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====== About Devuan ======

short intro

===== What is Devuan? =====

==== What it is ====

  * operating system
  * gnu+linux distribution
  * fork of debian, without systemd
  * free software
  * everything else/goals

Devuan GNU+Linux is a free open-source operating system. It is essentially a fork of Debian without systemd.

Devuan GNU+Linux is a free open-source operating system (that has been) forked from Debian, essentially to provide Debian without systemd.

  * explain GNU/Linux
    * see https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch01s02.html.en

**Meta distribution**

  * give short explanation of amprolla
  * see:
    * https://botbot.me/freenode/devuan/2016-05-07/?msg=65646427&page=4
    * https://git.devuan.org/devuan-infrastructure/amprolla

DocScrutinizer on packages:

  * default package set, actively supported packages (those that are maintained by the distro)
    * https://git.devuan.org/groups/devuan-packages
  * compatible packages (all those from debian that don't depend on systemd, for devuan) (majority of packages in the devuan repos)
  * a few packages that are explicitly non-supported and deprecated/restricted

==== What is aims to be ====

  * what does it try to secure/preserve? (freedom of choiche, unix-adherence...)
    * it tries to be a universal base distribution for ... (that need to be expressed in a comprehensive way!)
    * what does the project encourage? (forking, blends etc.)
      * therefore: think before you install Devuan itself, there may be a Devuan-based distro that already suits your need pretty well (link to distributions based on Devuan)

====   Who created and who develops/maintains Devuan? ====

  * link to [[#history_of_devuan|History of Devuan]] for further info on how it came about
==== Notes ====

  * as a project, as an OS

  * What and why is Devuan GNU/Linux and what can it be used for?
    * objections to "Devuan GNU+Linux is a free software operating system for your computer.": Being an operating system already defines it as being software and: if you are running and architecture that is not supported by Devuan, this OS is not (yet) for your computer. So "for your computer" is a little bit of unnecessary marketing speech and should be changed.
    

  * mention:
    * release branches
    * Devuan code names
    * release model


Available resources:
  * https://devuan.org/
  * https://devuan.org/os/
  * https://git.devuan.org/devuan/devuan-project/wikis/home
  * https://git.devuan.org/devuan/devuan-project/wikis/ProjectDescription (!)
  * https://git.devuan.org/devuan/devuan-project/wikis/guidelines


===== Free Software =====

  * https://devuan.org/os/free-software
  * https://www.debian.org/intro/free
  * https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html.en
  * https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.en.html#Debian (In how far does that apply to Devuan?)
  * cf. Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)



===== Why Devuan? =====

  * A comprehensive sort of in-depth article exlplaining why you would choose this distro
    * except for the obvious, [[https://wiki.debian.org/WhyDebian|Why Debian?]] should apply
    * considering http://troubleshooters.com/linux/void/whyvoid.htm might be helpful

===== Devuan constitution, Code of conduct (If these should exist) =====

See https://git.devuan.org/devuan/devuan-project/wikis/DevuanConstitution for existing drafts

===== History of Devuan =====

    * see https://devuan.org/os/debian-fork/
    * Devuan exodus declaration (2014)
    * include Devuan release history (something similar to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_version_history, but more concise)