On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:53:20 +0300 Andrei POPESCU <[email protected]> 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 This is very true, but the kernel knows its boundaries, and doesn't try to conquor all sorts of other, non-related, subsystems. SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
