That’s how this transition felt.
Debian has always been the stone: solid, dependable, time-tested. A foundation you can trust.
But inside that stone is a clean, sharp blade — something lighter, more transparent, and easier to wield for long-running servers.
For me, that blade is Devuan 6 “Excalibur.”
In this video, I walk through why I chose to move my servers to Devuan 6, how it compares to Debian 13, and why simplicity and predictability matter when you’re running systems that need to stay reliable for years.
This isn’t hype.
This isn’t a distro war.
It’s just an honest look at what’s inside the operating system you trust with your workloads — and why I wanted something clean, stable, and fully transparent.
Auditd Rule Locations (as mentioned in the video):
• /etc/audit/audit.rules
• /etc/audit/rules.d/*.rules
• /usr/lib/audit/*.rules
These directories contain the active audit configuration and the packaged rule examples you can use to strengthen your own server hardening.
In this video:
• Why Devuan exists and what problem it solves
• How Devuan 6 differs from Debian 13
• What actually matters for production workloads
• Init systems explained without the drama
• How Devuan performs for servers, desktops, and even gaming
• What Windows migrants should expect
• Why transparency and consistency matter for long-term systems
If you care about knowing exactly what’s running under your workloads…
if you value clarity in the base of your infrastructure…
you might want to take a closer look at Devuan 6 “Excalibur.”
Sometimes the cleanest blade really is the one you draw from the stone.
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:16 - Devuan 6
01:22 - Planing the Migration to Devuaj6
02:36 - Initial Test 4 VMs
03:54 - Predictable Names
05:50 - Hardware Migrations
09:10 - Debian 13 Migration
10:22 - sysctl.conf
11:14 - unattended-backup
11:18 - arpwatch
12:24 - Ansible Hosts
13:07 - lyniis
14:11 - CVE Checks
15:08 - ZFS Migration
16:25 - Wrapup