Dear Friends in the Land of Oz,

I sometimes use EasyOS #Linux (posting from version Easy Excalibur64 7.2.5 (amd64)
Binary Base #devuan
Distro Base excalibur)

AND:

I found #Signal secure #messaging (it was in the last of the available package managers (flapi from 'Flatpack' installs)

And it seems to work. Will do a video call tomorrow to check it out.

#EasyOS is constantly in Alpha mode (Experimental) But I am happy to run it from a persistent USB flashdrive...

https://bkhome.org/news/202604/easyos-excalibur-series-version-725.ht

#devuanlinux #devuan #linux

https://www.devuan.org/

So, I rescued a 12-year-old Macbook Pro, given up by its owner because Apple had orphaned it from security updates, and also it was suffering from Apple High-Qwality Spicy Pillow Syndrome.

I replaced the battery and installed Linux on it.

And I gotta say, this was the most satisfying thing I've done with a keyboard in years:

# apt-get purge systemd libnss-systemd

#Devuan Excalibur installed/upgraded from Debian Trixie like a champ. Now I don't have to deal with extraneous horseshit when Lennart adds systemd-mountd, systemd-sshd, systemd-bourne-shell, systemd-emacs, etc, etc...

Thanks to @landley for the post that finally convinced me to give Devuan a go. I'd been thinking about it for years, but didn't feel like setting aside a bunch of debugging time which I assumed would be needed.

Now to figure out how to switch to s6 from runit. ( @ska )

#Debian #systemd #UnixPhilosophy #runit #s6 #init #Unix #Linux

RE: https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss/116384426353228027

Devuan, Artix, Vendefoul Wolf, Slackware ftw 😎

#Linux #AgeVerification #SystemdFree #Privacy #Devuan #Artix #VendefoulWolf #Slackware

I am really happy with how this turned out. This is Linux running on a Mac Mini computer.

This Mac Mini released in 2014 hasn't been officially supported by Apple for current versions of macOS for quite a few years now. This became a problem for the owner of this computer, as websites stopped working right in the badly outdated web browser.

This is Devuan Linux with KDE desktop environment and a theme that is styled to look a bit like macOS. I think it looks great and is a good match for the Mac Mini hardware.

#Apple #MacMini #Linux #Devuan #KDE