[aklug] Re: systemd pushback

Anyone within the aklug actively using systemd at this point?

Mike B.

Quoting Erinn Looney-Triggs <erinn.looneytriggs@gmail.com>:

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> On 04/28/2014 10:15 AM, bryanm@acsalaska.net wrote:
>> This web page offers a list of grievances regarding systemd, which
>> is apparently replacing the init system in lots of Linux
>> distributions these days:
>>
>> http://boycottsystemd.org/
>>
>> I hadn't been paying much attention to systemd, but based on these
>> complaints, it may deserve some serious worry and/or action.
>> Patrick Volkerding, the Slackware leader, posted a link to the page
>> with the comment "When I realized I wasn't reading the Onion, I
>> cried into my morning coffee.".
>>
>> -- Bryan Medsker bryanm@acsalaska.net
>>
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> Bryan,
> Yeah this is an interesting space for sure. In a lot of ways systemd
> does do things a lot better, it is a much cleaner startup and shutdown
> process and getting rid of init scripts, well good riddance I say,
> there was very little standardization there.
>
> On the other hand, I have struggled with some of the things like the
> journal and the size of systemd in general. The author Lennart comes
> off like a real ass in e-mail, which doesn't help much, though in
> person he is a decent fellow.
>
> It is a mixed bag, and we fear change, but I have to say in my own
> estimation just from a cleanliness perspective I am much happier with
> it, it also helps to clean up some SELinux issues which makes me happy.
>
> - -Erinn
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Received on Mon Apr 28 10:34:07 2014