Hi. On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:53:20 +0300 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Vi, 10 oct 14, 06:57:18, PETER ZOELLER wrote: > > This is really ticking me off. We are becoming just like Microsoft > > that one size fits all. Linux has always been about choice and > > modularity and reconfigurability where a user or admin can choose that > > what suits him/her and the type of system they want. You want > > sysvinit you use Debian or Slackware, want Upstart go to Ubuntu, want > > systemd go to Fedora/Redhat. Where in all this is my choice to have > > my system boot via the means I or any user or admin considers to be > > the appropriate method to boot their system? What's wrong with you > > people? Have you lost sight of why Linus designed this system? Its > > about simplicity, modularity and reconfigurability. > > You might want to check your facts: > > Linus Torvalds "only" created the Linux kernel, which is notoriously > monolithic[1]. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanenbaum%E2%80%93Torvalds_debate Yet, being monolithic, it provides hugezillion compile options and lots of kernel modules which can be loaded and unloaded at user's pleasure. Therefore Linux kernel is about a choice :) Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141011155602.26a8ecc9c5c931c9986cb...@gmail.com
