Of course it is impossible to prove how many will leave due to systemd.dilberts_left_nut wrote:Really?Linadian wrote: At the time of this post, 34 against/something other than virusd and 32 for its implementation. Judging by the results, approximately 25% of Debian users will be jumping ship, that's a quarter of the user base.
Looks like (almost) 25% of respondents to THIS poll on THIS forum profess to be considering leaving Debian.
I would be very surprised if that is representative of the Debian user base as a whole.
For many reasons (one being that people might leave, but others might join).
But if one is looking at forums and mailing lists and IRC channels of all kind, then it looks a lot as if it would be quite a few who leave Debian (or are planning to leave it in the future).
For example look out for: "Hi there, ex-Debian user, got a short question ..."
Another example, look at debian IRC channels. "Dead" is an exaggeration.
What matters more is the quality, not the quantity of the people who will leave (have left already).
Looking at that, any communication channel you want, .... oh my ****** god. What the heck has happened to Debian? Is it a social network now?
At the end of the day the only thing which matters to me is what i am doing (in this case: what i have done).
Short version: From what i read to me it looks as if 25% leaving sounds possible. Make it 15 % or 30%, if it makes you happy.
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Mine too. All of them (until i replaced them with other OS'es, of course)FWIW, my sid install on my laptop is running as well as ever.
That is not the point.
"Hey, folks, there is one user to be found where package xyz works, in Sid. Let's make it default for Debian stable and remove all alternatives"
That is the Debian way of doing things? Really ?
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Yes, if you are using a GNU operating system then GNU will, obviously, be forced down your throad. And if you use a GNU/Linux system, then you can add the Linux kernel to that attack too.And, again FWIW, I don't get a choice of which glibc to use either - along with pretty much every other linux, Debian has "forced libc6 down my throat".
Not that smart an argument, no need to repeat it (yes, i have read it too, like all others. Less smart posting/repeating it here than you might have assumed).
I expect more from someone like you. That really is close to insulting your own intelligence (and the one of the readers. A few are not idiots. At least keep them in mind when writing something).