-=> Kai Richter wrote to Andrew Alt <=-

 KR> Hello Andrew!

 KR> 09 Aug 19, Andrew Alt wrote to All:

 AA> atm, I'm downloading Devuan and may install it on a spare computer
 AA> within the next few days. Anyone try it yet?

 KR> I did too early. The sad thing is that usual developers and maintainers
 KR> are "forced" to migrate to systemd. There is no easy way to switch
 KR> programms between sysv and systemd modes. It took much time to adjust
 KR> packages back to sysv and i can't spend that time for system
 KR> maintenance. So i have to rely on the maintaining staff of an official
 KR> distro.

 KR> When i tried Devuan it wasn't ready to match my requirements. It was
 KR> work in progress and i suggest everyone should test it if it meets his
 KR> needs today.

Good advice. I put it on a spare computer, but still using Debian buster for my

primary computing needs :)

 KR> I'll stay on Ubuntu LTS for my mothers laptop, on Debian for my PC and
 KR> if i have to change from sysv to systemd i took the chance to change my
 KR> server from sysv to sysv by migrating from Debian to FreeBSD. I hope
 KR> the later will have longer sysv support than others. ;)

Thanks for the perspective.

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-Andy


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