Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late

On 8/2/26 16:09, rbowman wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Aug 2026 14:23:38 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-08-02 12:15, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> On 01/08/2026 20:09, FF wrote:
>>>> On 01 Aug 2026 18:00:22 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>      Aww ... I like systemd in many respects. It's not like the
>>>>>>>      Winders registry, don't see any INTENTIONAL evil.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's far easier to refuse everything than trying to understand and
>>>>> learn something.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Your distro supplies systemd.
>>> Correct
>>>
>>>>   You could not use anything else.
>>>
>>> False
>>>
>>>> Unless your distro supplies it then you are completely lost and
>>>> helpless.
>>>>
>>> False
>>>> You could never implement your own init system.  Never.
>>>>
>>> False
>>>
>>>> You support systemd because you could never implement anything else.
>>>> Never.
>>>>
>>> False.
>>>> You are stuck with systemd and you are stuck with everything else that
>>>> your distro provides.
>>>>
>>> No. I accept it, because I want to use my time for other things that
>>> farting around with linux.
>>
>> That's true for many of us.
> 
> I decided long ago to accept some stuff as magic and get on with my
> interests.  An example is the recent network discussion. I can maintain
> distros but the less attention I have to pay to the OS, the better. For
> that matter almost everything I do on Linux could be done on Windows and
> vice-versa. That makes me an agnostic rather than a True Believer.

   CP/M ... you COULD pretty much grasp it all.

   But today, even Linux, too much just IS "magic".
   Nobody gets the whole package, at best just this
   or that little BIT of it.