On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 08:37:01AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> On 2020-05-23 14:36, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote:
>
> > I have been using Debian for the last 20+ years. I don't like systemd
> > and that has kept me on Stretch, where I can still use SysV as init. I
> > have tried several times to upgrade to Buster without SysV, but have
> > had no luck. So here I am at Devuan.
>
> You probably already know this, but just in case:
>
> You can do a minimal buster install. That will give you systemd but it
> will be quite easy to replace it with sysvinit before installing any
> more packages. It is easier than it was in jessie and stretch in fact.
>
> Yes, this would mean you need to reinstall all packages, but even that
> is no big deal with dpkg --{get,set}-selections.
>
> This is what I have done - I decided that devuan stable was too far
> behind with package versions for a desktop system.

Or try installing beowulf. That is, I believe, the devuan release
corresponding to buster.

-- hendrik

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