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Devuan GNU+Linux


Last Update: 2025-01-16 06:51 UTC


Devuan GNU+Linux is a Linux distribution forked from Debian in 2015. The project's primary goal is to provide a variant of Debian without the complexities and dependencies of systemd, an init system and services manager originally developed by Red Hat and later adopted by most other Linux distributions. Devuan's initial beta release was made available in April 2016, together with an upgrade path from Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" and a possibility to switch to Devuan from Debian 8.0 "Jessie". The distribution adopted Xfce as its default desktop.

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Average visitor rating: 9.1/10 from 147 review(s).


Devuan Summary
Distribution Devuan GNU+Linux
Home Page https://devuan.org/
Mailing Lists https://devuan.org/os/community
User Forums https://dev1galaxy.org/
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Documentation https://devuan.org/os/documentation/
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Bug Tracker https://bugs.devuan.org/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-08-15: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 5.0.0
 • 2021-10-14: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 4.0.0
 • 2021-02-15: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 3.1.0
 • 2020-06-02: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 3.0.0
 • 2020-03-18: Development Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 3.0.0 Beta
 • 2019-11-25: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 2.1
 • 2018-06-09: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 2.0.0
 • 2018-05-10: Development Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 2.0.0 RC
 • 2018-02-14: Development Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 2.0.0 Beta
 • 2017-05-25: Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 1.0.0
 • 2017-05-05: Development Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 1.0.0 RC2
 • 2017-04-21: Development Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 1.0.0 RC
 • More Devuan releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2022-09-04 Devuan repository key expires
 • 2019-03-10 Devuan considers machine IDs
 • 2019-02-28 Devuan conference planned
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Feature unstable
ceres
testing
testing
5.0.0
daedalus
4.0.0
chimaera
3.1.0
beowulf
2.1
ascii
1.0.0
jessie
Feature
Release Date 2025-01-16 2025-01-16 2023-08-15 2021-10-14 2021-02-15 2019-11-25 2017-05-25 Release Date
End Of Life             2020-06 End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)     400-3900 300-3700 300-3700 200-4500   Image Size (MB)
Free Download DEB DEB ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop Cinnamon, LXQt, KDE Plasma, MATE, Xfce Xfce Xfce Xfce Xfce Xfce Xfce Default Desktop
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Release Model Rolling Semi-Rolling Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 arm64, armel, armhf, i386, ppc64el, x86_64 arm64, armel, armhf, i386, ppc64el, x86_64 armhf, i386, x86_64 armhf, i386, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software OpenRC, runit, SysV OpenRC, runit, SysV OpenRC, runit, SysV OpenRC, runit, SysV OpenRC, runit, SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Asian Language Support
Full Package List unstable testing 5.0.0 4.0.0 3.1.0 2.1 1.0.0 Full Package List
Package unstable
ceres
testing
testing
5.0.0
daedalus
4.0.0
chimaera
3.1.0
beowulf
2.1
ascii
1.0.0
jessie
Package
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.6 3.0.6 -- -- -- -- 3.0.0 abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 1.2.13 1.2.13 1.2.8 1.2.4 1.1.8 1.1.3 1.0.28 alsa-lib (1.2.13)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.2.37 5.2.37 5.2.15 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.3 bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.4) 9.20.4 9.20.4 9.18.16 9.16.15 9.11.5 9.10.3-P4 9.9.5 bind (9.20.4)
chromium (132.0.6834.83) 132.0.6834.83 131.0.6778.264 114.0.5735.198 90.0.4430.212 88.0.4324.146 70.0.3538.110 57.0.2987.98 chromium (132.0.6834.83)
cups (2.4.11) 2.4.10 2.4.10 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.2.1 1.7.5 cups (2.4.11)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3 4.4.3 4.4.3 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.1 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.47.2 1.47.2 1.47.0 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.43.4 1.42.12 e2fsprogs (1.47.1)
firefox (134.0.1) 134.0.1 128.5.0 102.13.0 78.14.0 78.7.0 60.7.1 45.9.0 firefox (134.0.1)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.6.3 2.5.2 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0) -- -- 12.2.0 10.2.1 8.3.0 6.3.0 4.9.2 gcc (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) 3.0.0~RC2 3.0.0~RC2 2.10.34 2.10.22 2.10.8 2.8.18 2.8.14 gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.40) 2.40 2.40 2.36 2.31 2.28 2.24 2.19 glibc (2.40)
gnome-shell (47.3) 47.2 47.2 43.6 3.38.6 3.30.2 3.22.3 -- gnome-shell (47.3)
gnucash (5.10) 5.10 5.8 -- -- -- 2.6.15 2.6.4 gnucash (5.10)
gnumeric (1.12.57) 1.12.57 1.12.57 -- -- -- -- 1.12.18 gnumeric (1.12.57)
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.12 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02beta3 2.02beta2 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.16.12) 3.24.43 3.24.43 4.8.3 3.24.24 3.24.5 3.22.11 2.24.25 gtk (4.16.12)
httpd (2.4.62) 2.4.62 2.4.62 2.4.57 2.4.48 2.4.38 2.4.25 2.4.10 httpd (2.4.62)
inkscape (1.4) 1.2.2 1.2.2 -- 1.0.2 0.92.4 0.92.1 0.48.5 inkscape (1.4)
k3b (24.12.1) 24.12.0 24.12.0 -- 20.12.2 18.08.1 2.0.3a 2.0.2 k3b (24.12.1)
kmod (33) 33 33 30 28 26 23 18 kmod (33)
krita (5.2.6) 5.2.6 5.2.6 -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.6)
LibreOffice (24.8.4) 24.8.4 24.8.4 7.4.7 7.0.4 6.1.5 5.2.7 4.3.3 LibreOffice (24.8.4)
linux (6.12.9) 6.12.9 6.12.9 6.1.38 5.10.70 4.19.160 4.9.189 3.16.43 linux (6.12.9)
Package unstable
ceres
testing
testing
5.0.0
daedalus
4.0.0
chimaera
3.1.0
beowulf
2.1
ascii
1.0.0
jessie
Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 0.10.1 0.10.1 0.10.1 0.10.0 0.9.3 0.7.2 lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.5.2) 11.4.4 11.4.3 -- 10.5.12 10.1.26 10.1.26 -- mariadb (11.5.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.26.2 1.26.2 1.26.0 1.24.1 1.20.4 1.16.2 -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.3.3) 24.3.3 24.2.8 22.3.6 20.3.5 18.3.6 13.0.6 10.3.2 mesa (24.3.3)
mysql (9.1.0) 8.0.40 -- -- -- -- 5.5.9999 5.5.55 mysql (9.1.0)
nautilus (47.1) 47.1 47.1 43.2 3.38.2 3.30.5 3.22.3 3.14.1 nautilus (47.1)
NVIDIA (565.77) -- -- -- -- 418.74 -- -- NVIDIA (565.77)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.5.2 openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23.0.1) 8u432 -- 17.0.7u1 11.0.12 11.0.9 8u222 7u111 openjdk (23.0.1)
openssh (9.9p1) 9.9p1 9.9p1 9.2p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.4p1 6.7p1 openssh (9.9p1)
openssl (3.4.0) 3.4.0 3.4.0 3.0.9 1.1.1k 1.1.1d 1.1.0k 1.0.1t openssl (3.4.0)
perl (5.40.0) 5.40.0 5.40.0 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.20.2 perl (5.40.0)
php (8.4.3) 8.4.2 8.4.2 -- 7.4.21 7.3.19 7.0.33 5.6.30 php (8.4.3)
plasma-desktop (6.2.5) 6.2.5 6.2.5 5.27.5 5.20.5 5.14.5.1 5.8.6 4.11.13 plasma-desktop (6.2.5)
postfix (3.9.1) 3.9.1 3.9.1 3.7.6 3.5.6 3.4.14 3.1.12 2.11.3 postfix (3.9.1)
postgresql (17.2) -- -- 15.3 13.4 11.10 9.6.15 9.4.11 postgresql (17.2)
Python (3.13.1) -- -- 3.11.2 3.9.2 3.7.3 3.5.3 2.7.9 Python (3.13.1)
qt (6.8.1) 5.15.15 5.15.15 6.4.2 5.15.2 5.11.3 5.7.1 4.8.6 qt (6.8.1)
samba (4.21.3) 4.21.3 4.21.3 4.17.9 4.13.5 4.9.5 4.5.16 4.2.14 samba (4.21.3)
systemd (257.2) 257.2 257.2 -- -- -- -- -- systemd (257.2)
thunderbird (133.0) 128.6.0 128.6.0 102.13.0 78.14.0 78.7.0 60.8.0 45.8.0 thunderbird (133.0)
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.21 3.0.21 -- 3.0.16 3.0.12 3.0.8 2.2.5 vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) 1.23.0 1.23.0 -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.20.0) 4.20.0 4.20.0 4.18.1 4.16.0 4.12.5 4.12.3 4.10.2 xfdesktop (4.20.0)
xorg-server (21.1.15) 21.1.15 21.1.15 21.1.7 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.19.2 1.16.4 xorg-server (21.1.15)

