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

On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 11:07:55AM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> 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
> 

Hello Bruce,

I align with the Unix philosophy and it is why I started using LFS/BLFS 
25 years ago. I love optimising workflows and LFS/BLFS allows me to 
optimise my GNU/Linux computer systems to work how I want, "My distro, 
my rules". I dumped GNOME after V2, ran XFCE for a few years, and are 
now using a tty only UI (except for Firefox) with wayland, swaywm, 
bemenu, foot and tty apps (mutt, tin, lynx, nano, texlive, mc, cmus, 
nethack). LFS/BLFS gives you the skills to try different components 
within your own GNU/Linux system, I am currently using OpenRC as the 
init and eudev. LFS should not move to a SystemD only build, I too 
dislike SystemD for the same reasons that have been listed in this 
thread. SystemD/GNOME is the the product of RedHat(IBM) wanting to make 
GNU/Linux into MS Windows, which they have the freedom to do, but they 
should not try to enforce this onto the Free Software community.

Thank you for everyone's awesome work on LFS/BLFS.

Cheers
Pierre

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