(This is part of a series of posts following my installation of Devuan Chimaera; for more information see the first post).

When rebooting, we are told that an /etc/default/fetchmail setting is preventing fethcmail from _starting_; it should either say that fetchmail is disabled altogether, or say that it is preventing fetchmail from being stopped. Also - if it's a default setting, why are we even getting a message about this? Either there shouldn't be an attempt to start it, or the attempt should accept that setting as something which doesn't merit a notification.

(Next post in the series: Issue #9)

(This is part of a series of posts following my installation of Devuan Chimaera; for more information see the first post).

In one of the desktop environments I logged with - don't remember if it was Cinnamon, or LXQt+Muffin, or both - the background image was the same background image as the login screen.

This is not a bug, but I believe it's not a good idea for this to be the case. It is somewhat confusing/disorienting, especially for newbie users. At the very least use some color scheme variation. Alternatively, it should not be difficult to have, say, another version of the "software freedom your way" with the location of the D, and the text, and the distro name shuffled up a bit. Or just a large D exceeding the viewport dimensions. 10 minutes work.

Another option is petition FOSS-supporting graphics people to contribute additional background images for better variety.

(Next post in the series: Issue #8)

(This is part of a series of posts following my installation of Devuan Chimaera; for more information see the first post).

After starting a session for the first time (using LXQt and Muffin as window manager), I get a message on the bottom right of my monitor complaining about the lack of a battery. Well, why would I have, or need, a battery - on a desktop machine? I don't think I had done anything to indicate the system is a laptop or is otherwise battery-powered.

(Next post in the series: Issue #6)

(This is part of a series of posts following my installation of Devuan Chimaera; for more information see the first post).

When logging into my user the first time, I'm offered several options for my "Default Window Manager" for LXQt. One of these options is to  "choose my favorite one", but - that just opens up a filepicker, which is not what the user expects. The menu option name should be clearer, e.g. "Locate a window manager" or "Choose manually" or "Choose arbitrary file" or whatever.

PS - Don't worry, this is the last complaint about LXQt and WM choice :-)

(Next post in the series: Issue #4)

(Skippable) Introduction

This is the first post in a series of posts I'll make to this forum, as suggested to me on our IRC channel (#devuan on libera.chat). It follows my experience of installing the current Devuan development release, Chimaera.

In this series I'll bring up 15-17 issues - bugs, annoyances and such - which I've noticed and jotted down during, or rather and right after my  installation. I am certain that many, and probably most, of the issues are actually with Debian Bullseye rather than with Chimaera per se, but I can never quite tell. Plus, hopefully some folks here are also in touch with Debian people and upstream package maintainers etc.

Before proceeding, let's mention that I used an installation ISO, written to a bootable USB disk; I installed to a new SSD I had gotten (although I had hooked it up via USB, and couple of adapters, at first). I did not perform an apt-get dist-upgrade; nor did I mass-migrated anything from the old installation: Not `/etc/`, not `/var` subdirectories, nor even my user's home folder. And whatever I did bring over happened after encountering the issues I'll report here - so it's a pristine installation, except that some block devices with files get mounted.

Actual issue #1:

When logging into my user (the one I created during installation) the first time, without choosing a desktop environment (not even looking at the menu for those) - I'm offered several options for my "Default Window Manager" for LXQt. But - I had not chosen LXQt to be my desktop environment in the first place. Has the default really changed to LXQt? I was under the impression xfce is supposed to be the default. Anyway, supposing that it has, there's some faulty logic here w.r.t automatic choice:

• If the distribution is willing to make an automatic choice of desktop environment, why not make a choice of window manager as well? A newbie user will likely be taken aback when required to choose something the meaning of which they don't quite know, with options that mean nothing to them. It would make more sense to auto-choose a default there, as well.

• On the other hand, if a manual choice is deemed necessary, then - the first-ever choice of desktop environment should be manual/explicit as well. Personally, I was surprised to learn I was going to get LXQt.

(Next post in the series: Issue #2)