Check out the packages differences between them.

https://refracta.org/docs/package_list.txt

You are right, I should have said Excaliber - thats the trouble with using various different computer systems....

Maybe doesn't help you, but I have no problems using Firefox on XFCE on my I3 or i5 computers, using Devuan from 'server' media installs.....

If it likes Firefox but not PaleMoon, easiest fix would be to install Firefox, update/upgrade, then uninstall Firefox if you don't want to keep it.

It's the normal way on Linux....

Basically, if you want systemd install Debian, but if you want freedom, use a systemd free distro - there are others as well as our favourite.

Maybe we will get a non commercial internet because of this, it had been rumoured before that this might happen when commercial interests took over the web...

Yep, definitely back up your /home directory - then you can either attempt to regain access via single user/root account, or reinstall & replace your files to the new /home directory.

My Chromebook runs Devuan/XFCE no problem, it is a 2GB ram 16GB eMMC machine, which I mainly use for a quick booting internet connection when I just want to look something up, of course, I could have installed less on it, but it works perfectly, except for sound, with Devuan.

That's more like a database - sqlite would likely also be good for that sort of thing.

(I used to use sqlite, but found it an overkill for my usage though, that's why I reverted to a simple editor.)

But, we all have different ways of doing things, I guess....

Lol, personally, I just use an editor, does everything I need to take notes...

Posssibly(?)

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