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.

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....

Devuan uses the Debian repositories for everything except systemd related software.

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)