That's what Poettering has been doing his whole life, getting into good open source projects, squatting and then shitting all over them. The infection, stink and filth then linger for decades. He's a cancer on open source.
That's a bit rude... I think Poettering's main motivation has been to simply modernize Linux.
Yeah, that's true. He sees features people want, and he builds them. For example, Debian distro builders were frustrated writing init scripts, so Poettering made something that filled the need of those distro builders [slashdot.org]. That's why it got adopted, because it contained features they wanted.
The problem of course is that he doesn't understand the Unix way [catb.org], especially when it comes to good interfaces between code [slashdot.org] (IMNSHO).
I have no doubt he understands it. I understand the Nazis too, I understand the motivation of terrorists. That doesn't mean I need to approve of either of them.
I'll be modded into oblivion for this but I think while the Unix way got it where it was today, it is the Unix way that is preventing it from going further. The entire world seems to be shifting gears right now. It used to be that we were searching for ways to maximise how useful computers could be, how customisable, how we could string together and
The Unix way is more than "stringing together commands." It's a way to build good systems. If you don't have good interfaces, your system will be bad.
And systemd is not simple at all.
BSD is looking better all the time (Score:0)
LOL still fighting to his day with Pulse Audio on XFCE on Fedora 22.
Jeez has it come down to me having to write a functional volume/mixer applet for myself?
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That's what Poettering has been doing his whole life, getting into good open source projects, squatting and then shitting all over them. The infection, stink and filth then linger for decades. He's a cancer on open source.
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That's a bit rude... I think Poettering's main motivation has been to simply modernize Linux.
That he uses giant bloated abstraction layers to do it, is a bit questionable of course. :)
Linux already runs slower than Windows because of this overengineered junkpile.
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That's a bit rude... I think Poettering's main motivation has been to simply modernize Linux.
Yeah, that's true. He sees features people want, and he builds them. For example, Debian distro builders were frustrated writing init scripts, so Poettering made something that filled the need of those distro builders [slashdot.org]. That's why it got adopted, because it contained features they wanted.
The problem of course is that he doesn't understand the Unix way [catb.org], especially when it comes to good interfaces between code [slashdot.org] (IMNSHO).
The people who like systemd tend to like the features.......the people who dislike it,
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The problem of course is that he doesn't understand the Unix way [catb.org], especially when it comes to good interfaces between code [slashdot.org] (IMNSHO).
I have no doubt he understands it. I understand the Nazis too, I understand the motivation of terrorists. That doesn't mean I need to approve of either of them.
I'll be modded into oblivion for this but I think while the Unix way got it where it was today, it is the Unix way that is preventing it from going further. The entire world seems to be shifting gears right now. It used to be that we were searching for ways to maximise how useful computers could be, how customisable, how we could string together and
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And systemd is not simple at all.
Re:BSD is looking better all the time (Score:3)
Yes and init scripts are just a bastion of race-free stateful design, and service monitoring. Except not at all those things.