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mkwt , vor einem Monat

Let us all remember that, at least back when it started, the establishment alternative to systemd was a product named after its original operating system, System V UNIX, which is a direct descendent of the original UNIX from AT&T. This sysvinit software used complicated shell scripts to manage daemons. Contrary to some opinions, these shell scripts were not "just working"; they were in fact a constant and major maintenance burden for Linux distributions. When I started on Linux at least, Debian had a suspiciously large fraction of bugs on init script breakages.

All this is to say that the new system, systemd, doesn't have to be anywhere near perfect to be worth replacing sysvinit.

People argue that systemd is rejecting the "UNIX philosophy" of small tools that do one thing well. I argue that this UNIX philosophy is not some kind of universal good with no tradeoffs. It's an engineering rule of thumb. There are always tradeoffs.

People argue that systemd is too much like Windows NT. I argue that Windows NT has at least a few good ideas in it. And if one of those ideas solves a problem that Linux has, Linux should use that idea.

mkwt , vor einem Monat

I think my mother played that star trek game on a time shared minicomputer.

mkwt , vor einem Monat

These are all general opinion statements. There aren't any verifiable facts like, "on this date at a meeting with x we discussed how AI project y is myopic and non-user-centered."

mkwt , vor einem Monat

To be fair it might actually be possible to find smut there.

mkwt , vor einem Monat

Pay no attention to gconf, dconf, GSettings, or whatever else there is.

mkwt , vor 2 Monaten

Noooooooooooo

mkwt , vor 2 Monaten

And the widest parts of I-10 are not the everyday choke points. Other parts of the system are the worst offenders on traffic.

mkwt , vor 2 Monaten

The loading and unloading is a pain.

mkwt , vor 2 Monaten

Some of those dialog boxes have not changed a bit since Windows 3.0.