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    [–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

    Depends on their purpose. Devuan is specifically to be debian without systemd and nothing else.

    It's kinda shitty to install though, I fucked it up. Gonna try again at some point, but it's not an easy install like mint

    [–] redsand@infosec.pub 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

    It's not a compeditor to mint. It's for server use like cent and debian. I don't know of any super easy openRC distros for general use.

    [–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

    Well, from my perspective, simple install processes are not related to what the purpose of the os is meant to be.

    [–] redsand@infosec.pub 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

    Server OS often has no GUI. Installs are often unattended or over ssh

    [–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

    ok. Since you know, why don't you share this with me so I know what to do.

    I've got linux mint on my home's trashtop. I failed the gui installer from the live usb. I have a debian machine I use as my daily driver.

    Pretend the trashtop is a server. what do I need to do in order to SSH into it in order to install devuan?

    [–] redsand@infosec.pub 1 points 9 hours ago

    Lookup a headless install then add wayland and a DE