I thought the merge was automatic. I do know that KatolaZ put that option into the installer specifically to give users a choice.  Do you have a reference for a mechanism that prevents the merge on an upgrade?

That depends on your usecase.  When I do extensive audio and video editing things get stored in /tmp which quick;y runs out of room so I've had to increase / to 20GB on several installs over the years.

The index page of devuan.org has a description of the various isos.  There is a truncated version of that on the download page as well as links to these Visual Install Guides:
https://devuan.org/os/documentation/ins … -here.html 

Navigation to the various install procedures is at the bottom.

Great to see you here Lysander!  You didn't give us much info to go on.  Which iso did you use and for what release - jessie or ascii?  Are you using a WM or DE?  A search brings up quite a few threads about lid suspension but you might start with  this thread.

The no-dbus thing is still a DIY option not an official one.  If you're not running a DE it's pretty easy to do w/o dbus.  A full blown desktop, not so much.  There was recently some interesting dbus-related discussion on the DNG mail list.

Several years there was an attempt to get Kay Sievers' kdbus into the kernel.  Linus slapped it down.  Now that he's been neutered by the SJWers and GKH is in charge, I anticipate another attempt.  Here's some history:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments … _to_merge/

I have not yet had to deal with that - still on Jessie.   On more recent FF versions where pulseaudio is a hard dependency,  libpulse0 won't save you. But do not despair.  apulse will get alsa back on FF.  There are instructions here and there on how to do this (too lazy to go do the legwork).

Indeed.   inukaze be careful who you take advice from.

@ToxicExMachina . . . really . . . what is your problem.

We did not "lash out".   As a result of his comments, we improved how Devuan is presented on the website.   He was invited to contribute but disappeared when he couldn't bully us into his (misinformed) vision of what we should be doing.  Celebrity doesn't count for much here especially when it's saddled with an attitude.

Nice find!  Interesting that dzz had a hand in it.

More devs on deck to build them would be great too. 

I'm wondering how to deal with the name change on the derivative lists.  Maybe just leave crunkbong for now and add "crunkbong is now thomOS" and change the link?  Thoughts?.

Yes, a big thank you to KatolaZ and rolfie for sharing their research and experience.  I am rather hardware-challenged.  Farm out all but the simplest tasks like changing a HD or PCI card.   Still mostly on 1 TB WD black spinning drives that go on like the energizer bunny.  I'll stay on them as long as they are in good health.  I'll cross the SSD bridge when the time comes . . . possibly not this lifetime.  LOL!