On Sun, 17 Apr 2016, Paul Trevethan wrote: > On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:27:17 -0700 > Patrick Bartek <nemomm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Much to my regret (and others, too, I'm sure), yesterday, on 15 > > April 2016, the beginning of the end began for Wheezy. Google, as > > announced months ago, finally ceased support for its browser on > > Wheezy. I double checked just to be sure, and in the course of > > that check also discovered "official" Debian support for Wheezy > > will cease in a little over a week on 26 April 2016 -- just 3 years > > after its release. However, it will automatically enter LTS until > > 2018 at which time all support ceases and EOL "officially" occurs. > > > > Well, at least I have time to look for an alternative. Maybe, Devuan > > will be viable by then, but I doubt it. Or Debian will offer a > > choice of inits as a standard option during installs on future > > releases, but I very much doubt it. > > > > B > > > > If you want a rock solid Debian based system with no systemd - check > out Antix distribution.
I've heard good things about AntiX. It's already on my list I like to build my system from a terminal install up using only a window manager to keep things light. No fancy desktop environment needed for me. Thanks for the recommendation. B
