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Has modern Linux lost its way?
Has modern Linux lost its way?
Interesting read...glad it's not just me.
Part 1:
http://changelog.complete.org/archives/ ... -on-jessie
Part 2:
http://changelog.complete.org/archives/ ... simplicity
Part 1:
http://changelog.complete.org/archives/ ... -on-jessie
Part 2:
http://changelog.complete.org/archives/ ... simplicity
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Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
You're not obliged tu use bigger Linux distros, you may use tiny, small ones.
The kernel is liely similar, but the rest is much smaller.
An overview:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweigh ... stribution
https://www.google.nl/webhp?sourceid=ch ... tributions
https://www.google.nl/webhp?sourceid=ch ... tributions
Yes.. some things will change... even for ever... I remember in my youth a man bringing the black coals for the heating.... when I now look around ~50 yrs later... that profession has disappeared completely in Western Europe...
And in the beginning there was quite some hesitation to change to gas....as it had a bad reputation (old gas had another composition, dangerous)....
Now most people do not want to go back to the coals... the dust, the danger, uncomfortable.... maybe that holds also for parts that change within Linux... maybe we later say... "why did we still work with it in 2015, knowing that is was dangerous... but hesitating to change...."
So interesting to keep on questioning do we really have to change.... the answer may be ... no ... or yes... or maybe somewhat later but not now.... but ultimately we will change.....
You still could go back to very simple DOS versions from the 80-ies if you want....
The kernel is liely similar, but the rest is much smaller.
An overview:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweigh ... stribution
https://www.google.nl/webhp?sourceid=ch ... tributions
https://www.google.nl/webhp?sourceid=ch ... tributions
Yes.. some things will change... even for ever... I remember in my youth a man bringing the black coals for the heating.... when I now look around ~50 yrs later... that profession has disappeared completely in Western Europe...
And in the beginning there was quite some hesitation to change to gas....as it had a bad reputation (old gas had another composition, dangerous)....
Now most people do not want to go back to the coals... the dust, the danger, uncomfortable.... maybe that holds also for parts that change within Linux... maybe we later say... "why did we still work with it in 2015, knowing that is was dangerous... but hesitating to change...."
So interesting to keep on questioning do we really have to change.... the answer may be ... no ... or yes... or maybe somewhat later but not now.... but ultimately we will change.....
You still could go back to very simple DOS versions from the 80-ies if you want....
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Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
Hmm...
1. Mounting works here, so it's not a universal problem.
2. It's a testing release. These things happened even back in Squeeze with no
systemd anywhere.
Not sure what to make of that article. It sounds like systemd conspiracy theory,
but not directly so. And yeah, software gets more complex and then obviously
the bugload is much higher, but my experience is that all stable releases I've
seen, and I've been here since Sarge, have improved in quality over the years.
I remember atrocious bugs in Sarge's Gnome 2 of a similar nature that I think even
Ubuntu wouldn't ship with now.
My point: Judge Debian when it's ready. And no, Debian probably is not, nor do
I think it has been for a long time the sort of distro that is geared towards a lean
experience, but I think you can make it pretty lean by adding a nice WM, a small
file manager, let udev handle the mounting via rules and just the fstab, etc.
1. Mounting works here, so it's not a universal problem.
2. It's a testing release. These things happened even back in Squeeze with no
systemd anywhere.
Not sure what to make of that article. It sounds like systemd conspiracy theory,
but not directly so. And yeah, software gets more complex and then obviously
the bugload is much higher, but my experience is that all stable releases I've
seen, and I've been here since Sarge, have improved in quality over the years.
I remember atrocious bugs in Sarge's Gnome 2 of a similar nature that I think even
Ubuntu wouldn't ship with now.
My point: Judge Debian when it's ready. And no, Debian probably is not, nor do
I think it has been for a long time the sort of distro that is geared towards a lean
experience, but I think you can make it pretty lean by adding a nice WM, a small
file manager, let udev handle the mounting via rules and just the fstab, etc.
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Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
Look to MS .... money enough.. so you could make a good OS...
