Considering Devuan is a major lifeboat of free Linux-based OS, I'm 
anxious about its destiny and therefore trying to figure out who is 
onboard, I mean the audience.

     1) It is clear, by reading this list that part of us are mostly 
concerned with servers.

     It is perfectly arguable that people involved in servers' 
deployment do not want to dedicate time to tweaking a Linux-based desktop.

     Macintosh is definitely for these guys, first of all because its VM 
works like a breeze. Forget dual-boot: it's a waste of time. Nate told 
us the other day that a majority of Debian developpers follow the Mac 
way; the more I think of it the more sense it makes to me, although it 
is not my way.

     Gnome and KDE are aiming to produce a free equivalent of the Mac. 
OK, they're dropping freedom in the way, but they will produce at least 
desktops you don't have to pay for. They may eventually pull the carpet 
under the feet of Apple some day ... or not.

     2) I also read that there are people who want to truely own their 
desktop. Some call them sentimentalists, but they are the people from 
and for wich free software arised.

     To summarize, I see two populations in the audience of Devuan, with 
slightly different motivations (I find myself in both):
         1) Servers' admins, who have professionnal concerns about 
security and productivity and don't necessary care of the desktop,
         2) DIY (and FIY ;-) ) addicts who want whole control on their 
desktop.

     This all comes from reading you guys during the past month, 
including Mr "FUCK FUCK FUCK" :-). But maybe I missed some people.

     Didier