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#1 Re: Installation » devuan_excalibur_6.1.1_amd64_netinstall.iso doesn't boot » 2026-05-18 08:10:40

ovi

The iso provided works. Back on Devuan smile.
Thank you !

#2 Installation » devuan_excalibur_6.1.1_amd64_netinstall.iso doesn't boot » 2026-05-17 17:17:28

ovi
Replies: 2

Hello,

I wanted to switch my daily driver from a minipc (Lenovo) to a standard desktop with these specs:

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 6-Core Processor

  • GPU: Sapphire Lexa PRO [Radeon RX 550]

  • MB: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE

I created the USB stick with Balena Etcher and booted. I selected Devuan stick boot from the boot menu and then the PC froze having the Gigabyte logo screen.
I tried then to create the USB stick with the dd tool, same thing.

I tested Freia and it booted, the installer started, all fine. I know that I tested the Excalibur installation on the same PC  a month or so, ago. It was a different iso back then. And it worked.

I tested the Excalibur boot on the Lenovo minipc and it worked, but on my Gigabyte desktop it just doesn't boot.
I have installed Debian 13 Trixie, for the moment, dual booting with Windows 11 LTSC. I hope to have a solution to get back to Devuan smile.

#3 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Freia not available for download. » 2026-05-11 16:57:33

ovi

The new image works now! Just did a minimal server install inside a VM and is fine. Thanks!

#4 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Freia not available for download. » 2026-04-29 18:30:40

ovi

I succeeded installing  stable version and then switched to Freia.

I have seen that the ISO is now available. I tested the Freia installer on junk laptop ( junk because it has some issues from factory, but mainly functional). Indeed Partition Disks is failing also on real hardware. Now I see why the ISO image was missing.

I still have one question: on the Testing(now Freia) should I run time to time: apt full-upgrade?

Thank you all for your answers!

#5 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Freia not available for download. » 2026-04-28 18:13:08

ovi

First, Thank you for your reply!

Yes, I know that is not officially released. In this location:
https://mirror.leaseweb.com/devuan/devu … aller-iso/

was the testing Freia ISO. And now is empty. It was an ISO last week. I am on Devuan for about a month, I don't really know how things  should be.

#6 Installation » [SOLVED] Freia not available for download. » 2026-04-28 17:01:49

ovi
Replies: 9

I wanted to download the ISO for Freia and install it in a VM. The folder is empty. I am curious why is  the ISO is not available for download.

#7 Re: Documentation » [HowTo] Install Gitea on Devuan 5 » 2026-04-07 14:52:49

ovi

Never heard about Forgejo. Seems an interesting choice. Gitea served me very well for some time. I plan to switch my mini-server to Devuan. I only store important files there and I setup a small Gitea server. Now I have Debian on it. I like Devuan because is more transparent not having systemd and I don't have the problems I had in systemd: hanging shutdowns especially.
Forgejo seems like a fallback in case gitea change their licensing or some big company buys them.

#8 Re: Installation » Sound doesn't work out of the box on Devuan Excalibur with Plasma DE » 2026-04-07 14:29:59

ovi

I don't know about running KDE in a non-systemd distro. I wouldn't do.

I run Void in the last year and I tested major Desktop Environments: Gnome,KDE, XFCE, Cinnamon.  As I remember KDE has some systemd-dependencies, some KDE module were unusable in Void. There are rumors that more systemd dependencies will be added in KDE. And each update on KDE packages can bring problems, for a rolling release such as Void is not really a good option. That's a bit annoying for the end user.

If I would run KDE, I would choose OpenSUSE or Fedora. OpenSUSE is a better choice than Fedora, Fedora is unstable, is just the testing bed for RHEL. I would not use it. But in OpenSUSE, KDE was the default choice for a long time, many vets of OpenSUSE run KDE. And of course KUbuntu. I don't know about the other 'n variants, I don't think they really matter.

XFCE and Cinnamon are the wisest choices in my opinion. They work everywhere. If you want Wayland than labwc is an excellent choice . It just works in Devuan smile.

#9 Re: Documentation » [HowTo] Install Gitea on Devuan 5 » 2026-04-05 08:18:15

ovi

I have following your steps and tested a Gitea installation on Devuan 6.1 - Excalibur and it works, including the service file. I used SQLite as a storage.
Thanks for sharing this!

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