Windows 2000 a releave after crashy Win95, but quite limited in option; its stbility... for that perid... excellent
let's forget Win Me edition...
But XP was excellent for that time, much more optiopns than Win 2000
Urgghhh Vista.... how can you make such a slow ugly product
Win7 ... feels good.. quite stable, interesting tools.. (like the snipping tool and excellent hardware recognition)
Win8... still many computers are PC/laptops... so do not force a tablet system on that.... so we can skip that version...
So you even a lot of money is no guarantee for a good OS...
And let's not talk about the change from menu to ribbons.... and the incompatibility issues eg for macros from Excel 2003 to 2010...
Horoble... .a new version should be better ... not worse...
Yes .. you can make very fast a graphics with the new Excel... but then you need quite some time to put everything the axis... in 2003.. the wizard a relief.. fill out and ready as you like...
Windows 2000 a releave after crashy Win95, but quite limited in option; its stbility... for that perid... excellent
let's forget Win Me edition...
But XP was excellent for that time, much more optiopns than Win 2000
Urgghhh Vista.... how can you make such a slow ugly product
Win7 ... feels good.. quite stable, interesting tools.. (like the snipping tool and excellent hardware recognition)
Win8... still many computers are PC/laptops... so do not force a tablet system on that.... so we can skip that version...
So you even a lot of money is no guarantee for a good OS...
And let's not talk about the change from menu to ribbons.... and the incompatibility issues eg for macros from Excel 2003 to 2010...
Horoble... .a new version should be better ... not worse...
Yes .. you can make very fast a graphics with the new Excel... but then you need quite some time to put everything the axis... in 2003.. the wizard a relief.. fill out and ready as you like...
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Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
Not really. It's more an attack of the gnome Nazis that gives that impression. I leaned long ago, more than 10 years that these control freaks were going to make life hell for everyone. For years now I've been running the same set up with ease which spares me from being sabo'd by their bullshit. A light window manager (I use fluxbox) and a little bit of extra work to set it all up just right and all is well. I have all my config files set up just the way I want everything and have rolled them up into an archive I can just extract over a new install and I'm done!. The only thing giving me grief now is that damn virusD they've come up with, and debian now pulling in untold, stupid dependencies for no reason. But there is some push back happening, which is great. Hopefully we can leave them to their filth and follow our own path for the future? Devaun is looking better by the day!Has modern Linux lost its way?
Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
As far it is me "modern" linux has lost it's way, but there are still conservative solutions around (the question is: for how long?). I didn't care much for Linux, but i did care for Debian. That has lost it's way (or found a new one, depending how you look at it).mardybear wrote:Interesting read...glad it's not just me.
Part 1:
http://changelog.complete.org/archives/ ... -on-jessie
Part 2:
http://changelog.complete.org/archives/ ... simplicity
To me it is similar like running Windows: It works, somehow, but i got no idea how. If there are problems, they might have all kind of reasons. There don't seem to be clear indicators anymore: If x happens, then probably something like y is the solution.
That, expirience to run Linux being similar to experiencing to run Windows, offers options. To run pretty much any OS with the software i like, don't care for the OS anymore, and do what i consider fun (that is: something unrelated to computing).
"Linux is subversive". Give me that feeling back, and i am back in. I can't see an OS which offers that.
btw: For me it does work. That is not the point.
Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
My experience is that it has improved with Lenny, and a lot, and then it went down (starting with funspace ...)thanatos_incarnate wrote: but my experience is that all stable releases I've
seen, and I've been here since Sarge, have improved in quality over the years.
Dunno bout being ready or not, i ran Sid all the time and don't care much for little problems.My point: Judge Debian when it's ready. And no, Debian probably is not, nor do
I think it has been for a long time the sort of distro that is geared towards a lean
experience, but I think you can make it pretty lean by adding a nice WM, a small
file manager, let udev handle the mounting via rules and just the fstab, etc.
I strongly doubt that there are many distros more lean than Debian, and i would like to hear examples. Back then gnome or kde started with 300 MB of RAM and installing them during installation, via tasksel, took 3.5 GB of harddisk space (or less). Not that much people would have done it like that ... I ran Debian on all kind of machines, many Pentium 3 or 4's, and the smallest one coming with 64 MB of RAM. Lean enough, as far it's me.
