Result from a search at pkginfo.devuan.org:

So where exactly did you get this deb?

It was just a link dropped on #debianfork.  Almost no discussion.

Did you join this forum just to try to stir things up?  Seems a little odd for a first entrance.

Have you read the Release Notes?  Especially the section on session management.  You also mentioned a "mintmenu".  Where did you get that?  Mint/Ubuntu pkgs should not be used in Devuan. Try a dialog native to Devuan.

settings > window manager > advanced

Note it is even worse in beowulf.

I'm dropping this link here because I think some of you might not be on the DNG mail list.   Discussion of "What should be the tasks of the Devuan Installer" which is relevant to this thread.  If you subscribe to that list you'll get a better idea of who Devuan users are.   Same goes for Devuan IRC channels.

Yeah, that looks pretty bad.  I don't have a clue what the problem is.

https://git.devuan.org/devuan-packages

Use transfer.sh  It won't stay up for long but long enough for this purpose.

Systemd is more of a threat to the stability of servers than the desktop and that is what prompted the VUAs (Veteran Unix Administrators) to fork Debian.  They run clusters of servers that power the internet and businesses. Here's an early description of the fork by one of our VUA developers (which is a bit outdated because Devuan has evolved).  This is the audience that Devuan was intended to target.

Other Devuan users are minimalists who tinker and do amazing things putting together elements in a very unique and creative way often for older hardware.   These Devuan users may never see a Desktop Environment.  So a full blown DE is irrelevant to them.

I do not fall into either category.  I am a desktop user but like it my way which is neither Ubuntu nor Mint because they insult my intelligence and personal aesthetic.

Devuan ships with DEs because users have stepped up to unravel the systemd dependencies for the DE of their choice and do the theming.  I am an Xfce user so theme it to my liking (and hopefully that of others).

Ah, OK.   For most people a computer in any form is a device like a refrigerator or a microwave.  They don't understand or care about the technology.  Sadly, they only care about the appearance.   Their collective ignorance is bringing much harm to our social fabric and governance but they are blind to that.  Unfortunately, there is no cure for stupidity.  And so we slide further down the rabbit hole . . .

Devuan is about STABILITY not cutting edge.  Newer kernels are available from backports or you can build your own.

We are not trying to be "better" than Ubuntu or any other distro.  We offer an alternative. And desktop users are NOT our target audience and we are NOT trying to attract users who want shiny, shiny.   As I said before . . . there was a time when we considered shipping Devuan as a core system without ANY desktop.

You just don't get that Devuan is not an OOTB experience (and neither  is Debian).  If you want that feature, use Ubuntu or Mint or better yet lobby to have an Ubuntu or Mint Devuan Edition.  Please stop trying to turn us into something we aren't (and hopefully will never be).

Please try to relax and take it down a notch.  There is no need for drama here . . . or for systemd and Poettering bashing.  Time to move on.