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Debian, along with the majority of other Linux distros, has been using systemd for nearly seven years now. Maybe, if you had told us about the actual problems you had, instead of the problems you imagined you might have, you might have got better help, Gaming on Linux. That's new to us and a little...

so i do a basic net install with no X, boot to a bash prompt, remove systemd, install sysvinit and elogind You cannot remove systemd in Debian. It is perfectly possible to use sysvinit, runit or openrc-init as PID1 but the systemd package itself cannot be removed. For normal people this would not b...

After having installed Debian with refracta installer 2x I’m annoyed that my typed paw is not taking. I can do no maintenance after reboot. Annoying!

I'm in sysvinit as per the instructions and i'm using xfce. Keep us posted as to how well it performs. I tried it in virtual and it worked as promised until I did something (I can't remember what) and it fell to pieces. I'd like to know how yours does. it's a house of cards for sure. new kernel r81...

ok so i have followed this and for expediency installed xfce as op did, forgoing openbox for another day. as it is it seems to work except for pulseaudio has no sound. pulseaudio autostarts through xfce's session and autostart stuffs and i can see i am connected to pulse audio and as usual with my s...

Not to painful. I'm in sysvinit as per the instructions and i'm using xfce. No worries. Now to remember how to debian after so many years on archies...

So no sysvinit on debian. got it . thanks. Well, that's not completely true. You could always try this: How-To: Debian Buster with SysVinit as PID 1 Phil looks fairly painless to me. so i do a basic net install with no X, boot to a bash prompt, remove systemd, install sysvinit and elogind and then ...

So no sysvinit on debian. got it . thanks. Well, that's not completely true. You could always try this: How-To: Debian Buster with SysVinit as PID 1 Don't bother, though, if you aren't willing to live with some inconveniences. If you are willing to use Xfce or a window manager like Fluxbox, IceWM, ...

Note that MX Linux is no more systemd-free than Debian; both antiX and Devuan are completely systemd-free (notwithstanding a few vestigial configuration files) but there are some incompatibility problems caused by an increasing number of Debian packages not supplying sysvinit scripts. This problem ...

To be fair let's add Devuan . yah i saw devuan but it uses refracta installer which is fine for most people but last time i used it (refracta) it was limited in what directories one could create for your install to whatever ones the devs used for the vanilla install and no curtomizing was available...

MX/Antix looks like they are no more. thats sad. Then I've been building packages for nothing all this time! ZOMG!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Sorry my mistake. I mistook what looks like no new respin for over a year as dead. Upon further examination 19.3 was relesaed in late 2020 and the fo...

MX/Antix looks like they are no more. thats sad.

so no systemd. how to install wihtout systemd is the thing. Easy, pick one of these . There are at least three on that list that are Debian based. There is no easy and reliable method to install Debian and convert it to run without systemd, at least not for amateurs. There used to be but that's his...

arochester wrote:Why?

Because i said so that's why.

so no systemd. how to install wihtout systemd is the thing. is there a guide on this?

what's the scoop? how to install? added main contrib and non-free to my repos... still nothing Since fglrx has been abadoned by AMD, it has been removed from the official Debian repositories. Your only luck is to use the AMD official installer. Of course, you need to downgrade xserver-xorg to 1.17 ...

Thanks for that. Much appreciated

what's the scoop? how to install? catalyst still supports xorg 1.17 right? added main contrib and non-free to my repos... still nothing my 42 inch tv is kinda old and has overscan issues so i really need the catalyst/fglrx support as the xrandr just doesn't do the job adequately. here's my Brix spec...