Hi! Am Dienstag, 22. Mai 2018 schrieb Robert Peters: > [...] > Hello Nik, > Thanks for the reply. For now, I have installed Debian 9 to an unused > area of the laptop's SSD. In the migration instructions I followed > most of the steps but stopped at the command "apt-get purge systemd > systemd-shim". It offered in part to do the following: > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > caja* dbus-user-session* gvfs* gvfs-backends* gvfs-daemons* libpam-systemd* > lightdm* mate-applets* mate-control-center* mate-desktop-environment* > mate-desktop-environment-core* mate-panel* mate-polkit* mate-power-manager* > mate-settings-daemon* network-manager* network-manager-gnome* policykit-1* > synaptic* systemd* systemd-sysv* task-mate-desktop* udisks2* > The following NEW packages will be installed: > initscripts insserv startpar sysv-rc sysvinit-core > > But I am reluctant to proceed, apprehensive of clobbering the system. > What do you think? > - R Just proceed. Keep in mind, "debian 9" matches "devuan ascii", so please adjust your sources accordingly. MATE will be gone after the next reboot, so you'll most likely end at a real console. Do a "aptitude dist-upgrade" after the next reboot and install TDE. Use "apt-show-version" to figure out which packages are a leftover from debian and need to be replaced with devuan versions. If you run into problems with consolekit, just drop a line. For reference, I've added my sources.list Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...
# Multimedia Zeugs deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org stretch main non-free # Trinity 14.0.1 #deb http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb stretch deps-r14 extra-r14 main-r14 deb http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity-sb stretch deps-r14 extra-r14 main-r14 deb-src http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity-sb stretch deps-r14 extra-r14 main-r14 # Devuan pkgmaster.devuan.org deb http://packages.devuan.org/merged ascii main contrib non-free deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged ascii-backports main contrib non-free deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged ascii-security main contrib non-free deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ascii-updates main contrib non-free deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ascii-proposed-updates main contrib non-free #deb http://exegnulinux.net/nosystemd jessie main #deb http://angband.pl/debian/ nosystemd main deb-src http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged ascii main contrib non-free # EUDEV # @KatolaZ: d1h from https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=549 deb http://packages.devuan.org/devuan/ experimental main # OLDSTABLE - f�r terminator-0.97-4 # aptitude purge terminator # aptitude install terminator=0.97-4 # apt-mark hold terminator # aptitude dist-upgrade #deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged jessie main contrib non-free #deb-src http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged jessie main contrib non-free # LinuxCNC Simulator deb http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ stretch 2.7-rtpreempt #deb-src http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ jessie 2.7-sim # OpenScad deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/t-paul/Debian_9.0/ ./ #deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/armando-basile/testing/ubuntu trusty main