Expirion is alive again

[GatorsFan]

Well I just released a Cinnamon version of Expirion 6.3 - has kernel 6.18.5, LibreOffice 26.2.0 and all the latest updates as well - as always thank you all for your support and have a great day - here

Expirion Linux

Download Expirion Linux for free. Expirion 5.14 is based on Devuan 5 it does not use systemd but instead uses RunIt. They are now in the folder called Expirion 5 Old Expirion 6.6 is based on Devuan 6 and it does not have systemd but uses SysVInit All ISOs are 64Bit only (x64) and only...

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[Defender]

Hi gatorsfan. I got your XFCE 6.3 burned, and I couldn't get it to boot on one newer machine, probably a kernel issue, but got it booted on an older machine. It comes up saying enter password,and I figured out that it really wanted user/root, and it seems ok with that (no error), but instead of bringing up the desktop it comes back asking for the password again?

Any guesses?

PS: Devuan Excalibur also won't boot on the newer machine unless I use acpi=off which messes up other things, so when I can get it to boot, I'm guessing yours will work, too.

PSS: I got the newer one to boot with acpi_osi='Windows 21' added to the boot string, and it never came up with the enter password screen, so there must be some other problem with the older laptop. My suspicion is that X isn't coming up on the old Dell Latitude D620. Not sure how to check that.

 

[GatorsFan]

acpi_osi='Windows 21'

This is usually used to disable certain features that are specific to Windows, which may help resolve issues with hardware compatibility or power management. Some machines have been designed for Windows so Linux may have some issues on them.
Have a look in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/ and see if there is a file called "resume" in there - if there is delete that file (you will need to be root to delete it) and reboot, if not no worries

 

[Defender]

Nope, no resume file. That laptop is working well at this point.

How about the old one? Can I get to another session so I can look at the logs? Like Ctrl+Alt+F2 or something like that? I might try Devuan Excalibur on it so I don't need to bother you for basic stuff.

Thanks for the reply, it looks nice and haven't had any issues yet other that being unfamiliar with XFCE. I've used it a few times, but on my older laptops I generally use a WM setup because they are so much lighter, which leaves a lot more memory for the browser.

 

[ron.alan]

I just released Expirion Testing 7.0 (Xfce & Cinnamon) which is based on Devuan 7.0 Freia which is also in testing

With what init system? Also, if the DE was going to be purged and replaced by Mate, which one would be less messy to do it with, Xfce or Cinnamon?

 

[GatorsFan]

With what init system? Also, if the DE was going to be purged and replaced by Mate, which one would be less messy to do it with, Xfce or Cinnamon?

LXQt and Xfce are based on Devuan 6 so it is SysVInit - Cinnamon is based on Debian 13 so it is systemd - The Mate desktop is a respin of Debian 13 which is systemd - personally if I wanted Mate I would just download the respin of Debian Mate, but which one would be less messy to replace probably LXQt

 

[ron.alan]

@GatorsFan Sorry, I meant the version 7 based on Devuan testing.

 

[GatorsFan]

@GatorsFan Sorry, I meant the version 7 based on Devuan testing.

Xfce and Cinnamon are SysVInit

 

[GatorsFan]

Expirion has been upgraded to 6.4 to coincide with Debian 13.4 which was just recently released - Expirion now has kernel 6.18.15 LibreOffice 26.2.1 and Brave Browser instead of Chromium

 

[GatorsFan]

I just released Expirion Testing 7.0 LXQt if anyone is interested under the Files tab it uses RunIt instead of SysVInit or Systemd

Expirion Linux

Download Expirion Linux for free. Expirion 5.14 is based on Devuan 5 it does not use systemd but instead uses RunIt. They are now in the folder called Expirion 5 Old Expirion 6.6 is based on Devuan 6 and it does not have systemd but uses SysVInit All ISOs are 64Bit only (x64) and only...

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[GatorsFan]

Expirion 6.4 has been upgraded - it is now running kernel 7.0.4, OnlyOffice 9.3.1 plus several internal upgrades as well
Expirion 5.13 has kernel 6.12.85

 

[GatorsFan]

Just upgraded Expirion again - to reflect the changes from Debian 13.5 which was just released

 

[GatorsFan]

Expirion has been upgraded - has kernel 7.0.10, OnlyOffice 9.4.0 - now has LibreWolf and Brave browsers for better browser profiling protection instead of Firefox-ESR and Chromium

Expirion Linux - Browse Files at SourceForge.net

Expirion Linux files. Full list of files for Expirion Linux

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[GatorsFan]

I updated both version 5.14 and 6.5 on July 02-2026

 

[GatorsFan]

Expirion 6.6 has been released to reflect the new Debian 6.6 point release for Trixie