Re: [Dng] Which DE will initially be fully supported in Devuan?

2015-03-24 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Am Montag, 23. März 2015 schrieb Anto: > Hello Everybody, > > I hope I am not too early to ask this. > > I have been switching desktops that are available in Debian so many > times. But I always go back to XFCE. I have been on XFCE (again) for > almost a year now. > > From the recent discussi

[Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Jude Nelson
Hey everyone, I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a console on the Devuan vagrant image! It creates all requisite device files and loads all requisite kernel drivers, both for the pre-boot initramfs environment (so init can mount root) and in the early boot environment (whi

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
HOORAY! & KUDOS! can't wait giving it a try /j On Tue 24 March 2015 05:37:04 Jude Nelson wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a console on the > Devuan vagrant image! [...] > -Jude signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message p

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Joel Roth
Jude Nelson wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a console on the > Devuan vagrant image! It creates all requisite device files and loads all > requisite kernel drivers, both for the pre-boot initramfs environment (so > init can mount root) and in

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 05:37:04AM -0400, Jude Nelson wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a console on the > Devuan vagrant image! It creates all requisite device files and loads all > requisite kernel drivers, both for the pre-boot initramfs envi

Re: [Dng] rumors on RMS about systemd at libreplanet

2015-03-24 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 23/03/2015 20:10, Nuno Magalhães a écrit : On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Mark R. White wrote: > >Just to be clear: I've seen a lot of cross talk about the possibility of >systemd being put into Devuan via a sandbox or even having the systemd API >written in. Is it safe to assume that go

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Jaromil
On Tue, 24 Mar 2015, Jude Nelson wrote: >I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a >console on the Devuan vagrant image!* It creates all requisite >device files and loads all requisite kernel drivers, both for the >pre-boot initramfs environment (so init can moun

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Jaromil
moreover on libudev looking at Debian bug 735275 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=735275 and the wide impact it has on upstream (nodejs, webkit, chrome etc. are affected by the bump to libudev.1) I'd rather keep libudev.0 around as a vdev patched version, would that be possible?

Re: [Dng] rumors on RMS about systemd at libreplanet

2015-03-24 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 04:47:32PM -0700, Go Linux wrote: > > A link to Revolution OS was recently posted on irc. I had never > seen it before. It seems that the cycle has come full circle and now > Devuan is going back to the future and reinventing the wheel all over > again. Only this time t

Re: [Dng] rumors on RMS about systemd at libreplanet

2015-03-24 Thread Jaromil
On Tue, 24 Mar 2015, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 04:47:32PM -0700, Go Linux wrote: > > > > A link to Revolution OS was recently posted on irc. I had never > > seen it before. It seems that the cycle has come full circle and now > > Devuan is going back to the future and reinven

Re: [Dng] rumors on RMS about systemd at libreplanet

2015-03-24 Thread Linux O'Beardly
Jaromil, >we struggle to have no systemd at all in Devuan, >In the alpha releases there is *no systemd daemon running* Thanks for clearing that up! Linux O'Beardly @LinuxOBeardly http://o.beard.ly On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Jaromil wrote: > On Mon, 23 Mar 2015, Nuno Magalhães wrote: >

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Jude Nelson
Hi Jaromil, > outstanding good news! congrats :^) if we manage to include vdev in > Devuan for upcoming releases you may acquire rather wide testing grounds > for your software. Thanks for the encouragement :) When it comes to packaging vdev, what I'll do is add an /etc/alternatives entry for th

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Jude Nelson
> looking at Debian bug 735275 > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=735275 > > and the wide impact it has on upstream (nodejs, webkit, chrome etc. are > affected by the bump to libudev.1) I'd rather keep libudev.0 around as > a vdev patched version, would that be possible? Thanks fo

Re: [Dng] Puppy Linux-related thoughts

2015-03-24 Thread Apollia
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 1:52 AM, Isaac Dunham wrote: > On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 11:24:03PM -0400, Apollia wrote: >> >> Regarding desktops - perhaps Puppy Linux might be a good place to look for >> some inspiration? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_Linux >> >> So small, light, fast, and relativel

[Dng] Gobo Linux, Puppy Linux - was Re: Puppy Linux-related thoughts

2015-03-24 Thread Apollia
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:59 AM, Joel Roth wrote: > Apollia wrote: >> I've also increasingly been considering trying to build my own Linux from >> scratch, probably using this website as a guide: >> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ > > There are more automated ways to do this: > > http://www.linux

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Anto
On 24/03/15 10:37, Jude Nelson wrote: Hey everyone, I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a console on the Devuan vagrant image! It creates all requisite device files and loads all requisite kernel drivers, both for the pre-boot initramfs environment (so init can mount r

[Dng] Puppy Linux, AntiX - was Re: Puppy Linux-related thoughts

2015-03-24 Thread Apollia
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Robert Storey wrote: > Puppy Linux is interesting. I used it for awhile and liked that it was fast, > and fun. A bit lacking in software, but with the Slacko packages you can > make it better. My main concern about it was that it logs you in as root > (without even

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 05:37:04 -0400 Jude Nelson wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a console > on the Devuan vagrant image! It creates all requisite device files > and loads all requisite kernel drivers, both for the pre-boot > initramfs environ

Re: [Dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Robert Storey
> From: Jude Nelson > Hey everyone, > > I'm pleased to announce that vdev can successfully boot to a console on the > Devuan vagrant image! It creates all requisite device files and loads all > requisite kernel drivers, both for the pre-boot initramfs environment (so > init can mount root) and in

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Clarke Sideroad
As history marks the rise and fall of systemd, contributions such as yours will make the the bigger picture of this time period net positive. Thank you, Clarke ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listi

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 22:21:30 -0400 Clarke Sideroad wrote: > As history marks the rise and fall of systemd, contributions such as > yours will make the the bigger picture of this time period net > positive. > > Thank you, > > Clarke That's so true, Clarke! This systemd debacle increased by an

Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update and milestone

2015-03-24 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
On Tue 24 March 2015 22:17:20 Steve Litt wrote: > This systemd debacle increased by an order of > magnitude the Linux users who understand the underpinnings of the > system and are prepared to take control. Indeed. I never really bothered much, and happily lived along with (Open)Suse since... it

Re: [Dng] Puppy Linux, AntiX - was Re: Puppy Linux-related thoughts

2015-03-24 Thread Martijn Dekkers
> > > Puppy Linux is interesting. I used it for awhile and liked that it was > fast, > > and fun. A bit lacking in software, but with the Slacko packages you can > > make it better. My main concern about it was that it logs you in as root > > (without even a password). A lot of people have expresse