Distance Devuan GNU / Linux 2.0 "ASCII" series released operating system has passed a year and a half. Recently, Dyne.org Foundation has finally announced the general availability of Devuan GNU / Linux 2.x "ASCII" first point release of the operating system family. Devuan is a branch of Debian developers chose to use Debian because of dissatisfaction with the system initialization systemd systemd created without the use of release.
Devuan GNU / Linux 2.1 adds the latest software and security updates, as well as various improvements setup and installation media around.
It is reported that, Devuan GNU / Linux 2.1 is still based on Debian the GNU / Linux 9 "the Stretch" family of operating systems, with an improved installation program, so that the choice OpenRC init system option more prominent. But if you want to exclude the non-free firmware or other boot loader (eg LILO), then still require expert installation options. In addition, it is now recommended default image is deb.devuan.org.
Security Update:
- apt (1.4.9) fix CVE-2019-3462
- linux-image-4.9.0-9 (4.9.168-1 + deb9u4) fixes multiple vulnerabilities
- firefox-esr (60.8.0esr-1~deb9u1) Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- policykit-1 fix CVE-2018-19788 and CVE-2019-6133
Other changes:
- dbus patches, generate a new machine ID dbus at boot time. This behavior can be configured in / etc / default / dbus in
- Add the memtest86 +, lvm2 and mdadm to Live ISO
Details: https://devuan.org/os/debian-fork/ascii-point-release-announce-112119
Download: https://linux.softpedia.com/get/Linux-Distributions/Devuan-GNU-Linux-103806.shtml