Been reading the mail... Having read some of the answers given by Lennart for the reasons he has or has not implemented something I personally think the guy is a prat (or at least socially inept). Having said that there are plenty that regard me the same way. I have no opinion on the 'quality' of his code as I have never even bothered to look at it, that is a different issue.
The issue as I see it is that Linux is becoming commercialised by the likes of Red Hat and other big players (Oracle, IBM, etc, etc). Having worked with large businesses I understand why SystemD appeals, after all it is targeted specifically at them to make their life more profitable. Lennart is doing what his employer is asking from him. It is these large companies (that are now steering the direction that Linux is moving in) that should be the target of our suspicion and distrust. SystemD OS (it should be called that, recalling my University years of the functionality required to create an 'Operating System', it is almost complete and distinct by it's nature from GNU\Linux) is what it is, and is not for me. I have no interest or use for in a Linux optimised for running on AWS under mass administration by a semi-skilled team on my workstation or embedded devices. This is why I am now turning to Devuan. Devuan has the potential to be a strong community supported distribution if instead it it is a place for embittered opinionated flaming, I, and many others will look elsewhere. As an experienced systems administrator with strong gut instincts I can 'bolt stuff together' that 'just works' 24x7x365. Unfortunately, I am only a mediocre programmer, but despite that is my intention to contribute to Devuan what little I can and try to keep my mouth shut about the stuff I don't know. What I am looking for from the Devuan community now is an open discussion about the alternative init systems, what is available (I have googled and read a little), when to use which, and a very good reason why I shouldn't just boot straight into bash and go it alone with a bit of python ;) _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng