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Devuan GNU+Linux


Last Update: 2024-11-06 06:51 UTC


Devuan GNU+Linux is a Linux distribution forked from Debian in 2015. The project's primary goal is to provide a variant of Debian without the complexities and dependencies of systemd, an init system and services manager originally developed by Red Hat and later adopted by most other Linux distributions. Devuan's initial beta release was made available in April 2016, together with an upgrade path from Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" and a possibility to switch to Devuan from Debian 8.0 "Jessie". The distribution adopted Xfce as its default desktop.

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Average visitor rating: 9.09/10 from 143 review(s).


Devuan Summary
Distribution Devuan GNU+Linux
Home Page https://devuan.org/
Mailing Lists https://devuan.org/os/community
User Forums https://dev1galaxy.org/
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Documentation https://devuan.org/os/documentation/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-08-15: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 5.0.0
 • 2021-10-14: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 4.0.0
 • 2021-02-15: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 3.1.0
 • 2020-06-02: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 3.0.0
 • 2020-03-18: Development Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 3.0.0 Beta
 • 2019-11-25: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 2.1
 • 2018-06-09: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 2.0.0
 • 2018-05-10: Development Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 2.0.0 RC
 • 2018-02-14: Development Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 2.0.0 Beta
 • 2017-05-25: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 1.0.0
 • 2017-05-05: Development Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 1.0.0 RC2
 • 2017-04-21: Development Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 1.0.0 RC
 • More Devuan releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2022-09-04 Devuan repository key expires
 • 2019-03-10 Devuan considers machine IDs
 • 2019-02-28 Devuan conference planned
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Feature unstable
ceres
testing
testing
5.0.0
daedalus
4.0.0
chimaera
3.1.0
beowulf
2.1
ascii
1.0.0
jessie
Feature
Release Date 2024-11-06 2024-11-06 2023-08-15 2021-10-14 2021-02-15 2019-11-25 2017-05-25 Release Date
End Of Life             2020-06 End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)     400-3900 300-3700 300-3700 200-4500   Image Size (MB)
Free Download DEB DEB ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop Cinnamon, LXQt, KDE Plasma, MATE, Xfce Xfce Xfce Xfce Xfce Xfce Xfce Default Desktop
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Release Model Rolling Semi-Rolling Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 arm64, armel, armhf, i386, ppc64el, x86_64 arm64, armel, armhf, i386, ppc64el, x86_64 armhf, i386, x86_64 armhf, i386, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software OpenRC, runit, SysV OpenRC, runit, SysV OpenRC, runit, SysV OpenRC, runit, SysV OpenRC, runit, SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Asian Language Support
Full Package List unstable testing 5.0.0 4.0.0 3.1.0 2.1 1.0.0 Full Package List
Package unstable
ceres
testing
testing
5.0.0
daedalus
4.0.0
chimaera
3.1.0
beowulf
2.1
ascii
1.0.0
jessie
Package
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.6 3.0.5 -- -- -- -- 3.0.0 abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.12) 1.2.12 1.2.12 1.2.8 1.2.4 1.1.8 1.1.3 1.0.28 alsa-lib (1.2.12)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.2.32 5.2.32 5.2.15 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.3 bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.3) 9.20.2 9.20.2 9.18.16 9.16.15 9.11.5 9.10.3-P4 9.9.5 bind (9.20.3)
chromium (130.0.6723.116) 130.0.6723.91 129.0.6668.89 114.0.5735.198 90.0.4430.212 88.0.4324.146 70.0.3538.110 57.0.2987.98 chromium (130.0.6723.116)
cups (2.4.11) 2.4.10 2.4.10 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.2.1 1.7.5 cups (2.4.11)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3 4.4.3 4.4.3 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.1 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.47.1 1.47.1 1.47.0 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.43.4 1.42.12 e2fsprogs (1.47.1)
firefox (132.0.1) 132.0.1 128.3.1 102.13.0 78.14.0 78.7.0 60.7.1 45.9.0 firefox (132.0.1)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.6.3 2.5.2 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0) -- -- 12.2.0 10.2.1 8.3.0 6.3.0 4.9.2 gcc (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) 2.10.38 -- 2.10.34 2.10.22 2.10.8 2.8.18 2.8.14 gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.40) 2.40 2.40 2.36 2.31 2.28 2.24 2.19 glibc (2.40)
gnome-shell (47.1) 47.0 47.0 43.6 3.38.6 3.30.2 3.22.3 -- gnome-shell (47.1)
gnucash (5.9) 5.8 5.8 -- -- -- 2.6.15 2.6.4 gnucash (5.9)
gnumeric (1.12.57) 1.12.57 1.12.57 -- -- -- -- 1.12.18 gnumeric (1.12.57)
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.12 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02beta3 2.02beta2 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.16.5) 3.24.43 3.24.43 4.8.3 3.24.24 3.24.5 3.22.11 2.24.25 gtk (4.16.5)
httpd (2.4.62) 2.4.62 2.4.62 2.4.57 2.4.48 2.4.38 2.4.25 2.4.10 httpd (2.4.62)
inkscape (1.4) 1.2.2 1.2.2 -- 1.0.2 0.92.4 0.92.1 0.48.5 inkscape (1.4)
k3b (24.08.2) 24.05.2 24.05.2 -- 20.12.2 18.08.1 2.0.3a 2.0.2 k3b (24.08.2)
kmod (33) 33 33 30 28 26 23 18 kmod (33)
krita (5.2.8) 5.2.6 5.2.6 -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.8)
LibreOffice (24.8.2) 24.8.2 24.8.2 7.4.7 7.0.4 6.1.5 5.2.7 4.3.3 LibreOffice (24.8.2)
linux (6.11.6) 6.11.6 6.11.5 6.1.38 5.10.70 4.19.160 4.9.189 3.16.43 linux (6.11.6)
Package unstable
ceres
testing
testing
5.0.0
daedalus
4.0.0
chimaera
3.1.0
beowulf
2.1
ascii
1.0.0
jessie
Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 0.10.1 0.10.1 0.10.1 0.10.0 0.9.3 0.7.2 lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.4.4) 11.4.3 11.4.3 -- 10.5.12 10.1.26 10.1.26 -- mariadb (11.4.4)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.26.2 1.26.2 1.26.0 1.24.1 1.20.4 1.16.2 -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.2.6) 24.2.6 24.2.4 22.3.6 20.3.5 18.3.6 13.0.6 10.3.2 mesa (24.2.6)
mysql (9.1.0) 8.0.40 -- -- -- -- 5.5.9999 5.5.55 mysql (9.1.0)
nautilus (47.0) 47.0 47.0 43.2 3.38.2 3.30.5 3.22.3 3.14.1 nautilus (47.0)
NVIDIA (560.35.03) -- -- -- -- 418.74 -- -- NVIDIA (560.35.03)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.5.2 openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23.0.1) 8u432 -- 17.0.7u1 11.0.12 11.0.9 8u222 7u111 openjdk (23.0.1)
openssh (9.9p1) 9.9p1 9.9p1 9.2p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.4p1 6.7p1 openssh (9.9p1)
openssl (3.4.0) 3.3.2 3.3.2 3.0.9 1.1.1k 1.1.1d 1.1.0k 1.0.1t openssl (3.4.0)
perl (5.40.0) 5.40.0 5.40.0 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.20.2 perl (5.40.0)
php (8.3.13) 8.2.24 8.2.24 -- 7.4.21 7.3.19 7.0.33 5.6.30 php (8.3.13)
plasma-desktop (6.2.3) 5.27.11 5.27.11 5.27.5 5.20.5 5.14.5.1 5.8.6 4.11.13 plasma-desktop (6.2.3)
postfix (3.9.0) 3.9.0 3.9.0 3.7.6 3.5.6 3.4.14 3.1.12 2.11.3 postfix (3.9.0)
postgresql (17.0) -- -- 15.3 13.4 11.10 9.6.15 9.4.11 postgresql (17.0)
Python (3.13.0) -- -- 3.11.2 3.9.2 3.7.3 3.5.3 2.7.9 Python (3.13.0)
qt (6.8.0) 5.15.15 5.15.15 6.4.2 5.15.2 5.11.3 5.7.1 4.8.6 qt (6.8.0)
samba (4.21.1) 4.21.1 4.21.1 4.17.9 4.13.5 4.9.5 4.5.16 4.2.14 samba (4.21.1)
systemd (256.7) 256.7 256.7 -- -- -- -- -- systemd (256.7)
thunderbird (132.0) 128.4.0 128.4.0 102.13.0 78.14.0 78.7.0 60.8.0 45.8.0 thunderbird (132.0)
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.21 3.0.21 -- 3.0.16 3.0.12 3.0.8 2.2.5 vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) 1.23.0 1.23.0 -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.16.0 4.12.5 4.12.3 4.10.2 xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.14) 21.1.14 21.1.14 21.1.7 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.19.2 1.16.4 xorg-server (21.1.14)

