Re: how to remove libsystemd0 from a live-running debian desktop system

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

Ric Moore wrote:
> On 02/16/2015 07:47 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > [*SNIP*]
> >
> >   so the question then becomes: at a fundamental level (in a
> > distro-agnostic way) how to go about giving people a proper
> > choice (to
> > run systemd and associated components, or not)?
>
> And why would their unpaid selves go to the bother? Those that DO
> get paid, are jumping on systemd with both feet. Clearly there
> must be advantage to do so, so they do it. Simple. It computes.
> What you suggest means more work for people who do not get paid,
> and that doesn't compute. Not even a little. If I were a
> computer, I would have a segfault now. :) Ric

I suspect that more describes an effect rather than a cause.
The roots of *nix are are in Unix.
Unix was, at least in part, a response to need for a "large" 
number of persons to access an expensive resource - a CPU.
A side effect was breeding geeks , errrr... support staff ;)
When hardware costs fell, those fascinated by a new field could 
afford to explore.

Now, instead of a computer occupying a building, I have four 
computers on my desk and one in the glove-box of my car.

Computer OWNERS are now much more diverse. My parents knew Model 
T's and travel to the moon. Times change.