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Author: tito
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Announcing Devuan 4.0: Chimaera!
This is good news!!!
Thanks to all!

Ciao,
Tito

On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:00:33 -0400
Mason Loring Bliss <mason@???> wrote:

> Dear Friends and Software Freedom Lovers,
>
> Devuan Developers are pleased to announce the release of Devuan Chimaera
> 4.0 as the project's newest stable release. This is the result of lots of
> painstaking work by the team and extensive testing by the wider Devuan
> community.
>
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> What's new in Chimaera 4.0?
>
>     * Based on Debian Bullseye (11.1) with Linux kernel 5.10.
>     * Your choice of init: sysvinit, runit, and OpenRC.
>     * Improved desktop support - virtually all desktop environments available
>       in Debian are now part of Devuan, systemd-free.
>     * New boot, display manager and desktop theming.
>     * Enhanced accessibility: installation via GUI or console can now be
>       accomplished via software or hardware speech synthesis, or using a
>       refreshable braille display, and Devuan Chimaera has the ability to
>       install desktop environments without PulseAudio, allowing speech
>       synthesis in both console and GUI sessions at the same time.

>
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> Installation and Documentation
>
> Whether you are upgrading an existing Devuan install, migrating from Debian
> or installing from scratch, instructions and guidance can be found online:
>
>     https://devuan.org/os/install
>     https://devuan.org/get-devuan.

>
> Packages, netboot images and installation media are available through a
> resilient network of http package mirrors, http, https, ftp and rsync iso
> mirrors, torrent and magnet.
>
> Please take time to read the Release Notes. They include important
> configuration information and tips to help your install or upgrade go as
> smoothly as possible.
>
>     https://files.devuan.org/devuan_chimaera/Release_notes.txt

>
> For the impatient, you can go straight to the package and sources.list
> information or the installation media downloads:
>
>     https://devuan.org/os/packages
>     http://files.devuan.org/devuan_chimaera/

>
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> Resources and Support
>
> * Mailing list: https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
> * IRC: #devuan #devuan-dev (Libera)
> * Forum: https://dev1galaxy.org
> * Press contact: freedom@???
> * Source code: https://git.devuan.org
> * Bug tracker: https://bugs.devuan.org
> * Package information: https://pkginfo.devuan.org
> * Popularity contest: https://popcon.devuan.org
>
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> After Chimaera
>
> The next Devuan release, 5.0, is codenamed Daedalus. Repositories are
> already available for the adventurous to test.
>
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> Appreciation
>
> We wish to thank all of you for the incredible support given to Devuan.
> Without your help and feedback, Devuan could not be the reliable and
> versatile distribution that it is.
>
> To support the Devuan project you can examine our financial reports and
> donate at:
>
>     https://devuan.org/donate

>
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>                            Live long and prosper!
>                         The Devuan Development Team 
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