Many thanks for helping to support the cost of running our infrastructure! Any questions? Just ask. We are here to help.

There is serious resistance:

https://agelesslinux.org

jaromil on X . . . "In 2019 we removed machine-id from @DevuanOrg and we will remove age verification now. "AgelessLinux" is based on Debian, a foundation made to spy on users in a way or another, because it tracks machine-id."

Speaking of a strange comment that is totally irrelevant to my usecase:

My machine just works because I don't mess with it except for updates/upgrades and I only visit a very narrow selection of destinations. No experimentation. Just making sure that all of Devuan's moving parts are in order and tended to.

Note that if one rarely reboots, there is no need for fancy, smanchy solutions to .xsession-errors removal. 

And we stupidly and willingly followed the breadcrumbs because we were so entranced by all the toys . . .

@mweishaar . . . No need to apologize or to have deleted your post. You just wanted to share. Happy to hear you like "deathmetal". Keep fingers crossed that it might yet be available some day.

Devuan theming has never been random art work. I always saw it as a reflection of the release name. I am going to post here links to my introductions to the themes for several Devuan releases. The colors are well thought out to reflect the chosen name of each release:

1. Meet cinnabar (Beowulf default theme)
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=2646

2. Meet Chimaera's deepsea theme:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=3896
My inspiration was the deepsea chimaera: https://dev1galaxy.org/files/chimaera2.jpg

3. Meet the Daedalus sapphire theme
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4885

4. The unfinished Excalibur "deathmetal" theme color palette is here:
https://git.devuan.org/devuan/documenta … rge-M2.svg

It is an anti-war statement named "deathmetal". It combines the dark metal of a medieval sword (I looked at a LOT of them) with a tinge of "gangrene" which is a possible result to the victim. The green tint is also an oblique reference to the matrix proving that humans never seem learn.

PS. The signature layout for the theme is non-negotiable.

Great! Let's see what you can do about bringing Devuan theming back to life. Enjoy the ride!

@mweishaar . . .

No one has stepped up to do the theming since I "retired" from that task some years ago but all the old themes are still available and include a grub screen:

https://git.devuan.org/devuan/documenta … t/graphics

Take your pick!

Note that due to "improvements" upstream, they may or may not continue to be viable.

@einpoklum . . . Yes, something is amiss there. I am getting a JavaScript error but if I click on the error, it goes away and I can select the item I want. Rinse and repeat to view each new page. The fix is beyond my pay-grade. I'll try to find someone to do it.

Note that I stopped providing the theming after Daedalus. I tried to find someone to continue with Excalibur. I even named the theme "DeathMetal" and had a color palette worked out but no takers to fully develop the theme. And with the changes upstream, I have doubts that the old themes will work or that the detailed How-To would be viable.

It is the word "camel", or any other word for that matter, that is the problem. We assign words to objects but the words are not and never will be those objects. IOW we live in a "world" of abstract thoughts that weave a "fantasy" that has little to do with reality and ironically keeps us on a never-ending treadmill of more of the same . . ..

Thanks for doing that.

FYI . . . the wiki seems to be a perpetual WIP. There have been several failed attempts along the way.  AFAIK the current version has not been "officially" integrated with our other documentation. I stopped keeping track of it years ago . . .