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[rounded-sq]Devuan Daedalus 5.0 stable release

Dear Friends and Software Freedom Lovers,

It is with great pleasure that the Devuan Developers hereby announce
the release of Devuan Daedalus 5.0 as the project's newest stable
release. This is the result of lots of painstaking work by the team
and extensive testing by the wider Devuan community.

What's new in Daedalus 5.0?

  * Based on Debian Bookworm (version 12) with Linux kernel 6.1
  * Rootless startx uses libseat1
  * Wayland GUI without elogind

Installation and Documentation

Whether you are upgrading an existing Devuan install, migrating from
Debian or installing from scratch, instructions and guidance can be
found online:

  * https://www.devuan.org/os/install
  * https://www.devuan.org/get-devuan

Packages, netboot images and installation media are available through
a resilient network of:

  * http package mirrors (http://deb.devuan.org or choose manually
    from https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/mirror_list.txt)
  * http, https, ftp and rsync ISO mirrors
  * torrent and magnet

Please take time to read the Release Notes. They include important
configuration information and tips to help your install or upgrade go
as smoothly as possible.

For the impatient, you can go straight to the package and
sources.list information or the installation media downloads.

Resources and Support

  * Mailing list: https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/
    listinfo/dng
  * IRC: #devuan #devuan-dev #devuan-arm (Libera)
  * Forum: https://dev1galaxy.org
  * Press contact: freedom at devuan dot org
  * Source code: https://git.devuan.org
  * Bug tracker: https://bugs.devuan.org
  * Package information: https://pkginfo.devuan.org
  * Popularity contest: https://popcon.devuan.org

After Daedalus

The next Devuan release, 6.0, is codenamed Excalibur. 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://devuan.org/os/donate

or take up one of the tasks listed at:
How you can help Devuan

The Devuan Team

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