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Remove the sd card & it should boot from USB, (pendrive or HDD/SSD), otherwise you need to change the boot order....
Hadn't realised it had been that long!
Systemd was the cause, & I'm so glad that the devs forked it to Devuan, long may it outlive Debian!
Heartfelt thanks to all who make it possible for us mere users to continue using Linux without systemd....
Maybe, if you really want to add 'persistence', have a discussion with antiX/MX Linux developers, they're a friendly lot.
Apt-get purge is what you need to run, adding the program name that you wish to remove.
I found more or less the same problem, FF won't delete recent history, but I found this to work, use Show all history - Select all - Delete
I don't like it!
It isn't the 'unix way', those programs were kept separated for a reason, the root user only could access the system programs, which kept things safe.
Linux is becoming more & more like a proprietary system letting crackers/hackers easier access to damaging programs; maybe so that they can sell more antivirus software, who knows, but they are undermining a secure O/S by doing this...
So, the next edition of Devuan is to followi suit - thanks for the warning - I might have to start looking toward Slackware based distros.... that's a shame, because I have been an apt user nearly all my Linux time, it'll be awkward having to relearn a different package manager....or perhaps I'll just take the leap & go full time BSD.
Whatever I choose, I wish to thank the Devuan people for my time using it.
Well, there's no official support for ARM, so I would guess not....
Personally, I am very grateful to those who manage to keep Linux as it was meant to be, I'm not a programmer, but I know programming is non trivial.
That is why I try to help in these & other forums, it is my way of giving something back to the community, in a way that I am able.
If it weren't for the likes of AntiX & Devuan, I would have gone over to the BSDs full time a while ago, when systemd arrived on the scene, but thanks to the programmers that though like myself, I am still able to use a familiar O/S.....
Also, if it wasn't for people setting up & maintaining forums such as here, where would we even be able to discuss our preferred O/S, so my thanks also go to our forum maintainers....
Regarding distros being forced to follow their path, Linux might have to eventually, but people who know what they are doing will just gravitate to the BSDs.
Thankfully, Linux hasn't been corrupted beyond redemption just yet though.....
Devuan uses the Debian repositories for everything except systemd related software.
Because it does what it was programmed to do...
Depending on how deep you intend going, but O'Reilly Server Hacks 1 & 2 might fit the bill, otherwise, perhaps, The Linux Command Line might suit.
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/li … 596004613/
https://www.linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php (Downloadable as a free PDF)
Other init systems - https://www.slant.co/topics/4663/~linux-init-systems
Probably, most of your ram is just being used as a cache.....
Probably(?) needs systemd - this is how it is described in a search - both systemd distros. - other than that, you could just add all those yourself.
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If you were to include derivatives, it is quite a bit higher than 4.45%.
(Android tablets & phones, for instance.)
That depends on your distro, some have automount as default, check in your system settings.
Devuan installs to either MBR or UEFI, so it will be that your laptop needs to be set to boot from external USB before internal disk.
Not only am I against The Cloud & push updates, but have always been against systemd, & the way it is creeping into everything it can, we still have a few distros that understand how bad systemd is, but if they ever cease to exist, I'm prepared & ready to transfer everything over to one of the BSD systems.
Never liked the idea of The Cloud, nor pushed updates, & this outage just proves my point...
XFCE is a very good desktop - it will run in just 2GB ram quite happily, & Firefox runs at a reasonable speed - 2011 HP G62 (i3) laptop / 2.4G wifi.
Maybe that's why they are talking immutable systems....
Reminds me of the Russian tactic of burning crops as they retreated in WW2....
I have no, (have not had), problems online using Virgin, through their router, so would suspect it is something with your routing - other than that, I can't help.
@ nahkhiirmees
Go into the BIOS/UEFI setup & make USB booting the first choice, internal drive the second choice, then you can use a USB optical drive, if you want to, else a pendrive or external disk.