Back-end or client-side bloat is never OK and full post quoting completely unnecessary.  Also I imagine that most folks here don't enable HTML email. I don' t on any of my accounts . . .

Here you go! https://files.devuan.org/MIRRORS.txt

Yes, that will be a welcome contribution, greenjeans! However, the installer isos are an essential option so imperative to have testing isos built weekly. Still waiting for that to happen . . . 

So good to see you greenjeans! It is such a blessing that we can live so close to and communicate with what's left of the natural world. I am familiar with the spider/scorpion in the tub rescue operation but so few get into the house, I still have to capture them to relocate them outside. I sure wish it was so easy to deal with the mosquitoes and ants . . .

Don't be a stranger, greenjeans!

I hope that pulseaudio never becomes a depend. I have never used it and hopefully never will.

Did you do the usrmerge before upgrading?

https://www.devuan.org/os/announce/exca … 02-20.html

That's why I'm still safely on Chimaera until the dust settles . . .

That may or may not be true. The spider may only have missed the appetizer . . .

I have a spider - don't know what kind but it is really fat - that has been building a web across and blocking my front door every night for most of the summer. I never see what it is catching because every morning when I get up the web has disappeared and there is no sign of its maker.  But by 11-12:00 at night, it is back. Not a problem for me because I never go out after dark. I also have bunnies in the yard that don't flinch even when I walk very close to them. They just keep chomping on the various native grasses. I've also had sparrows nest on my front porch. Always happy to provide protection from wind, rain and predators.

@soren . . . looking forward to seeing what you can do with the rather rough mock up. I have another one here that is a little brighter but then I can discern one increment difference in a hex. I can add it to git or email to you. Also note that the image needs to be viewed and worked on full screen. Any other colors touching it will distort things because it is very subtle. And a request . . . please never use #FFFFFF or #000000.  Always add just a bit of the primary color so the elements blend instead of becoming visual "dead zones". Feel free to contact me on irc or through the forum mailer. Thanks again for stepping up to give it a try!

@soren . . . please see my response in OT.  All the color palettes for devuan theming are related to the release name in some way. Not random colors (or lack thereof). IRC is a good place for discussion . . .

The custom theme is to establish Devuan's identity from installation through the default desktop. The layout is the same for every release. Only the colors change to reflect the name of that particular Devuan distribution. I chose "deathmetal" because a sword - ie excalibur - is an instrument of death (and also a contemporary music genre). The colors are that of iron - I looked at a lot of ancient swords - with a touch of the matrix because humans never seem to progress in their behavior.

Debian customizations and default application artwork would probably take over . . . but I have never given it a try.

If only Devuan's survival depended on jokes . . . sigh . . .