On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:41:19 +0000 A Nilsson <n...@chalmers.se> wrote:
> > From: Dng [mailto:dng-boun...@lists.dyne.org] On Behalf Of Bruce > > Perens via Dng Sent: den 14 september 2020 06:23 > > > Systemd and so on are symptoms of the Unix design not really being > > a good fit for modern demands. > > It is important to specify whose demands we are talking about. > > The underlying interests of end users and of system administrators > are remarkably different from those of commercial actors. The latter > ones are highly motivated, by their nature, to monopolize the control > over the technical platform. Unix indeed was not designed with this > purpose in mind. I couldn't have said it better. In addition, I don't see why Unix design isn't a good fit for modern demands. Edward and Aitor have already made do-one-thing-and-do-it-well graphical automounters that, as far as I know, depend on neither systemd nor dbus. I once posted, on this list, a thumb drive plugin detector/mounter, and somebody else on the list improved on it. Relatively speaking, I don't think a Network-manager replacement would be difficult to build, although I never finished with my attempt. Speaking of Netowrk manager, am I the only one who hates it messing with /etc/resolv.conf? You know what I'd like? I'd like /etc/resolv.conf to be a symlink to one of many files, such as resolv.dhcp, which *could* be modified by the network manager, and all sorts of others that can be switched in and out by a shellscript. Most folks would just use the symlink to resolv.dhcp, but folks like us could actually put our own unbound on our laptops and use a resolv.unbound or something like that. A Nilsson, you're right: for the commercial actors, Linux is just like the cars from the 1950's: Change the fins and create a whole new reason to trade in. And the Appeal to Novelty is much stronger today than it was in the 1950's. SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2020 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
