On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 06:26:40 -0500 Thaddeus Nielsen <thaddeus.niel...@gmx.us> wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 15:02:07 +0800 > Robert Storey <robert.sto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi everyone. It's been a little while since I last posted. > > > > Some of you might remember that I occasionally write reviews for > > DistroWatch. Not too often, because it's my policy to only write > > about a distro that I actually use (or would use) in everyday life. > > Ever since systemd starting contaminating Linux, the number of > > distros I consider usable has been drastically reduced. > > > > Until a few months ago I was using Ubuntu 14.04, but finally > > dropped it. The replacement was Manjaro OpenRC, which is pretty > > good but has a little systemd contamination from dbus or udev (not > > sure of the details). I wrote a DistroWatch of Manjaro-OpenRC which > > you can view here: > > > > http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20150601#manjaro > > > > As you might have guessed from the title of this thread, the next > > review I hope to write will be about AntiX. I just installed it > > yesterday and I'm using it right now. All things considered, it's > > very nice and functionally equivalent to Manjaro-OpenRC. The author > > of AntiX, Anticapitalista, says that there are no systemd libraries > > or systemd-shim in AntiX. The following command produces zero > > output: > > > > dpkg --get-selections | grep systemd > > > > So my big question here: in what ways will Devuan differ from > > AntiX? I'm guessing that vdev will be part of the answer, but > > surely there is more. I think that the DistroWatch readership will > > be interested, and any thoughts that you all have along these longs > > will be greatly appreciated. I will try to incorporate the best > > informed comments into the review, in the hopes of piquing > > interested in both Devuan and AntiX. > > > > Thank you all in advance, > > - Robert > > I installed antiX on my wife's old machine about five weeks ago. > Though I obtain the same results as you when using your dpkg command, > I get different results when I simply run locate systemd. You might > want to try that before writing your review. RPTN The following is what I got on a Qemu VM installed Void Linux with LXDE and no lightdm or any other kind of desktop mangler: http://dpaste.com/1H8BMND ====================================== [root@voidlinux ~]# updatedb [root@voidlinux ~]# locate systemd /usr/lib/systemd /usr/lib/systemd/system /usr/lib/systemd/system/wacom-inputattach@.service [root@voidlinux ~]# ====================================== SteveT Steve Litt July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
