Devuan 6 “Excalibur” stable release is now available,
It’s based on Debian 13 “Trixie”, continuing Devuan’s mission of providing a systemd-free Debian alternative.
Like previous versions, Excalibur offers multiple init options (SysVinit (default), OpenRC, and runit) while staying compatible with most Debian packages and repositories.
It’s not “news” in the sense of something brand-new (Devuan has always been systemd-free), but it’s worth noting they’ve once again managed to track the latest Debian base without depending on systemd, which is an impressive feat given how deeply systemd is integrated upstream.
Official notes:
Let’s see how well this holds up against Debian or MX Linux for daily use. It’ll be interesting to hear how it performs in real-world setups.