Devuan

Article summary

Devuan is an open source operating system, based on Debian, it is a Linux distribution that aims to maintain compatibility and usability with other alternative init systems to avoid lock-in by systemd. Devuan offers sysvinit, runit and OpenRC as alternatives to systemd.

Key claims

1. publication date: 2017-05-25 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2018 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2020-06-03 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2021-10-14 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 2023-08-15 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. release date: 2025-11-02 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the publication date is "2017-05-25". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the release date is "2018". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the release date is "2020-06-03". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "2021-10-14". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the release date is "2023-08-15". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the release date is "2025-11-02". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
9. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378871464