Currently openrc relies on sysvinit helpers so still tied to it.  Please refer to that thread on DNG.   If those helpers are removed, openrc will be in trouble until there is a mature substitute to take over that function like runit.  we're not there yet.

There has been discussion of printers recently on the DNG mail list.  I glossed over most of it because it was TMI but I suspect you might find an answer in there.

He's between a rock and a hard place.   CPS has been called and he's been deemed unfit to run a daycare.   Having his baby snatched from him is unthinkable but a real possibility if he doesn't submit to this crap.   He should fork the kernel and kiss the LF behind.  Hey, I can dream . . .

It is not anywhere in Devuan/Debian: https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/d1pk … elease=any  Maybe that's not the correct pkg name.

Have you read the "Session management and policykit backends" section in the Release Notes?  Looks like Mate uses slim + consolekit.

I have had .xsession-errors files much larger than that because I forget to check.  My home  stuffed with ~250 GB so that file isn't a noticeable blip.  It is possible to open those logs.  Just change the encoding.

Is there a reason you posted the same text twice?   I could edit it but would prefer that you correct your own post.

auto.mirror was deprecated but then this happened a few weeks ago and now announced again after an oversight:

https://webmail.dyne.org/?_task=mail&_mbox=INBOX

Please consider joining the DNG mail list to keep current.

@dxrobertson . . . Please read MX Linux' systemd policy:

I don't consider this approach systemd-free as all the "tentacles" needed to enable systemd are still present.   It's no more systemd-free than a vanilla Debian with sysvinit.  Yet the systemd-free label persists.  Go figure.

I have been using Xfce for over 5 years and never had either of these problems.  I have 7 desktops running with 3/4 different browsers going at all times.  I often do extensive graphical, audio and video editing and will keep those windows in and out of suspend for days/weeks at a time.   The only "freezing" issue I have ever had is with firefox - no surprise there.  xkill fixes that with one click.  I use the nouveau driver and it works well with intel graphics.   

I'd start by checking every option under the window manager settings.   But it sounds like more of a graphics driver issue to me.  Could also be lack of hardware resources.  I just impulse ordered another 4GB RAM last night. 

Well, it was his/her choice not ours.  User community projects like that are under user control to create, host and support etc..  Several others have tried and failed also.  Perhaps you can reverse the curse!

(I could google translate this but have no way of knowing how accurate it would be so please forgive the English)

That forum was initiated and maintained by a Devuan user, Capricornus iirc, who disappeared after that.  I believe there were some notes posted here and on that forum about the pending closure.   Perhaps now, a year later, there would be interest in trying again.  Wouldn't hurt to ask.  I still have the logo if you're interested.