[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: question about systemd



On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:57 AM, PETER ZOELLER <peter_zoeller@rogers.com> wrote:
> This is really ticking me off.  We are becoming just like Microsoft that one
> size fits all.  Linux has always been about choice and modularity and
> reconfigurability where a user or admin can choose that what suits him/her
> and the type of system they want.  You want sysvinit you use Debian or
> Slackware, want Upstart go to Ubuntu, want systemd go to Fedora/Redhat.
> Where in all this is my choice to have my system boot via the means I or any
> user or admin considers to be the appropriate method to boot their system?
> What's wrong with you people?  Have you lost sight of why Linus designed
> this system?  Its about simplicity, modularity and reconfigurability.  This
> approach with systemd flies in the face of all this.  Its like demanding
> that you can use only ext4 as your file system.
>
>

The point of this thread was to demonstrate that you *do* still have a
choice.  It's relatively simple to remove systemd from your Debian
installation if you choose to.


Reply to: