Even though @ this point am questioning myself as to why, WHY, WHYYYYYYYY !??!! I'm still posting stuff here. Take a look at
this
Linus Torvalds, a guy that came out w the Linux kernel and has been using it and FOSS longggggg before 99.9999999% of humanity had even known such a thing existed. He's using systemd on his main work-station AND his laptop. Clearly he must consider it the worst piece of software ever conceived of huh ?
He as is his usual wont, aka: No bullchit, say what you know and tell it like it is and if people don't like it. Obviously the guy really doesn't care. I approve and admire Linus not just from the fact that the guy is a fricken software mastermind but on a personal level too.
Mr Torvalds has issues w the head-dev behind systemd and the feeling is very much mutual. See
that by way of a very clear example.
Jmo and comments on it, think the guy is too harsh on Linus Torvalds in that. Though also don't doubt what the guy has to say about people wanting to literally kill him for projects he's worked on. Well ... kinda ridiculous to me. I know there are nutjobs, fudders and tinfoil-azzhatists aplenty in Gnu/Nix communities far and wide.
Edit: Also pointless, though think the guy was having a bad dy and did many other people wrong too. ie: The gnu/nix communities as a whole. I can't really blame him though, can try to imagine what it's like to wake up, visit this forum, that blog, open an email acct and it's jammed packed with hate mail and even death threats from clueless fektards around the world.
Knowing that some of them actually mean it too. Try to imagine what it must be like having to worry about your safety and more importantly the safety of your family/friends. Must be real comforting knowing some epic out of touch azzhat could show up on your doorstep w a sawed off shotgun and satchel full of pipe bombs huh ? Yeah that's a wonderful way to win the guy and dev-team over to their opponents way of thinking. MEGA FACE-PALM !
Also though I know a heckuva lot less about Lennart Poettering, than Mr Torvalds. Seems obvious to me they are both extremely knowledgeable and gifted in the field of technology. Not really surprising they'd clash or isn't to me, shrugs. Both experts ... both w a preferred style of working on things. Torvalds gets bashed often enough too. By people that are totally clueless and doubtless unworthy to wash hiz dirty underwear.
Just saying a ship has ONE captain for a reason. If it's dragging barges full of fektards and azzhats screaming about their precious freedoms, choices, rights and lofty principles and raging about how unfair it is that they don't get a turn to steer da boat. Well ... that's probably cuz the craft would quickly end up on the rocks or at best spinning aimlessly in circles.
Sighs ... also more specifically on the topic of systemd vs other candidates. See this
link
See that long lists of yes's vs the others and the no after no after no's. Looks to me like Poettering and the devel-team, he's not the only person involved are doing some dang good things and must have a tad bit of knowledge and skills in turning so many no's into yes's.
Some folks ( who probably know even less than myself and that's with me readily admitting am not a systemd or init guru) are likely saying, those yes's aren't good dude, errrr even though I don't even know what they mean ! That's because systemd is trying to take over the world and because it was secretly developed in a lab sponsored by Satan himself !
Or fallback to FUD and rehashed FUD, it's monolithic/non-modular dang it, it's anti-opensource goss darn it, it's the software anti-christ and I'm going to Bsd ! In some ways yep, some not at all. Imo some real steps in a positive direction, shrugs. Think Debian made the right choice too, not that I'm qualified to even question people in their league, I'm an end-user here.
Yeah but what about journald and binary this n that !?!?! Well ... run syslog-ng alongside the sucker if you know what it is or actually have any need to (edit: or mask, limit it or or or etc). If folks spent 1/1millionth of their time actually setting aside ridiculous end of the world FUD and learnt something about using sytemd, they'd have a much happier life. Not to mention any admin worth the label long since has and therefore was/is light-years ahead of all the tinfoilists, whiners, criers etc etc.
Anyway, don't know if this compiles w Debian forum rules or not but wanted to share one last tidbit of info some folks may find interesting. I'm selling hats made out of the far superior aluminumfoil at extremely affordable pricing. PM me if you'd like 2 buy, bulk rate discounts and satisfaction guaranteed ! Also I PROMISE, no more walls of text from me in this thread, no need to put me on ignore, sheesh.
Also yes, I'm a Debian and FOSS fanboi, shoot me I guess, shrugs. I must be nutz being crazy about all this awesome software just begging to be used ! Yeah I'm a real nutjob. *Face, meet palm*