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Version: 5.0.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-12-07
Votes: 59


Devuan works very well, it uses the classic init system 'sysvinit' and it is a good alternative to Debian which uses 'systemd' instead. If you don't want to use systemd, Devuan will work for you and it gives you the freedom to choose the init mode you prefer (SysV, OpenRC or runit). Compared to Debian, not much changes: if you know how to use Debian, then you know how to use Devuan. The installer is intuitive, easy to use and fast. There is a wide choice of desktop environments: Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, KDE (it uses Wayland by default), etc.


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Version: 5.0.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-11-26
Votes: 0


There still are some aspects where you have to go "under the hood" when you have to manually disable some (few) systemd references, but it works very well and is a good alternative if you are familiar with debian. If you cannot or don't want to use systemd, Devuan may be well worth a 2nd look. It's a pity the graphical installation menus aren't yet ported. Devuan closes a gap left open when more and more distros switched exclusively to systemd. There's also no problem, of course, to switch to an alternative desktop environment like Mate.


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Version: 5.0.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-11-21
Votes: 27


I am using devuan GNU/Linux 5 daedalus xfce for many months. I am very impressed with its performance since first day. its running very fast and smooth. its theme clearlooks -saphire is quiet impressive and I like it most.I have installed chromium browser that is running very fast on my computer. I am very happy with this linux distro . It should be the best linux distro in my opinion. overall performance is very good. Earlier I would use debian but this devuan is running fast on my old system without any errors.


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