Dear Init Freedom Lovers, Once again the Veteran Unix Admins salute you!
After some important fixes and updates, we continue down our path of providing Debian without systemd by announcing the release of Devuan Jessie Beta2. This interim Beta2 release is another milestone as Devuan continues towards its goal of sustainability as a universal base distribution. Beta2 will be soon followed by a release candidate and the final Jessie release, due beginning of 2017. # Where we are, how we got here and where we are going A presentation was given at the Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit (FSCONS) earlier in November 2016 and is visible here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMvyOGawNwo This video gives an extensive overview on all the work done so far on Devuan. The slides shown are available here: https://devuan.org/os/download/devuan_fscons2016.pdf A list of live links to the derivatives mentioned in that presentation are listed here: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=9 # Downloads Official Devuan images: https://files.devuan.org Live iso from Refracta: https://sourceforge.net/projects/refracta/ (coming soon) Minimal live iso with accessibility support: http://kalos.mine.nu # Upgrade As with the Beta, this release provides a safe upgrade path from Debian Wheezy and a flawless upgrade from Debian Jessie while nearly eliminating the necessity for anything systemd. The Devuan Apt package repositories are: ``` deb http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged jessie main deb http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged jessie-updates main deb http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged jessie-security main ``` We provide access to our package repository also via Tor: ``` deb tor+http://devuanfwojg73k6r.onion/merged jessie main deb tor+http://devuanfwojg73k6r.onion/merged jessie-updates main deb tor+http://devuanfwojg73k6r.onion/merged jessie-security main ``` # Growing support Since the Beta release, even more developers, supporters and now many users have Devuan in production environments and on their personal computers. This larger user-base has helped smooth the edges of the Beta thanks to an active community. As our journey lead by world-class experts, supporters, enthusiasts and donors continues, we acknowledge with heartfelt thanks and appreciation everyone of you. We are very grateful for every donation, helping this project to survive and grow https://devuan.org/donate # Community Mailinglist: https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng Community Docs: https://talk.devuan.org Community Forum: https://dev1galaxy.org IRC channel: #devuan on freenode.net happy hacking ;^) _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