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Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
TinyCore!schnuller wrote:I strongly doubt that there are many distros more lean than Debian, and i would like to hear examples.
SliTaz!
Anyway, don't you run Gentoo now?
That was pretty damn lean last time I installed it...
@OP: I can't stand automounting anyway -- I like my system to only mount what I tell it to when I tell it to how I tell it to.
I did a full GNOME jessie install a few weeks ago and that would mount the crap out of anything that came within six feet of the USB ports so I don't know what the author of that piece is talking about (clickbait, maybe?).
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Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
TinyCore, Slitaz: Sure. Such distros. But they are ... well ... i guess your smiley said it already.
Yes, i run Gentoo. It seems lean to me, but not more lean than Debian. Dependency handling is - obviously - more lean.
+1 for automounting, or rather the lack of it. What a nonsense. I do know when i want to mount something, no need for the environment to do it for me.
Yes, i run Gentoo. It seems lean to me, but not more lean than Debian. Dependency handling is - obviously - more lean.
+1 for automounting, or rather the lack of it. What a nonsense. I do know when i want to mount something, no need for the environment to do it for me.
Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
+1Head_on_a_Stick wrote: I like my system to only mount what I tell it to when I tell it to how I tell it to.
Jessie/Xfce
Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
No, No, No! A system that takes care of itself without the users' direction is what is needed in this day and age. Systems that need too much interventions from users are past their age.aicardi wrote:+1Head_on_a_Stick wrote: I like my system to only mount what I tell it to when I tell it to how I tell it to.
I was joking... there are still people who expect their computers to be set up the way they want.
Debian == { > 30, 000 packages }; Debian != systemd
The worst infection of all, is a false sense of security!
It is hard to get away from CLI tools.
The worst infection of all, is a false sense of security!
It is hard to get away from CLI tools.
Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
I think the author's not using systemd, and the point of his article is "why do I have to have problems if I make a choice to not use systemd". Can't really comment on that (I use systemd and like it, have no such problems).Head_on_a_Stick wrote:schnuller wrote: I did a full GNOME jessie install a few weeks ago and that would mount the crap out of anything that came within six feet of the USB ports so I don't know what the author of that piece is talking about (clickbait, maybe?).
Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
I don't read the OP linked article as being related to systemd in particular, more just a reflection of modern Linux in general. Strange that systemd keeps coming up in the thread comments though. The author touches on a variety of Linux related issues, example below:
For those who are not aware, the same programming team has now provided the Linux community with the simplicity of systemd - just because it works, doesn't mean it's necessarily a good thing
I'm saving my allowance for a systemd poster, which will get pinned beside Farrah Fawcett and the original Star Trek Enterprise. Starting to feel old beyond my years
This image represents modern Linux sound, since the introduction of pulseaudio - not complicated at all hey? FWIW, sound worked quite well for most old Linux users back in the Alsa-only days.From the original linked article:
systemd may help with some of this, and may hurt with some of it; but I see the problem more of an attitude of desktop environments to add features fast without really thinking of the implications. There is something to be said for slower progress if the result is higher quality.
For those who are not aware, the same programming team has now provided the Linux community with the simplicity of systemd - just because it works, doesn't mean it's necessarily a good thing
I'm saving my allowance for a systemd poster, which will get pinned beside Farrah Fawcett and the original Star Trek Enterprise. Starting to feel old beyond my years
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Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
The same programming team famous for Poettering, who openly advocates breaking compatibility with other *nixs, then calls the community "a$$holes" when they object and then blames Torvalds for the communities 'state'
I'm not a fan of either pulseaudio or systemd in principle, in fact I've never been able to tell the difference as an end user. Currently I'm using both on my desktop and don't want to mess with it since I like it and dont want to screw it up, and pulseaudio on my chromebook (needed to connect to the Chrome OS sound system though my chroot, I believe Chrome OS uses upstart for init). If for whatever reason I have to reinstall on my desktop I'll probably try and avoid both though, but for now I'm happy with my setup.
