Re: GNOME 49 and SysV systems (possibly affecting other DEs in the future too)

"Bruce Dubbs" ([email protected] via blfs-dev Mailing List) <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:07:55 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lfs.beyond.devel
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On 10/22/25 4:00 AM, Rainer Fiebig ([email protected] via blfs-dev Mailing List) wrote:

>> like the saying about Emacs: "nice OS, terrible editor" :-)
> That's a good one.  The problem that I have with systemd is not so much
> that it's outsized for an init-system or intrusive.  The problem that I
> have is that systemd is forcing out all alternatives.  There's no more
> "freedom of choice".

I asked Google what is the Unix slogan.  I got:

While there is no single official slogan, the most famous and widely cited "slogan" 
for Unix is a core principle of its philosophy: "Write programs that do one thing and 
do it well".

systemd is the antithesis of that.

   -- Bruce

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