Read Slashdot since 2003, but I almost never post. Sure, I'm still posting as AC. Posting here in the (hopeless) hope that somebody will read this and reconsider...
I've been an (advanced but uncertified) RHEL and CentOS system administrator and user for 15 years now. My first work started with Redhat Linux 9. I am now holding on to RHEL 6 for dear life despite spending significant effort evaluating RHEL 7. I find systemd distributions to be buggier, less reliable in general, and harder to administer. I won'
Except that, if you want Windows, you take what Microsoft offers, which includes built-in IE. (It's perfectly usable to download a decent browser. Don't knock it too much.)
Every Linux distro is a different but similar OS. It's entirely possible to keep systemd out of a distro, but nobody actually does. If it were really that horrible, someone would have a non-systemd distro that would become popular. Until this actually happens, I don't see how systemd can be that bad.
[A computer is] like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy.
-- Joseph Campbell
Never comment but... (Score:5, Informative)
Read Slashdot since 2003, but I almost never post. Sure, I'm still posting as AC. Posting here in the (hopeless) hope that somebody will read this and reconsider...
I've been an (advanced but uncertified) RHEL and CentOS system administrator and user for 15 years now. My first work started with Redhat Linux 9. I am now holding on to RHEL 6 for dear life despite spending significant effort evaluating RHEL 7. I find systemd distributions to be buggier, less reliable in general, and harder to administer. I won'
Re:Never comment but... (Score:2)
systemd is 'popular' for the same reason IE is. They're included with the OS. Neither would be chosen on their own merits.
Re: Never comment but... (Score:0)
Unfortunately, every major distro maintainer disagrees with you. Should make you think.
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Yes. Every member of the Debian technical committee voted for systemd -- it was a unanimous decision! /s
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Nobody voted for sysvinit. Though Devuan was started to provide only sysvinit as a supported init system (choice is bad!).
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You might want to review the relevant discussion on the Debian mailing lists.
The so-called TC "vote" was anything but.
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Except that, if you want Windows, you take what Microsoft offers, which includes built-in IE. (It's perfectly usable to download a decent browser. Don't knock it too much.)
Every Linux distro is a different but similar OS. It's entirely possible to keep systemd out of a distro, but nobody actually does. If it were really that horrible, someone would have a non-systemd distro that would become popular. Until this actually happens, I don't see how systemd can be that bad.