Devuan GNU+Linux is a free software operating system for your computer. Free software means you are free to use, copy and distribute, study, change the software, and share your modifications with the community.

Devuan GNU+Linux is a fork of Debian without systemd that allows users to reclaim control over their system by avoiding unnecessary entanglements and ensuring Init Freedom.

Devuan Releases

• Excalibur 6 is the current stable release.
• Daedalus 5.0 has moved to oldstable status.
• Chimaera 4.0 has moved to oldoldstable status.
• Beowulf 3.1 point release is archived.
• ASCII 2.1 point release is archived.
• Jessie 1.0.0 (LTS) is archived.

Learn more: Excalibur Overview and Devuan Releases.

Download

Devuan has http, https, ftp and rsync iso mirrors available as well as torrent and magnet link options.

Installing

Please read the relevant documentation in full. Devuan Excalibur can be installed as an upgrade from Devuan Daedalus or migrated from Debian Trixie. Note that skipping releases is not supported.

Debian has implemented a merged /usr file structure. In order to focus Devuan’s available resources on our primary purpose regarding systemd, Devuan developers have decided it is in the project’s best interests to follow the usrmerge implementation. Learn more: UsrMerge Status: Testing/Excalibur

Contact

For technical support, please use these options.

If you’d like to contribute to the maintenance and growth of Devuan by providing hardware, services, expertise, funding or media visibility, please use this contact email:

Send a private email to freedom at devuan dot org

About this site

This site can be mentioned as "dev dash 1 dot org" as it is reached via dev-one.org and dev-1.org.