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#1 Re: Installation » How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)? » 2025-06-24 19:25:40

That’s fair @yurimodin, and I respect Devuan’s stable-first approach.

That said, I’d argue the current display server landscape isn’t exactly “safe” either.

Xorg is essentially frozen — it's stable, yes, but also unmaintained long-term.

Wayland is being pushed hard, but it's still missing critical features and app compatibility for many users.

So in a weird way, trying out XLibre doesn’t feel any riskier — especially since it’s actively being developed to preserve familiar X11 behavior with a cleaner codebase.

I’m definitely not planning to run it in production — just testing on spare hardware to stay ahead of the curve and contribute if I can.

#2 Re: Installation » How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)? » 2025-06-24 19:24:03

Thanks @brocashelm — hadn’t thought to check IRC but I’ll jump into #xlibre on libera.chat and see what I can learn. Appreciate the tip!

#3 Re: Installation » How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)? » 2025-06-24 05:25:07

@sagemage — Appreciate the links! I agree, letting it bake a little longer in the Artix galaxy repo might be the cautious route. But I’m also curious enough to explore, especially since I’m running this on non-critical hardware. I’ll check out the GitHub and join the Matrix or Telegram chats as I dig in.

Thanks again to both of you — great to see such a helpful community!

#4 Re: Installation » How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)? » 2025-06-24 05:24:35

@golinux — Haha, paradise indeed! I might just take you up on that challenge. I’ll start poking around and see how far I can get with XLibre on Daedalus. If I make progress, I’ll report back here and possibly write up a guide for others down the line.

#5 Installation » How to Install XLibre on Devuan Daedalus (MATE)? » 2025-06-24 00:05:34

LibertySysadmin
Replies: 38

Hi all,

I’m currently running Devuan Daedalus with the MATE desktop and I’m interested in installing XLibre. I wasn’t able to find much documentation on how to set it up, and wanted to ask if anyone here has experience with it.

Is there a recommended method for installing XLibre on Devuan?

Do I need to remove or disable anything MATE-related beforehand?

Any potential conflicts I should watch out for?

Thanks in advance for your help. I really appreciate how clean and sane Devuan is — this distro just makes sense.

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