Considering the fact that many Linux users moan about not being able to run the latest "shiny" software, and sometimes even complain and insist they want their MS Windows applications on their Linux machines, I have to concede them, that this time systemd scored an extra brownie point in their favour. This alone will be an extra reason for any of them to choose systemd.
I am saying this because Linux users are very diverse, with experienced and knowledgeable system administrators being a small minority. In my opinion, if Devuan want to be a competitor/alternative it must provide the same functionality with reasonably the same effort and efficiency. It is useless to tell the younger generations they should lock themselves somewhere to research and study if they can effectively do the same task with little to no effort. My biggest motivation to support Devuan and all "old style Linuxes" is derived from the fact that I do not conform to a ready made recipe telling me to do everything in a rigid way that often interferes with how I want to use a computer. This very machine I am using right now has a complicated setup with an independent boot-loader although the GRUB2 developers made a huge effort to force users to use GRUB2 as an integrated part of their installation. I remember when the changes took place I immediately devised a workaround to have GRUB2 installed in an independent way as I wanted it. Yes, there are many users who would scold me for doing it the way I did it, but that is my choice. When it proves itself to be less efficient than doing it "the right way" it will be time for me to reconsider my choice. Now systemd is looming ahead with even more restrictions and lock-ins. Keep it up people, choice is sacrosanct and fighting for it does not come free of injuries. Edward -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
