On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 12:45:19 +0100 Rainer Weikusat <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm looking for an upgrade path for a Debian wheezy installation I > can't keep forever. I wouldn't mind some rough edges as I'm perfectly > capable of fixing any bugs I could conceivably encounter myself but > I'd prefer having a workable base to start from over "Linux From > Scratch". I think you're asking where to go after Wheezy. My research tells me the following. * If you can wait for Devuan to go stable, that's your easiest route forward. * Manjaro OpenRC is fairly easy to install and admin. It's a rolling release. It's fairly easy to alt-init the OpenRC with runit, s6, Epochy, or Suckless Init + daemontools-encore + Littkit. It's a rolling release, so use the appropriate backup procedures. Be aware that Manjaro itself is a systemd distro, and the OpenRC edition is there by the largesse of the larger community, which could be withdrawn. * Funtoo is an install-by-compiling rolling release similar to Gentoo, that has committed to never allowing systemd to set foot on its turf, and has some "mixins" to actively prevent systemd encroachment caused by stupid "upstreams" requiring systemd. I would highly recommend installing Funtoo on a fast Qemu VM a coupld times before trying it on metal. With Funtoo, do bare metal backups, because scratch installation is at least a 10 hour affair. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
