Thoughts on Devuan 2.0.0 (ASCII) w/ only TDE (-systemd)?

Hi All, Based upon many valuable comments and shared thoughts from this list, I’m find myself in the anti systemd group. With this pretty much being the best, non-biased, comparison of Debian (or any systemd OS) and Devuan (e.g. a non systemd OS) that I found to solidify my opinions on systemd: https://blog.ungleich.ch/en-us/cms/blog/2017/12/10/the-importance-of-devuan/ Do Note: The author does use an [overly] dramatic introduction, so please do read all 878 words of his article. I believe you’ll find the considerations his conclusion brings up well worth the 5-10 minutes of your time it takes to get there. And then Bill commented in another thread: On Sunday 05 August 2018 11:48:18 am William Morder wrote: Which lead me to this: Linked From: https://devuan.org/os/partners/devuan-distros Bill might this solve your issue(s)? Now finally my question(s)... :) - Is anyone using Devuan 2.0.0 (ASCII) w/ TDE installed? - - If so any issues? Ah, never mind the next Q: “Devuan package repositories are exclusive. Other repositories, including Debian’s, should NOT be used directly.” - Can external (deb?/ppa?) packages be added to Devuan similar to Ubuntu? - - Would you use the corresponding Debian release? Example: (final releases) - So the only choice for Opera, LibreOffice, etc., is to manually install from a downloaded .deb? Okay, last question... From the standpoint of wanting the leanest system possible with only software I’ve specifically installed: - Would it make the most sense to install the Exe GNU/Linux above, then upgrade in place to Devuan 2 and then TDE R14.0.5? - Or is there a way to install just a bare bones, console only Devuan? I do the second with dedicated servers under CentOS 6 all the time, but it’s the hosting firm that’s doing the initial system build to ‘base’ (and of course each likes to call it a different name, ‘base,’ ‘bare,’ ‘init’), which has much less overhead than the published RH/CentOS ‘minimal’ install profile. So, I’m guessing it can be done, but the Devuan website doesn’t have much beyond how to do a ‘full’ install. If the second method is the way to go, does anyone have a favorite write up on how it’s done with Debian I can use to guide me through doing the same with Devuan? Best and Thanks! Michel [1] Referential Note: https://sourceforge.net/p/exegnulinux/discussion/general/thread/fdff84f2/?l… Mike Hunt - 2018-05-05 Hello, I have been running this distro for a while now, but after some months became puzzled over why I didn't receive any single update. I found out that Devuan's Update and Security repos were not added anywhere; after adding them the updates tickled in. Is this an oversight?