It can run on less, but, 4GB ram & 2GHz processor will likely be the minimum you would want to use.

I don't use Gnome, never have, & I don't like systemd either, so no worries as far as I'm concerned.

'X' is a graphical windowing system, a GUI (graphical user interface), allowing multiple (graphics & terminal) programs to run on your desktop.

Anything that does the same is similar to the original 'X', like Wayland...

There are other systemd free distros - https://www.slant.co/topics/18348/~linu … se-systemd

But Devuan is a very good choice....

Probably because mainline kernels include all the new drivers......or it may not have been stripped.

I've used both in the past, & MIYO was the first choice for me for quite a while, but now, if I don't use the official media, I will use Crowz, which is another lightweight setup.

I was just pointing out that some newbies might be put off as they were outdated...

The ones I know of are MIYO & Star, I believe.

As you have installed Abiword, I'd install gnumeric as well, much easier than sc-im, (which I quite liked myself as a CLI program).

Also, might want to check out feh for images - https://feh.finalrewind.org/

I think you will find it is because you upgraded the xz-utils package, which is obviously part of xz....

I used to always add mc - screen - sc/scim as I liked to use them at the command line; they don't take up much room, but along with vi/vim, they make a nice set of tools.

No loss to the forum, which is actually for info & questions relating to Devuan.

I only once looked in to see what it was about when it first appeared, never been back to it.....but was just curious about this thread....

I was suggesting replacing the internal HDD with an SSD, as it would give quicker booting & access to programs & files.