new iso up and looking slick!

Thanks greenjeans!

https://sourceforge.net/projects/vuu-do … te-mini-6/

EDIT1: Nope, error in sources.list dangit, got to run another one.

EDIT2: Okay, all good now, new iso up and looking slick! Turned out to be over 70 updates.

Known issues:

1. Takes longer to boot than comparable daedalus systems, right after "Waiting for /dev to be fully populated" it hangs for a bit, it's doing some thing back there, I think my ancient machine is part of the problem, seems to stick thinking about some radeon firmware.

2. As per the usual for Mate for years now, it does spam ~/.xsession-errors a fair bit, tons of reports about it, i'll probably be making another one. It never becomes an issue unless you never shutdown/reboot/logout your machine as that file is replaced with a new one on login.

From the readme:
This is not an official Devuan release, nor a Vuu-do release. This is a user re-spin
of Devuan 6 (excalibur), updated completely as of 2/09/2026 with the Mate desktop environment.
It's purpose is to provide a quick small iso for those interested in testing the
Mate version of Devuan.

2-09-2026 Updated fully, some 155 packages including a new kernel. Also added a lot of
firmware packages, mostly for wi-fi and ethernet but also bluetooth and some
graphics stuff including the nvidia graphics package (for nouveau). All this
is to try and insure a user can get full functionality right out of the box.
It does bloat up initrd some, a smart user can get rid of what they don't need
post-install easily enough. I also added addititonal support for viewing and
thumbnailing newer image formats like heif and avif and jxl.

Fixed the alsa-restore issue using fsmithred's fix.

Fixed the dbus spamming issue from rotating the machine-ID using the init script
I posted in this thread: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7414

Fixed the NM-lease spamming by adding to the post-install Refracta script.

Added updated excludes files for Refracta-tools, added some and commented one
which was the one deleting the gtk icon caches, and rebuilt all the icon caches.

Put a halt to the watchdog spam during boot.

Fixed a couple of useless systemd warnings.

Pulled picom out, it was spamming logs when not in use. Mate has a compositor
built-in which it uses by default. If you really want picom it's in the repo
but you'll need mate-tweak to apply it.

Pulled the gnome policy kit auth package, Mate has it's own, also got rid of
gnome keyring and it's depends.

Fixed and expanded sources.list, the default Devuan repo urls are there, and
also (commented out) are the gnlug listings for an alternate repo if you have
issues with DNS.

Changed the theme, the green-blue was just too clash, switched to BlueMenta
for a nice simple interface, and switched to the deepsea icons which are a
nice blue that compliments the Devuan wallpaper. Only issue with those was
the default menu icon was the gnome foot, so that had to go. I found a large
Devuan logo in pixmaps, so I made new icons from it in gimp, looks really
nice I think!

This is a liveCD and includes the Refracta-installer for fast simple install.
This is not uefi-enabled. The os-prober has been enabled when you install grub, if you
need to disable it before install, while still in live-session, just edit
/etc/default/grub and /usr/share/grub/default/grub to disable the prober.
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In all respects it is identical to current Devuan, I have not "vuu-do-fied" it,
it contains all original files, docs, translations, help files, original configs,
artwork etc. with the following exceptions:

This is a "mini", it contains no browser, office or multimedia programs whatsoever,
just the infrastructure for you to build on and configure as you see fit. There are no
release notes or manual as this is stock Devuan and ample documentation is available
on the site and forum.

Had to add firmware for AMD before lightdm would work properly for me, this may be
just my machine, or you may need it for Nvidia and Intel too, just don't know yet,
again this is all from the testing section, and hasn't been declared stable yet.

Some packages have been added for convenience, these are:
Mozo - simple mate menu editor
Mate-tweak - handy utility, gets rid of pesky desktop icons if you so desire
Parcellite - clipboard manager
NTPsec - keeps time correct
Caja file manger extensions - resize-rotate images, open terminal here, edit/open as root etc.
Bleachbit - but it has been configured to NOT delete any translations/localizations.

Slight mods to config:
File-manager configged to open files with single-click and include delete command that
bypasses trash - this made my work go much faster. Altered sources.list as main repo has
been having some issues, changed to what's been working for me and what I used to build this iso.
Set lightdm.conf to autologin the user on the liveDVD for convenience.

