[NTLUG:Discuss] Distribution Alternative to Ubuntu

[Dennis Weaver]

 Leroy,  Check your software sources, one or both may be pointed somewhere else on the earth.Dennis
    On Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 01:03:55 AM CDT, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:  
 
 Leroy Tennison said on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:48:17 +0000 (UTC)

> Thanks for the reply Steve, I'm (still) downloading the Devuan
> desktop DVD.  Supposedly I just upgraded to 1Gbit Internet with AT&T
> fiber but both ends have to be fast - I'm about 2 hours out of
> finishing a 15-20 hour download (if I'm lucky).
>To answer your questions:
>Dislike of Ubuntu: snap, systemd, future implementation of age
>verification. KDE importance: I'm not getting younger and having to
>invest lot's of time learning things I'm not really interested in
>doesn't appeal to me (like having to learn about alternate SMS/MMS
>message apps on my Android after Samsung dropped support of theirs).
>I'm not saying KDE is the best, it's just I have a lot invested in it.
>I'm not looking for a high level of user friendliness but, again,
>don't want a learning curve about secondary things. Fortunately
>hardware isn't Linux hostile. Opinion of:   systemd: mixed - has some
>nice thnigs but major irritations as well   init: what I started with
>- I guess neutral   Others: no knowledge Prefer a package manager but
>have used snap and tried to use flatpak - not opposed to them other
>than snap. My Linux machine is a productivity desktop other than
>running KVM so I can spin up VMs to "play with new software and
>configuration" on. Based on this, any additional thoughts?

Yes. Devuan offers KDE Plasma, doesn't have systemd, and has training
wheels but not to the ridiculous level of Ubuntu. So assuming you use
KDE Plasma on Devuan, your only learning is going to be re-learning
sysvinit. Personally, I'd suggest you transition from sysvinit to
runit, but that can come later. I think flatpack and appimage work on
Devuan.

But snap doesn't work on Devuan because snap insists you use the systemd
init system. Reminds me of the time in my twenties when I had two
girlfriends. One demanded I see only her, so I dumped her and kept
seeing the other one. I don't like getting pressured for exclusivity
(or didn't before getting married).

SteveT

Steve Litt 

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