On 14/07/2019 22:49, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
> So, I decided to try Debian 10. The install was uneventful.
>
> Fun started when I wanted to "remove" systemd, using the recipe given here
> before: install install sysv-rc and sysvinit-core. It worked but... it
> removed network-manager and lightdm (and others I did not have time to write
> down). AT the next reboot there is a looooong wait at: starting system
> message : dbus, then all I get is a command line login. I log and there is
> another delay before getting a prompt. Network in unreachable and I can
> hardly install without it :((
>
> I had installed with xfce, I can try with some other DE. Or install TDE and
> hope removing systemd won't wreck everything beyond repair...
>
> Anyone got Buster running without systemd? Otherwise I'll wait for Devuan to
> release its Buster equivalent.

For those Systemd agnostics' (but still Deb focused), there's also Antix
(https://antixlinux.com/antix-19-b2-full-64-and-32-bit-available/) as
alternatives.

Their last beta is running fine here (didn't give� their installer a try
though!).

Cheers!