I think you will find it is because you upgraded the xz-utils package, which is obviously part of xz....

I used to always add mc - screen - sc/scim as I liked to use them at the command line; they don't take up much room, but along with vi/vim, they make a nice set of tools.

No loss to the forum, which is actually for info & questions relating to Devuan.

I only once looked in to see what it was about when it first appeared, never been back to it.....but was just curious about this thread....

I was suggesting replacing the internal HDD with an SSD, as it would give quicker booting & access to programs & files.

With most window managers, additional programs need to be added manually, it's not hard, just one more step....

Add your program whilst running 'live', take a snapshot, put that snapshot onto your disk - that's how I've done it.

Looks interesting, most text browsers are difficult to navigate with, I have found, but this is looking like we could do away with a GUI altogether.

Seasons Greetings!

The only laptop that I have now is an old HP G62 from 2011, dead battery removed & runs on mains, plus an old converted to Linux Toshiba Chromebook from 2014, whose battery still works, (so far ), otherwise I use pre used SFF, USFF & thin client computers.....lots of old cheap computers, just for fun.

(My main computer is a HP Elitedesk i5 SFF with 8GB DDR3 & 250GB SSD.)

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....

Apt-get purge is what you need to run, adding the program name that you wish to remove.

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.