Re: question about systemd
Hi.
On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:53:20 +0300
Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Vi, 10 oct 14, 06:57:18, PETER ZOELLER 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.
>
> You might want to check your facts:
>
> Linus Torvalds "only" created the Linux kernel, which is notoriously
> monolithic[1].
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanenbaum%E2%80%93Torvalds_debate
Yet, being monolithic, it provides hugezillion compile options and lots
of kernel modules which can be loaded and unloaded at user's pleasure.
Therefore Linux kernel is about a choice :)
Reco
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