Dev1 Galaxy Forum / Xevuan

Re: Xevuan

dummy@example.com (dice) — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 11:43:00 +0000

This has had quite a update, source files are there now. Looks like the creator is moving on to voidlinux for the next release.

https://github.com/dessington/xevuan

I just tried the xevuan version 1.0 and it is quite good.

Re: Xevuan

dummy@example.com (Head_on_a_Stick) — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 11:12:07 +0000

It uses tint2 instead of xfce4-panel and it has a version of jgmenu, which is a brilliant stand-alone menu system. Not sure why they don't just use the Lithium version of jgmenu though, the developer is also a BunsenLabs developer so it is very well supported in those repositories.

Re: Xevuan

dummy@example.com (James1138) — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:57:49 +0000

Question: What is the difference between Xevuan and standard Devuan using the option of XFCE as the desktop during install??

Re: Xevuan

dummy@example.com (Head_on_a_Stick) — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 17:49:31 +0000

They're using xfce4-session v4.12.1-6 (ie, the stock Devuan beowulf version).

Re: Xevuan

dummy@example.com (Ron) — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 17:23:20 +0000

This would be promising if they get their act together. HOAS, did it come with the newest version of Xfce (the one that fixed the folder views)?

Re: Xevuan

dummy@example.com (Head_on_a_Stick) — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 16:53:26 +0000

It seems to use the Debian curses installer with a preseed. The developers really should supply their source code, I'm pretty sure it's a GPL violation not to. But then BunsenLabs also hides it's live-build configuration. Grrr.

Re: Xevuan

dummy@example.com (dice) — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:08:08 +0000

Yeah there are a few red flags on this one i agree head on a stick. This sort of configuration can be done via devuan media alone.

Can i ask how the installation media went for you, is it using the debian installer or something custom?

Re: Xevuan

dummy@example.com (Head_on_a_Stick) — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:01:13 +0000

So it's using Xfce but with tint2 as the panel and jgmenu for the menu:

The jgmenu package is taken from BunsenLabs' stretch-backports repository, which is a bit of a strange choice, and the backported kernel is used, which will expose the system to known vulnerabilities for longer that most would consider prudent.

The website is decidedly minimal but won't show anything without javascript enabled and there is no live image yet (I had to install the system to test it). The "source code" is available from the GitHub site but it just contains the README.md & LICENCE files, which is a shame because I would have liked to see the live image configuration.

The installer offered a choice of init system — sysvinit, openrc (as a service manager with sysvinit as PID1) or runit — but my test shows sysvinit even though I requested runit. I should probably report that as a bug...

Xevuan

dummy@example.com (dice) — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 12:12:04 +0000

Seems like a new derivative has been born. I have not tested this

https://github.com/dessington/xevuan

https://xevuan.org/