Debian Forked over systemd: Birth of Devuan GNU/Linux Distribution | Linux Today

Debian Forked over systemd: Birth of Devuan GNU/Linux Distribution

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Ravi Saive
Feb 3, 2015

Devuan in italian (pronounced Devone in English) suggests ???Don’t panic and keep forking Debian???, for Init-Freedom lovers. Developers see Devuan as the beginning of a process which aims at base distribution and is able to protect the freedom of developers and community.

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Ravi Saive

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