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Version: 5.0.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-19
Votes: 59


I use Devuan 5.0 KDE Plasma to get rid of ‘systemd’ and all its absurd and unnecessary complications. The recommended installation medium is the ‘netinstall CD’. The installation procedure is almost identical to that of Debian and it is very simple and intuitive. All the proprietary firmware your computer needs is installed automatically. KDE Plasma uses Wayland by default and everything works perfectly. You get all the software available for Debian: 59,000 packages. The default desktop environment is Xfce, but KDE Plasma works just fine. Available desktop environment are: Xfce, KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, LXQt, MATE. The operating system support is five years long. Install and forget. Devuan is recommended for those seeking stability, those who like freedom of init choice, Xfce users and KDE Plasma users.


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Version: 5.0.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-16
Votes: 46


Today I installed devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus) on my 32 bit computer, and I was amazed to see that my system is running very fast and smooth, xfce theme is also impressive. I installed chromium browser on it and its running very smooth and fast. earlier I was using debian linux but I also wanted to try devuan linux. it is my first devuan linux installation and its quiet impressive in performance and also nice looking themes. all other applications are also running very smooth and fast. overall perfomance is very good and impressive. I would certainly recommend this distro to everyone. I compliment all the developers for their hard work.


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Version: 5.0.0
Rating: 6
Date: 2024-08-08
Votes: 0


Distro is okay, the installer however is one of the worst applications I've ever used. If you're not careful you can easily wipe out sensitive data without an extra step of precaution. I was curious about triying Debian w/o SystemD, this distro is the often recommended. Didn't even make an impression, it felt like a school project instead of a real operating system. The default "themes" are all ugly and bright, supposedly "exclusive" to this distro (why? Just install adwaita themes at this point). XFCE is the only live environment available, so you'll have to do extra steps to get KDE, MATE, LXQT, or Cinnamon installed.

Overall I wouldn't recommend using this distro. I'm going back to LMDE after this review.


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