On 2026-04-28 21:48, [email protected] wrote:
Dear friends at Debian,
Thank you for your fine linux distribution. I've been using it for
many years, and have often recommended it to friends, but I may
abandon it, and stop recommending it to anyone.
I'm an M.I.T. graduate, and a professional computer programmer. I've
been working with linux systems since their earliest days. Over the
years, I've used many linux distributions. Debian 13 is installed on
my computer, from which I'm emailing you.
There are two problems: first, on www.debian.org/contact [1], there is
not
a suitable email address to which I should send this email. I'm
sending it to [email protected], with the hope that they'll
forward it to the right people within your organization.
Second, I must get rid of systemd . If I can't figure out how to
do this, I'll abandon Debian. If you must have vomitous systemd
in your distribution, I suggest that you make it clear how users
can get rid of it.
Do NOT email me and explain why I should enjoy having systemd.
systemd is unacceptable.
I find a post that says that 'apt install systemd-' uninstalls
systemd on Debian. This doesn't work.
If someone would like to email me, and tell me how I can
disinfect my Debian system from systemd, I'd appreciate that
greatly.
I would, by the way, be pleased to work with you to help you to
disinfect your distribution from systemd.
If, within ten days, I don't have a solution, I will move to a linux
distribution without systemd, and, henceforth, I will
recommend, to anyone who asks me, that Debian be avoided.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Lyman Opie
[email protected]
Links:
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[1] http://www.debian.org/contact
Please try Devuan
< https://www.devuan.org/ >
for the fastest arrival to your quest.
It is possible to remove systemd from Debian but you will be adding an
additional layer of complexity to your experience, as you will have to
strip systemd and recompile almost -- if not all -- packages which have
a dependency on systemd.
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Best Professional Regards.
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Jose R R
http://metztli.it
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