I don't think the modern Linux as a whole has lost its way, but I think certain projects (cough*gnome*cough) need to reevaluate their priorities and put portability and Unix ideals higher.
I'm not a fan of either pulseaudio or systemd in principle, in fact I've never been able to tell the difference as an end user. Currently I'm using both on my desktop and don't want to mess with it since I like it and dont want to screw it up, and pulseaudio on my chromebook (needed to connect to the Chrome OS sound system though my chroot, I believe Chrome OS uses upstart for init). If for whatever reason I have to reinstall on my desktop I'll probably try and avoid both though, but for now I'm happy with my setup.
I don't think the modern Linux as a whole has lost its way, but I think certain projects (cough*gnome*cough) need to reevaluate their priorities and put portability and Unix ideals higher.
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Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
I don't find anything bad in desktop complexity should one need it.
Not all people like automation, but most do. Glad to have that option in Linux.
Modern systems are expected to run a lot of things. That someone might be
content with just a WM and a working xterm is cool, but ultimately this might
not be what most would consider a working system.
Pulseaudio is an easy way for desktop users to have a modern sound system
that just works. It has its quirks, yes, but it's more automated than Jack and
ALSA cannot do real duplex with many hardware setups.
For instance, I have to tell ALSA manually that my HDMI output is obviously
not my default soundcard.
I also fail to see how this complexity and desktop integration is anything recent in Linux.
Desktop complexity used to be even worse some 10 years ago. Remember when Gnome
used esd and KDE had artsd? Well, now most of them just use ALSA or Pulse.
Not all people like automation, but most do. Glad to have that option in Linux.
Modern systems are expected to run a lot of things. That someone might be
content with just a WM and a working xterm is cool, but ultimately this might
not be what most would consider a working system.
Pulseaudio is an easy way for desktop users to have a modern sound system
that just works. It has its quirks, yes, but it's more automated than Jack and
ALSA cannot do real duplex with many hardware setups.
For instance, I have to tell ALSA manually that my HDMI output is obviously
not my default soundcard.
I also fail to see how this complexity and desktop integration is anything recent in Linux.
Desktop complexity used to be even worse some 10 years ago. Remember when Gnome
used esd and KDE had artsd? Well, now most of them just use ALSA or Pulse.
Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
Always had a lot of trouble making dmix work (my sound card has no hardware mixer). With pulse, everything just works. So yes, sorry, I'm pro-pulse, toomardybear wrote: This image represents modern Linux sound, since the introduction of pulseaudio - not complicated at all hey? FWIW, sound worked quite well for most old Linux users back in the Alsa-only days.
For those who are not aware, the same programming team has now provided the Linux community with the simplicity of systemd - just because it works, doesn't mean it's necessarily a good thing
Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
Your posts would have more reputation if you had a history in this forum.
My posts don't have reputation because i have a history ...
My posts don't have reputation because i have a history ...
Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
No offence, but that's just childish. I don't care if my posts "have reputation", I'm just stating my opinion, based on my experience.schnuller wrote:Your posts would have more reputation if you had a history in this forum.
My posts don't have reputation because i have a history ...
Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
stating ones opinion
also known as: chat
Most people who do have got experience seem to be gone ... It was good, as long it lasted, though.
I for one have checked quite some communication channels of linux during the last weeks and months.
It sure *has* lost it's way.
The good news: I will leave those channels to the new gang.
And i will do it ... hold your breath ... ta-da: Now.
also known as: chat
With more than 20 posts people could know if you have got experience.experience
Most people who do have got experience seem to be gone ... It was good, as long it lasted, though.
I for one have checked quite some communication channels of linux during the last weeks and months.
It sure *has* lost it's way.
The good news: I will leave those channels to the new gang.
And i will do it ... hold your breath ... ta-da: Now.
Re: Has modern Linux lost its way?
schnuller wrote:stating ones opinion
also known as: chat
With more than 20 posts people could know if you have got experience.experience
Well, sorry I wasn't born with 200 posts on a forum which isn't even in my native language