Re: Hi, I'm back (somehow)

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On Wed, 27 May 2026 05:14:40 +0200
"Tim Tassonis" ([email protected] via blfs-dev Mailing List) <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> Forgive my recent silence as an editor of LFS/BLFS, this was almost 
> exclusively down to professional matters (I got laid off by the 
> company), I'm still fully behind the idea, goals and general management 
> of LFS/BLFS.
> 
> However, as those of you knowing me probably assumed, I'm of course 
> totally and unequivocally against the recently made decision of dropping 
> SYSV support in LFS/BLFS.
> 
> But as I was not of any help at the time of the decision, I naturally 
> have to accept it, I had the chance to object, but didn't take it, my bad.
> 
> I have now decided to go on like this: I will maintain a separate fork 
> of LFS/BLFS at my home, for anybody that does not want to submit to 
> systemd as being the only way to run a self-created Linux system.
> 
> Because I don't, and I never will. And if it's just because this bloated 
> piece of garbage was provably shoved down everybody's throat by a 
> provably lying and manipulative former employee of Red Had and now 
> Microsoft, with the very clearly stated goal of driving non-compliant 
> UNIX's out of business.
> 
> I cannot be part of that, sorry, I'm too moral for this.
> 
> But I still hope that my sysv fork and Xi Ruoyao's mainline can maintain 
> a friendly partnership. I just would like LFS to point to a choice 
> outside of Poetteringverse. It's much nicer there.
> 
> 
> Bye
> Tim
> 

Greetings Tim,

No matter what happens, I've been through the ringer, too, many times.
I dusted off the old Dual Pentium II, next to the Pentium, 486 and 386.

Dusted my eyes off and remembered that I had LFS 5.1.x on the machines and figured the turmoil we had back then. After that was the GCC3 to GCC4 days, a whole slew of situations. Hang in there the best that you can.

Sincerely,

William Harrington


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William Harrington

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