Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late

On 8/1/26 14:00, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
> Le 27-07-2026, Farley Flud <[email protected]> a écrit :
>> On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:19:53 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>     Aww ... I like systemd in many respects. It's
>>>     not like the Winders registry, don't see any
>>>     INTENTIONAL evil.
>>>
>>
>> You "don't see" because you are a deluded, and lazy, idiot.
> 
> You see because you are a deluded, and lazy, idiot.
> 
> It's far easier to refuse everything than trying to understand and
> learn something.


   Unnecessary, though MAYbe not undeserved, meanness !

   I've looked into what systemd does and, as much as
   possible, how/why. It's NOT the Winders registry,
   no "NSA Backdoor"s like I saw a far back as Win2k.
   (really ! check it !)

   I mostly use systemd because it will start/watchdog
   my daemons. Then I don't need to write my own watchdogs.

   Anyway, systemd love/hate has become almost a fanatical
   religion these days. IMHO, neither extreme is even close
   to the (current) Truth.

   In theory major evil COULD be put into systemd ... but
   at the same time there are always a lot of people crawling
   into every crevice of the code for their own needs and
   interests ... so it'd be FOUND really really quick.


>> You, as well as most other GNU/Linux users, have never performed
>> any serious research into the true origins, purpose, and goals of
>> systemd, even though you have had many years to so so.
> 
> Everything you say about systemd history proves you never understood
> anything about what you have read.
> 
>> FOSS requires a lot more than just innocent bystanders.
> 
> OK, you are useless, but it's all the BEST for FOSS. If you ever try to
> do anything, it would become a disaster.
> 
>> Each and every user must become involved in some way, however
>> small.
> 
> The only involvement you can provide is by staying as far away as
> possible from FOSS projects.

   Now now ... don't demonize FOSS the same way
   others demonize systemd !  :-)

   In long experience, almost everyone in the Linux
   sphere is TRYING to Do Their Best. Sometimes they
   score, sometimes they don't, mostly it all falls
   in-between somewhere. The more complex Linux and
   add-ons become the harder is is to keep track of
   EVERY thing, EVERY possible interaction.

   Oh well, you CAN run CP/M-86 using VirtualBox ...
   got one of those VMs stashed somewhere ...... may
   take another look ........

   WOULD suggest a DOS-3.x VM however - proper compilers
   for 'C', FORTRAN, COBOL and Pascal can be had for that.
   Turbo Pascal will work too. I *think* the (very) good
   old Aztec 'C' compiler works in CP/M, so there are
   options if you want "ultra-simple". Look around and
   I'm sure you can find VERY old Linux systems too
   that might still boot, or run in a VM. SOMEWHERE in
   The Heap I still have Red Hat - on FLOPPIES.

   So, if the modern world isn't "pure" enough ...