On 7 April 2017 at 19:27, 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 > > I have been reading through some of this stuff and I think that the debian users who are fans of the sysinit boot up scripts should switch to running Gentoo.
I use Gentoo with the openrc option. Those who are OK with systemd should stick with Debian. Regards MF
