Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 point release
Dear Init Freedom Lovers
Updated ISOs for Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 are now available from your favorite mirror.
What's new in this point release:
This release contains software current in the repositories (concurrent with Debian 13.2) and includes some important fixes:
- speech-synthesis install is now working correctly again.
- slim login manager bugs fixed:
There are now (unofficial) community-produced Excalibur images for Raspberry Pi:
Documentation
Whether you are upgrading an existing Devuan installation, migrating from Debian or installing from scratch, instructions and guidance can be found online:
Please take time to read the Release Notes. They include important configuration information and tips to help your installation or upgrade go as smoothly as possible:
Excalibur 6.0.0 announcement:
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https://www.devuan.org/os/announce/excalibur-release-announce-2025-11-02.html
Download
HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and RSYNC ISO mirrors:
ARM and virtual images?
ARM and Virtual Machine images are provided by the greater Devuan community rather than as part of official releases. Users are being encouraged to build and contribute ARM images for their particular hardware. This will increase the variety of images available and allow the release schedule of the installer ISOs to move forward more quickly.
Images can be built using using arm-sdk and vm-sdk: https://www.devuan.org/os/distro-kit
Arm-related discussion happens at #devuan-arm (Libera.chat) and https://dev1galaxy.org/viewforum.php?id=24
Resources and Support
- Mailing list: https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
- IRC: #devuan #devuan-dev (Libera.chat)
- Forum: https://dev1galaxy.org
- Source code: https://git.devuan.org
- Bug tracker: https://bugs.devuan.org
- Popularity contest: https://popcon.devuan.org
- Package information: https://pkginfo.devuan.org
- Popularity contest: https://popcon.devuan.org
- Press contact: freedom@devuan.org
After Excalibur
The next Devuan release 7, is codenamed Freia. Repositories are already available for the adventurous to test.
Appreciation
We wish to thank all of you for the incredible support given to Devuan. Without your help and feedback, Devuan could not be the reliable and versatile distribution that it is.
To support the Devuan project you can examine our financial reports and donate at:
https://www.devuan.org/os/donate (includes financial reports)
or take up one of the tasks listed at:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1380#p1380
The Devuan Team