Information pages 🔼

These texts are about differences, equivalents as well as starting points from where you can clarify information about specific or global things regarding Devuan OS:

• INFORMATIVE RESOURCES respect Debian world.
• AVAILABLE NETWORK MANAGERS notes and differences
• [HARDWARE SPECIFIC SETUPS for some laptops or specific vendors cases](Devuan special hardware use case setup guides).
• DEVUAN LIGHT DESKTOP PACKAGES combinations and environments
• [Maintaining a systemd-free machine](Maintaining a systemd-free machine)

Installation and Setup Guides - releases 🔼

Start point for most users, about installations, procedures and "how to's" manuals, ordered by usage skill level. Please remember, Devuan its a system which honors Debian history, focusing in Linux principles and GNU principles as possible..

1) Download and install guides 🔼

This is a good point to start, the first two guides assume modern computers, the thirt option if just for those that already have and previously Debian or any other OS installed and possible ways of use Devuan on their systems::

• A) Download and install using only a USB stick
• B) Download and install by burn or CD/DVD/BR
• C) Download and install when i already have a OS
• D) Upgrading when i already have a Debian

2) How to use default Devuan just installed 🔼

If you have or just installed, Devuan comes with a old-knowed behavior desktop, named Xfce, that's means a normal bar with window list and a menu pop up on left corner with basic installed software for general usage.

• Wheres its programs and files: Clicking here you will find what were installed, or equivalents of programs previously used in by example in cyber cafe or another OS.
• How to navigate the network or browse Internet: Of course Devuan can navigate through the vast network, use facebook and post in twitter...
• Listening music from my files: Can play audio, from any device supported until the day of the version installed was released, if any new or not supported consult the forums..
• Playing videos or movies : Manage videos, play movies or see it over internet, also can edit videos from devices or your USB sticks..

3) I want to become a veteran, medium users 🔼

In this level u will learn how to use a Debian similar system but without the systemd hand-shake, and behavior.. by example u want to learn programing and need install many resources:

• Become a LAMP developer: linux + apache + mysql + php
• Devuan ODBC basic and packages for access DBMS
• Become a high traffic web developer: linux + lighttpd + sybase + php + odbc
• Become a Visual developer with Gambas Visual Basic IDE
• Become a Linux advocate, knowing the system and how to understand

4) Please, take me to the gods, i want the Olympus 🔼

WARNING: this level are for gods, please first become a Veteran Unix/Linux before entering here.. without this u are in dangerous ground:

• Devuan VUA: partitioning expert - desktop
• Devuan VUA: installing Devuan in expert mode for desktop forever
• Devuan VUA: installing Devuan in expert mode for Server Fine tune
• Devuan VUA: installing Openbox and Fbpanel with all light flavors (including sound and dconf)
• Devuan VUA: installing LXDE without worried of mixing, i just want GTK light!
• Devuan VUA: installing MATE the gnome-puach old behavior desktop
• Devuan VUA: installing TDE The Trinity Desktop Environment
• Devuan VUA: Repository APT and DEB tricks and tips
• Devuan VUA: disk partitioning expert and management
• Devuan VUA: Linux + Apache + Mysql + Php
• Devuan VUA: Devuan + Ngynx/Lighty + Mysql + Php/Codeigniter
• Devuan VUA: Debian/Devuan packagin guides

Installations and setup guides - historical releases 🔼

This its a index installations guides, order by skill. This is an ordered index for ease of use from the simplest to the most expert

installingdevuan1.0_jessie

[Improved quick start minimal guide](quick start improved) (current version)

[Quick start guide to upgrading to Devuan and configuring minimalism](Quick Start Minimal) (original version)

[Minimal xfce install](minimal Xfce)

[Minimal xorg install](minimal xorg)