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xorg-server 21.1.9 - Security fix release

dummy@example.com (zapper) — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:24:28 +0000

@steve_v golinux is right, you can be a pain in the butt sometimes...

oof.

How you can help Devuan

dummy@example.com (ralph.ronnquist) — Fri, 15 May 2026 22:44:26 +0000

Yes. Write those. You can creatue an account at git.devuan.org for the files. Then discuss with the web/wiki masters how to "best" publish them... go for it!

Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point-release

dummy@example.com (voomto) — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 23:10:27 +0000

Thank you for clarifying that.

I had performed several unsuccessful DuckDuckGo searches on site:devuan.org, looking for “tempforever.com” or its long-format RSA key fingerprint, but not for “tempforever” or its short-format key fingerprint.

I just imported tempforever's public RSA key and successfully verified the installer-iso/SHA256SUMS.txt file downloaded via the magnet link.

Everything is OK.
Many thanks to the whole team for their great work on Devuan 6!

Devuan builds for GNU Hurd amd64

dummy@example.com (ralph.ronnquist) — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:44:55 +0000

Note that the Devuan build pipeline now has begun to include GNU Hurd OS (hurd-amd64) as target architecture for forked packages.

Thus, if you are using GNU Hurd amd64 from debian-ports you may now add the following sources.list lines so as to include Devuan's forked packages as "overlay"/"overrides" in the package collection:

deb http://deb.devuan.org/devuan ceres main
deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/devuan ceres main

Of course, the hurd-amd6 architecture has been added very recently and although there is not a huge number of packages it will take some time to get them all built and published. In fact some packages might also be held back if they require special care and additional effort for porting to this architecture.

We also would like to add the remark that, given that the Java 15+ jre is not yet available on hurd-amd64, the first hurd-amd64 build host has been added to Devuan's Jenkins build pipeline by means of an amd64 "proxy sibling" that provides the required Java remoting agent support on a shared directory, and it performs the building actions via ssh into the hurd-amd64 build host. Anyone interested in particulars on that should make themselves known at IRC #devuan-dev (at libera.chat).

Further discussions relating to GNU Hurd OS (hurd-amd64) may be had on libera.chat IRC channels #devuan-hurd and #hurd.

Announcing Devuan 6.0 Excalibur!

dummy@example.com (combridge) — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 23:44:38 +0000

Just did an upgrade to Excalibur from Daedalus. Followed the suggested directions on the website.So far so good. Only glitch was WineHQ. Just had to re-install wine and the program worked again.
Thanks

A special Valentine's Day for Devuan!

dummy@example.com (zapper) — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 18:18:03 +0000

@spongebob I don't know why but I forgot to say this, you are such a square

The dev1galaxy.org (almost) No Code of Conduct

dummy@example.com (anon333) — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:54:42 +0000

Nice, best ever in definition. Everyone (all the bigs too) should follow this lead!

Excalibur testing isos

dummy@example.com (zapper) — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:21:12 +0000

@golinux & @greenjeans

Making test isos is probably far beyond my paygrade too. I know like nothing about programming languages and very little about stuff developers do. I tend to learn in order to accomplish what I need without driving myself nuts.

Hyperbola FDE + /Boot is the farthest I have pushed myself ever.

I have done the same on devuan though a long time ago too!

This being said, I prefer the classic debian installer. I am not all that familiar with how to set up the same form of encryption you do with classic installer on the refracta one.

Just sayin

Devuan 2024 financial report

dummy@example.com (Codalunga) — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:34:47 +0000

Thanks for your query, let me know if you get a reply!

I'm eager to contribute the way I can, although evangelising and a small contribution is all I can do for now!

Chrome based browsers and uBlock Origin

dummy@example.com (zapper) — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:40:50 +0000

@greenjeans mozilla firefox has similar redistribution restrictions as Palemoon, so I don't think that is why its not in debian repository.

Initramfs changes in Excalibur + refracta2usb

dummy@example.com (golinux) — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:25:17 +0000

dzz . . . nice to see you around so much and contributing to debuging the Excalibur isos. :thumbs-up:

November 27 is a day to celebrate!

dummy@example.com (einpoklum) — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 19:43:01 +0000

golinux wrote:

Haven't seen you in a very long time.

That means I've not had any problems to complain about with Excalibur :-)

Also, I've been busy organizing demonstrations here in Haifa against this horrific war that Israel has been waging on Gaza (and Lebanon, and Yemen, and the West Bank). And failing to make any difference mostly.

Merry Christmas

dummy@example.com (golinux) — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:55:18 +0000

@greenjeans . . . The "holiday season" (which only a minority of the world celebrates) is long over and your comment is good note on which to close this thread.

Devuan on Fediverse

dummy@example.com (GlennW) — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 04:27:43 +0000

I'm in as GlennsPref. Thank you for the info.

UsrMerge Status: Testing/Excalibur and more

dummy@example.com (swanson) — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:06:01 +0000

Thx Golinux! It's good to be prepared and the Debian Wiki page linked above is good reading, even for a layman.