Re: question about systemd
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
This is very true, but the kernel knows its boundaries, and doesn't try
to conquor all sorts of other, non-related, subsystems.
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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