From https://www.devuan.org/get-devuan :

It looks like xorg-server comes directly from Debian so you shouldn't have to do anything special if you sources.list is in order.

Perhaps they are wanting to see if anyone will notice on the way to deprecating these functions entirely? Maybe you could file a bug with the kernel folks . . .

Note that to get to Daedalus from Beowulf you have to go through Chimaera first and that might be a good place to hang for a year or two . . .

Sigh . . . that wasn't the point either . . .

I have done this more than once. It 'just works' to have only one drive available for the install. You can also use uuid magic to sort it . . .

This is a welcome project. I did use Mate a long time ago but at some point wandered off to Xfce. If I were more adventurous, I'd give it a spin. But in time Xfce might just provide enough 'incentive' to push me back to Mate! Do keep us posted . . .

Amprolla is the package that works the magic of integrating Debian repos with Devuan. I posted this link in the other thread but guess you missed it:
https://git.devuan.org/devuan/amprolla3

Here is a summary of amprolla from the Devuan Conference.

Welcome to Devuan, quickfir . . .

You can start by having a look at these links:

https://git.devuan.org/devuan/documenta … aintainers

https://git.devuan.org/explore/repos?ta … e&q=devuan

https://git.devuan.org/devuan/amprolla3

https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/bannedpackages.txt

@Geoff 42 . . . Most of the Daedalus theming was done 2 years ago and only tested on xfce and my setup which is chimaera.  I have no idea how it interacts with claws. Over the years, csd and gtk3 have raised havoc with the clearlooks-phenix theme. Since I am now out of the theming business after almost 10 years, someone will either have to step up to take on that task or users will have to live with what Debian provides and/or the old Devuan themes which will still be available in the repos and on Devuan's git store.

I started using xchat with jessie now it's hexchat in chimaera. That's the default in Xfce . . . It is text based. No html. The on line version can be found at https://libera.chat/ but then you won't have logs locally. parazyd had to nursemaid me through the setup . . . I am not an irc nerd so can't help beyond that. Looking forward to seeing you there! You can share your humor in the #devuan-offtopic channel! Hehehe . . .

PS. Channel logs are here

There is no 'you' that can own anything. 'You' is a mental fiction and 'ownership' a delusion . . .