On Fri, 7 Apr 2017 14:27:40 -0400 David Niklas <do...@mail.com> wrote:
> 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 Oops, The topic may be old but it does appear to be alive and well. Also I sent to the list instead of CC'ing. Sincerely, David
