Devuan adds third init option in sixth birthday release
(2021/02/16)
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2021/02/16/devuan_3_10_adds_runit_init/
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Devuan, the Linux distribution that came into being after the 2014 [1]disagreement over Debian’s adoption of the systemd as the operating system’s init daemon, has celebrated its sixth anniversary by adding a third init option.
On February 14th, the self-described Veteran Unix Admins behind the project [2]reminded users that their first pre-Alpha landed on the same day in 2015.
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On February 14th, 2021, the project delivered the new Devuan Beowulf 3.1.0.
You love Systemd – you just don't know it yet, wink Red Hat bods [4]READ MORE
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The headline change is the addition of a third init option in the form of runit , which is now available alongside sysvinit and openrc .
As described in the [6]release notes , version 3.10 also adds changes to su and now automatically runs the PulseAudio sound server.
Another change fixes a whoopsie in version 3.0 that saw boot menus list the OS as Debian rather than Devuan.
Not everyone will be able to adopt these changes, as ARM and virtual images were not updated to version 3.10.
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Downloads of the distro can be found [8]here . ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2014/10/21/unix_greybeards_threaten_debian_fork_over_systemd_plan/
[2] https://www.devuan.org/os/announce/beowulf-point-release-announce-021421
[3] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YCtRaDlPnSWLY-UiJjGobAAAAEw&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2018/05/10/red_hat_systemd/
[5] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33YCtRaDlPnSWLY-UiJjGobAAAAEw&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[6] https://files.devuan.org/devuan_beowulf/Release_notes.txt
[7] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44YCtRaDlPnSWLY-UiJjGobAAAAEw&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[8] https://www.devuan.org/get-devuan
[9] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
On February 14th, the self-described Veteran Unix Admins behind the project [2]reminded users that their first pre-Alpha landed on the same day in 2015.
[3]
On February 14th, 2021, the project delivered the new Devuan Beowulf 3.1.0.
You love Systemd – you just don't know it yet, wink Red Hat bods [4]READ MORE
[5]
The headline change is the addition of a third init option in the form of runit , which is now available alongside sysvinit and openrc .
As described in the [6]release notes , version 3.10 also adds changes to su and now automatically runs the PulseAudio sound server.
Another change fixes a whoopsie in version 3.0 that saw boot menus list the OS as Debian rather than Devuan.
Not everyone will be able to adopt these changes, as ARM and virtual images were not updated to version 3.10.
[7]
Downloads of the distro can be found [8]here . ®
Get our [9]Tech Resources
[1] https://www.theregister.com/2014/10/21/unix_greybeards_threaten_debian_fork_over_systemd_plan/
[2] https://www.devuan.org/os/announce/beowulf-point-release-announce-021421
[3] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YCtRaDlPnSWLY-UiJjGobAAAAEw&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2018/05/10/red_hat_systemd/
[5] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33YCtRaDlPnSWLY-UiJjGobAAAAEw&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[6] https://files.devuan.org/devuan_beowulf/Release_notes.txt
[7] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44YCtRaDlPnSWLY-UiJjGobAAAAEw&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[8] https://www.devuan.org/get-devuan
[9] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Re: PulseAudio?
Joe W
At least that one can be swapped out pretty painlessly, I imagine. The next machine I buy will be less "exotic" in components (= not a laptop), so hopefully drivers will be more easily available, so I can give Devuan a try. Many helper programs / installer packages to install e.g. network card drivers assume that you are connected to the internet...
(but those were my thoughts exactly, both the author and product in general - in the beginning pulse audio was a complete mess, but nowadays it seems to work well enough for me)
Re: PulseAudio?
Simon Sharwood, Reg APAC Editor
Fax me the pint and I'll dive right in ;-)
Re: PulseAudio?
David 132
Sorry, I don't have a fax, I'm Internet only these days. Can send it that way - if your client supports the TCP/IPA protocol. If not, well, that's the way it Gose :)
PulseAudio?
I suppose it’s too much to hope for that the distro could remain completely clear of Poettering contamination. Still, PulseAudio, after many many hours/years of work by actual competent programmers, is at least functional.
Anyway, not my place to snipe, cos I haven’t done all the hard work of creating this distro - I’m just an armchair commentator. Fair play to the Devuan team, and a symbolic pint for their efforts!
(And thanks for bringing this to my attention Simon - great article. Feel free to share that pint.)