systemd.[3][4][5][6] Devuan aims to avoid "lock-in" by projects like systemd[7][8] and aims to maintain compatibility with other init systems to avoid detaching Linux from other Unix systems.
- ^ Devuan Beta Release
- ^ "Devuan Daedalus 5.0 stable release". Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ Hoffman, Chris (3 December 2014). "Meet Devuan, the Debian fork born from a bitter systemd revolt". PCWorld. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ Larabel, Michael (28 November 2014). "Devuan: Debian Without Systemd". Phoronix. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Devuan Is Still Moving Along As A Debian Fork Without Systemd - Phoronix
- ^ Sharwood, Simon (1 December 2014). "systemd row ends with Debian getting forked". The Register. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Announcement of the Debian Fork". devuan.org. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ "Debian Fork Newsletter Dec. 22, 2014". devuan.org. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
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