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Author: Arnt Karlsen
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Devuan on a Purism
On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:44:48 +0100, Martin wrote in message
<8914632.p2IEeqaq0r@merkaba>:

> Hendrik Boom - 31.10.18, 01:49:
> > On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:53:03PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:01:03 -0400, Hendrik wrote in message
> > >
> > > <20181030180103.7xwhnvyqbs6zntgg@???>:
> > > > I use Devuan on a Purism laptop. Purism's OS is based on
> > > > Debian, and
> > > > has become contaminated with systemd.
> > >
> > > ..they blindly accepted it?
> >
> > Don't know how blind they were. I suspect they had started as a
> > Debian derivative and didn't have the resources to jump ship.
> > Though I suspect merging their changes into devuan would have been
> > feasible...
> >
> > Now they're working on a Purism phone. They do seem to intend it to
> > work with a variety of GNU/Linux systems. They're currently hoping
> > to get some developers to adapt their free software to Purism's
> > mobile hardware.
>
> AFAIR Purism also contact both the KDE and GNOME communities about
> adapting their desktops. Maybe some developers got test machines.


..they (puri.sm) would want to have a backup plan in case someone
shuts or shoots down systemd... and wise people would want such
wisdom in place and ready for action, before such drama happens,
sooo, we'll see what happens. ;o)

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...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.