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Siduction vs Devuan GNU+Linux

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When comparing Siduction vs Devuan GNU+Linux, the Slant community recommends Devuan GNU+Linux for most people. In the question“What is the best laptop OS?” Devuan GNU+Linux is ranked 6th while Siduction is ranked 23rd. The most important reason people chose Devuan GNU+Linux is:

It is stable like Debian.

Specs

Based OnDebian Unstable>Aptosid

Default Desktop EnvironmentKDE, Xfce, Cinnamon and LXQt

Init-Systemsystemd

Main UsageRecent Desktop

OS FamilyGNU+Linux

Official Supported Architecturesamd64

OriginGermany

Package ManagerDebian Package Manager

Release ScheduleRolling

Based OnDebian

Default Desktop EnvironmentXFCE

Init-SystemSysVinit, runit or OpenRC

Main UsageServers, Industry(Stable/Oldstable) | Desktop, Multimedia(Testing/Unstable)

OS FamilyGNU/Linux

Official Supported Architecturesaarch64, armel, armhf, i386, ppc64le, amd64

OriginWorldwide

Package Managerdpkg with apt, aptitude or apt-build

Release ScheduleLong-term support (stable edition) and rolling release (testing and unstable editions)

Initial Release2016

Release TypeBinary

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Pros

Pro
Debian based

Apt/Aptitude, debconf or the alternatives system.

Pro
Updates are slow, but stable. It is based on Debian after all.

It uses Unstable per default so it is still some kind of stable since all dangerous packages are tested in experimental first.

Pro
Secure Boot support

It supports secure boot which is great for LiveCDs and dual boot systems.

Pro
Stability

It is stable like Debian.

Pro
It's Debian

Devuan is Debian just without systemd, it just mirrors the the Debian archive and repacks packages that have hard dependencies on systemd.

Pro
Excellent for normal people

It is easy to use and is a good choice for beginners.

Pro
No Systemd

Pro
Most decent look amongst other XFCE distros

Default XFCE theme is unique of all the XFCE distos including MXLinux, Xubuntu etc.

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Cons

Con
Hardware recognition is bad compared to Ubuntu.

Siduction won't install any non-free drivers by default.

Con
Difficult to install on non-free hardware

Unlike Debian, Devuan offers no unfree netinstall media, so if your system needs unfree drivers (e.g a laptop or a tablet), you'll have to download the Debian firmware on a separate USB.

Con
No systemd

Con
Fragmentation

Forked distributions like Devuan and Artix fragment the Linux community and hurt the original project. Debian users who do not want systemd should use Slackware or BSD instead.