Re: /var/log/dmeg

Karl Vogel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Tue 14 Jul 2026 at 00:39:50 (-0400), Sven Hartge wrote:
 
>> I'd go as far as to say that the vast majority of non-server systems
>> does not need a traditional syslog deamon.

>   Beg to differ.  It's very handy to have around if you run (say) a
>   backup script from cron and have

>     logger -t 'backups' start
>     # rsync or whatever
>     logger -t 'backups' finish

>   leave a nice message for you.

And that will end up in the journal as well, as it provides the same
logging socket that a syslog daemon does.

So not really an argument here.

Grüße,
S°