On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:30:11 -0700 Patrick Bartek <nemomm...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Linux mantra has always been "choice," plethoras of choices. So why > at install time, is there no choice for the init system? You get what > the developers decide. Yes, you can install a new one -- I've done it > and it works -- but only after the install. It'd be a lot easier, if > there were a choice to begin with just like whether you want a GUI and > which one. > > Now, I know with LFS, you get to choose everything, etc. But is a > choice of init at install time so outrageous that no one ever > considered it or is it technically unfeasible or something else. > > Just curious. >
Because this reply is so late I'm CC'ing you off list. I sympathize, I run Gentoo Linux and us OpenRC. I plan on running Devuan, a Debain derivative that supports lots of different init systems. Why no one looks at their project and sees the people involved when making a statistic up for the amount of dissatisfied systemd users I don't know. Sincerely, David