Username/passwords for LiveDVD:

devuan = devuan
root = root

https://sourceforge.net/projects/vuu-do … te-mini-6/

Newest version, this is updated to today and post-excalibur-release. Some 100+
updates and a new kernel. I am still listing this in Testing as it is non-official
and probably still needs lots of testing. Things to keep in mind:

This is not an official Devuan release, nor a Vuu-do release. This is a user re-spin
of Devuan 6 (excalibur), updated completely as of 8/11/2025 with the Mate desktop environment.

This is a liveCD and includes the Refracta-installer for fast simple install.
This is NOT uefi-enabled. The os-prober has been enabled when you install grub, if you
need to disable it before install, while still in live-session, just edit
/etc/default/grub and /usr/share/grub/default/grub to disable the prober.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/vuu-do … te-mini-6/

new version, over 300 updates, ready for testing! Passwords:
User = devuan, password= devuan
Root = root
Happy testing!

https://sourceforge.net/projects/vuu-do … te-mini-6/

Devuan 5 with XFCE is using a gb of ram? At idle immediately post bootup with nothing running? That seems super high.

On my laptop, counting buffers and cache, Mate uses around 650 mb at idle on my machine. Openbox uses about 525.

If you take the buffers/cache out of it, it's about 450 and 275 respectively.

I've been abusing my old 2.5" SATA SSDs lately, using them like OS cartridges with a 3.5" drive bay doodad for my PC tower, trying to make an environment that I can use for gaming on my laptop that only has 7.3GB of available RAM. Stupid me for buying a lappy with soldered, non-upgradable RAM, I know, but I otherwise love the machine and it was a crazy good deal.

Devuan 6 with xinit/startx and JWM uses a shocking ~760MB of RAM. Default install of Devuan 5 Xfce only uses 1GB, which feels like RAM will spent, given the immense usability improvements default Xfce offers over even a tricked out JWM config (JWM Kit is handy for that!). The paired down Mint 22.1 Xfce that I am using on the lappy atm uses 1GB as well.

Anyhooooo... I'm hoping MATE uses around 400MB, because that would allow me to play Against the Storm (GOG) on my laptop without using swapping.

New Devuan 6 testing iso uploaded, some 124 updates including
a new kernel, but the biggest update was upgraded Caja packages that fixed the previous
version's .xsession-errors bug. It's working great again.  Many thanks to the folks at Mate
and the maintainers for pushing those fixes through lickety-split!

Again, this is testing, so there are likely more bugs to be found, that's what this iso is for.
And remember, this is NOT an official Devuan iso, it's a user snapshot of the current state
of Excalibur using a minimal Mate desktop with a few packages I threw in extra for convenience.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/vuu-do … te-mini-6/

The colors are dark and calming and easy on the eyes, i've done a ton of research into color theory (I used to own a small custom paint contracting business), and I chose the colors for Vuu-do to be easy on the eyes and on the brain as well.

Interesting, thanks. Agree. When looking long time to dislays, eyes tired, and need care using low brightness, yellow filters, dark ui themes, etc. But personally for me too dark icons is bit depressive:), so i am prefer deafult Adwaita icons and dark clolor schemes ar Ark themes.

Prodigy Voodoo peple association here:)

You are musician? I am interested many music styles:) But hardmetal and similar genres is not tootally understood for mine. I am prefer music depending of my current mood. I am from Millennials generation. So from metal genres i like industrial.

I see that Miyo development is stoped? Why?

ps Why did you choose exactly Devuan and Mate not Xfce? What olthers distros do you like? What you can say about Slackware?

I stay away from adding proprietary Nvidia drivers on my isos because of some warning i've seen in Synaptic saying that some will conflcit with others, and I don't have an Nvidia machine myself to do any testing. Those are pretty much the only drivers I exclude.

The skulls and the font for wallpaper (Zombified) are just pure whimsy based on the pronunciation of Vuu-do.

I'm a headbanger from waaaay back in the day, so that's some of my influence.

Also a former #! user and that's where I started really liking darker themes and Openbox, and the very first Miyolinux that I tried and based Vuu-do on, also had dark wallpaper and colors. The current Vuu-do wallpaper in fact was originally Miyo wallpaper that I modded, and that's why I still use it, as it has historical and sentimental value to me.

In any case, wallpaper is usually the very first thing people change on any linux distro upon install, so it's a moot point, I set Vuu-do up with very little onboard in the way of themes to start with, as I expect people will want to use their own. The whole thing is set-up to be easily customizable in the MIYO spirit. You'll find notes from me in all kinds of places, explaining how to easily change things.