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## Devuan Jessie 1.0.0 stable release candidate

Sat Apr 22, 2017 12:12 pm

Devuan Jessie 1.0.0 stable release candidate
https://devuan.org/os/debian-fork/stabl ... nce-042017
https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/2 ... 3a.en.html

> Devuan Jessie 1.0.0 stable release candidate
> Dear Init Freedom Lovers,
> Once again the Veteran Unix Admins salute you!
> Our April 2017 gift to you is the long-awaited release of Devuan
> Jessie stable release candidate (1.0.0-RC). If all goes as planned,
> this will be our first Devuan stable release and our first long term
> support (LTS) release as well.
> Two and a half years have passed since our initial Debianfork
> declaration (https://devuan.org/os/debian-fork/) and not even one year
> since our first beta release
> (http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/devuan-beta-release).
> This Devuan Jessie release candidate is as close as we can get to a
> "long term support" universal base distribution free from systemd, in
> the original spirit of Debian.
> The final Devuan Jessie release will follow shortly and then we will
> turn our attention to "Ascii", the current testing branch.
> We wish to thank all of you for the incredible support given to this
> development effort, and for engaging in the process of making Devuan a
> useful and reliable base distro, as well as a pleasant, cooperative
> community.
> # What has improved in Devuan Jessie
> The wifi autodetection problems present in the beta release series
> have been fixed.
> The problem that prevented samba from installing has been fixed.
> Devuan now directly provides different base distribution flavours:
> desktop-live (finally the purpy experience), embedded, minimal-live
> and installer-iso.
> Devuan's Simple Distro Kit (SDK) is rapidly approaching maturity, with
> a full set of scripts and documentation to roll your own Devuan-based
> distro in any flavor. (https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=551)
> The Refracta scripts are now included in Devuan, which makes it easy
> to toast a new live distro from the state of a running one.
> Devuan's infrastructure is now powered by the 'debbugs' bug tracking
> system originally written by Ian Jackson, and the 'reportbug' tool
> works as expected.
> Package maintenance has been demystified and partially automated with
> d1h - the Devuan packaging helper
> (https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=549) - which simplifies the
> task of interacting with the Devuan continuous integration pipeline
> and makes it easier for developers to package their projects for
> Devuan correctly. Please consider rolling up your sleeves and joining
> the development team!
> ARM support has improved: Devuan now provides base SD card images for
> 11 different hardware platforms: raspi1, raspi2, raspi3, chromeacer,
> chromeveyron, cubieboard2, cubietruck, lime2, micro, N900,
> odroidxu. When applicable (sunxi boards) ARM images are powered by
> mainline 4.10.y Linux kernels.
> # Downloads
> Official Devuan images are distributed via the website
> (https://files.devuan.org/devuan_jessie_rc/)
> To ease the load on our bandwidth we kindly ask you to use one of the
> following mirrors:
> - http://mirror.leaseweb.com/devuan
> - http://devuan.ksx4system.net
> - http://tux.rainside.sk/devuan
> - http://nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/devuan
> - http://devuan.c3l.lu
> - http://neo900.files.dev-1.org
> - http://devuan.4isp.it
> - http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/devuan/
> - http://devuan.mirror.k0nsl.org/
> - ftp://mirror.leaseweb.com/devuan
> - ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/devuan
> All files offered for download come with their SHA256 hash to check
> the integrity (either in the SHA256SUMS or in the .sha files) and with
> a cryptographic signature made using GnuPG by one of the Devuan
> developers in charge of the build, included as .asc file.
> An understanding of Devuan's script-friendly file naming scheme and
> directory structure will help you find what you
> need. (https://devuan.org/os/filenaming)
> # Related projects
> Here is a short list of projects which use Devuan as a base OS for
> their research and development:
> Dowse - the IoT awareness Hub which won the ISOC NL Innovation prize
> 2016 is based on Devuan and just released its 1.0 beta:
> https://dowse.eu
> DECODE - An R&D project on data sovereignty and blockchain technology
> financed with 5M EUR by the EU Commission is based on Devuan:
> http://decocodeproject.eu
> heads - a live distro focused on privacy, security, and freedoms,
> experimenting with Devuan Ascii, and having a workshop @
> http://2017.rmll.info: https://heads.dyne.org
> ## Distributions based on Devuan
> In chronological order of appearance:
> - Gnuinos <http://gnuinos.org> (linux-libre 100% free, GNU review pending)
> - Refracta <http://www.ibiblio.org/refracta>
> - Exe GNU/Linux <http://exegnulinux.net>
> - Nelum-dev1 <https://sourceforge.net/projects/nelum-dev1>
> - Star <https://sourceforge.net/projects/linnix>
> - heads <https://heads.dyne.org> (linux-libre 100% free, GNU review pending)
> - good-life-linux <https://sourceforge.net/projects/good-life-linux/>
> - Crowz <https://sourceforge.net/projects/crowz>
> # Upgrade
> Devuan can be adopted as a flawless upgrade path from both Debian
> Wheezy and Jessie. This is a main goal for the Devuan Jessie stable
> release and has proven to be a very stable operation every time it has
> been performed. Detailed installation and upgrade instructions are
> available including translations
> (https://devuan.org/os/documentation/dev1fanboy/).
> 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
> ```
> After **replacing** Debian's package sources with the ones above, run:
> ```
> apt-get update
> apt-get install devuan-keyring
> apt-get dist-upgrade
> ```
> Then proceed with a reboot, which will keep `sysvinit` as init or
> revert to it in case the machine was running Debian Jessie.
> Additional package repositories are available, but considered
> experimental:
> ```
> deb http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged jessie-backports main
> deb http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged jessie-proposed-updates main
> deb http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/devuan jessie-proposed main
> deb http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/devuan experimental main
> ```
> # Growing support
> More and more users are installing/upgrading Devuan on a daily
> basis. This expanded user-base will help to fine tune the final Jessie
> release.
> Please report bugs to our Bug Tracking System (BTS)
> (https://bugs.devuan.org/) using the reportbug tool available in the
> repos or directly by email.
> As our journey led by world-class experts, supporters, enthusiasts and
> donors continues, we acknowledge with heartfelt thanks and
> appreciation every one of you.
> Our distrowatch page is on http://distrowatch.com/devuan (and we are
> very proud of it! thanks Distrowatch for all the early support!)
> # Community
> Devuan's web forum is on https://dev1galaxy.org
> IRC channels: #devuan #debianfork #devuan-dev #devuan-www #devuan-fr
> and perhaps even more on freenode.net
> Announce mailinglist (low traffic, only release announcements)
> https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/m ... n-announce
> Discussion mailinglist (high volume traffic)
> https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/m ... stinfo/dng
> # Init Freedom
> Devuan is about choice. We think people should be able to choose
> whether to use a GNU+Linux system with or without systemd.
> Devuan decided to fork not only the base distribution, but also its
> governance, because Debian has made it difficult to avoid systemd as
> init, entangling the system with unnecessary dependencies. We
> encourage potential Devuan users who wish to install systemd to use
> Debian's installer, Debian's packages and Debian's mailing lists, all
> available directly from Debian's mirrors.
> Devuan is the Debian that was and could have been. Our goal is to
> provide a viable and sustainable alternative. It is a new path,
> nurtured with your help and support.
> To support the Devuan project: https://devuan.org/donate
> happy hacking ;^)

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## Re: Devuan Jessie 1.0.0 stable release candidate

Sun Apr 23, 2017 12:13 pm

Excellent news - just donated a bit more.
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