Does anyone know what their release names are about? I’m really hoping this isn’t some sick joke where version 3.0.0 will be ISO 8859, because that’ll bring Devuan ISO 10646 (aka UNICODE) 4.0.0.. and where do you go from there? You can’t exactly go back to EBCIDIC…
That being said, I understand that they will be having a few more options to choose their name from than Debian and the rather limited set of Toy Story characters, but the idea is wierd… “ASCII” is is cool name, but since the last one was called “jessie” (just like the corresponding debian release), but the next one will be “Beowulf”, it appears inconsistent, even setting aside Jessie: First a character code name and then a epic peom?
But nevertheless, I find Devuan a very interesting Distro, and am quite tempted to try it out, and replace my current void setup, since it has been having a few issues related to Haskell and TeX… Has anyone been using Devuan and can say more about the experience? Is it comparable to Debian?
Thanks for the serious response to counteract my lame attempt at an EBCIDIC joke. ;)
But nevertheless, I find Devuan a very interesting Distro, and am quite tempted to try it out, and replace my current void setup, since it has been having a few issues related to Haskell and TeX… Has anyone been using Devuan and can say more about the experience? Is it comparable to Debian?
I installed a very early version, when it was Debian without systemd. It was fine. They seem to provide some upgrade path from Debian 9 now:
Now Devuan ASCII offers an upgrade from Devuan Jessie as well as a transition from Debian 9 (Stretch) that avoids unnecessary entanglements and ensures Init Freedom.
and as a result, I can’t imagine they’ve changed much from their initial intention of being Debian, but without systemd. And, I’m not sure it’d make sense for them to try… Being able to reuse/repackage debs from ubuntu / debian that don’t have systemd taint would be hugely helpful.
Does anyone know what their release names are about? I’m really hoping this isn’t some sick joke where version 3.0.0 will be ISO 8859, because that’ll bring Devuan ISO 10646 (aka UNICODE) 4.0.0.. and where do you go from there? You can’t exactly go back to EBCIDIC…
It’s been explained here in this thread on LWN, as well as on the Devuan website, and basically it’s related to planet names.
That being said, I understand that they will be having a few more options to choose their name from than Debian and the rather limited set of Toy Story characters, but the idea is wierd… “ASCII” is is cool name, but since the last one was called “jessie” (just like the corresponding debian release), but the next one will be “Beowulf”, it appears inconsistent, even setting aside Jessie: First a character code name and then a epic peom?
But nevertheless, I find Devuan a very interesting Distro, and am quite tempted to try it out, and replace my current void setup, since it has been having a few issues related to Haskell and TeX… Has anyone been using Devuan and can say more about the experience? Is it comparable to Debian?
Thanks for the serious response to counteract my lame attempt at an EBCIDIC joke. ;)
I installed a very early version, when it was Debian without systemd. It was fine. They seem to provide some upgrade path from Debian 9 now:
and as a result, I can’t imagine they’ve changed much from their initial intention of being Debian, but without systemd. And, I’m not sure it’d make sense for them to try… Being able to reuse/repackage debs from ubuntu / debian that don’t have systemd taint would be hugely helpful.