Less than three months after the official release of Debian 13 “Trixie,” the Devuan project has officially launched Devuan 6.0 “Excalibur” on November 2nd, 2025.
Excalibur brings all the benefits of Debian 13’s updated packages, modern kernels, and long-term support while staying true to Devuan’s systemd-free philosophy. The release ensures that alternative init systems like sysvinit and runit integrate smoothly, and existing Devuan users can plan upgrades with confidence.
For the Devuan community, this release represents a stable, up-to-date option for both new installations and older hardware users who want the reliability of Debian without systemd. If you’ve been waiting to move to a fresh, modern, yet systemd-free environment, Excalibur is ready to download and install.
Announcment: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7507
Learn more and download: https://www.devuan.org/os/releases