There is a saying that any new technology that comes out before you turn 30 is the greatest thing ever, and any that comes out after you turn 30 is a pointless disruption and probably the end of civilization. Most of your post gives me the impression you are over 30 (as am I) ;-P
>> Just to add to the content of these, I see systemd as solving a problem I don't have. > I am just a regular guy The Canadian Government also screwed up our pay roll system for Government employees, I don't remember hearing anything that went wrong with the old one. > What's wrong with lilo ? Are the problems so terminal that they can't be fixed? > Why not stick to the unix principal of doing one thing and doing it well. > BTW I am also a Gnome Shell refugee, I liked Linux more in the GTK 2 era. Trisquel did a nice job with gnome back when the classic fallback still seemed to suck on Debian.
