On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:24:40 +1100
Chris Angelico via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I'm currently using Debian on all my systems, and given the way the
> project has been moving, I've been eyeing Devuan closely.
>
> There are various migration pages eg
> https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation/install-guides/daedalus/bookworm-to-daedalus
> which specifically migrate from a Debian version to its corresponding
> Devuan version.
>
> Is it advisable to do a "diagonal" migration, eg from Debian Bookworm
> to Devuan Excalibur? Or would the recommendation be to first migrate
> to Daedalus and then upgrade to Excalibur?
>
> I'm currently trying out Devuan in a VM but unless there's some
> catastrophic showstopper, my upgrade path is likely to be in that
> direction.
>
> Thanks for being a distro that doesn't fold to dumb political pressure.
>
> ChrisA

Hi,
I would do a horizontal migration first and then the vertical migration
to the next devuan version.

Ciao,
Tito