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Geeks determined to resist the systemd juggernaut have several options. For me, the most interesting project is Devuan, a fork of Debian. [...] However, it does have a few flaws
[...] It was my search for a quick and easy way to get Devuan up and running that led me to Refracta, a unique distro that fills a niche that has long been neglected. Refracta's existence predates the systemd wars--it was originally based on Debian 5.0, otherwise known as "Lenny". But when Debian 8.0 "Jessie" went full systemd, Refracta moved to the Devuan camp.
Refracta's chief selling point is this: it's a live image that can be quickly installed, customized, and re-installed again. So basically you can roll your own live CD, configured for your hardware and tweaked to suit your personal tastes. It is currently my favorite distro, and I'd recommend it to any Linux geek who has had a little bit of experience. A total Linux newbie might feel more comfortable with a distro that mimics Windows' point-and-click friendliness, but once you've got the basics down, Refracta is easy to get used to.
It's also worth mentioning that even without being installed, a Refracta live CD or USB stick makes an excellent diagnostic and rescue tool. It contains quite a few command line utilities that aren't in a default Devuan or Debian installation, including gddrescue, testdisk, smartmontools, hdparm, lm-sensors, iftop, and iptraf.
[...] Unlike Devuan which uses PulseAudio, Refracta employs ALSA.
[...] Starting with version 8.0, Refracta has gone whole-hog at banishing systemd, not to mention PulseAudio. [...] One could say that Refracta is actually more Devuan than Devuan.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday October 26 2016, @03:48AM
If you know what you're doing, the parent poster is actually correct. It just demands a lot of patience and, honestly, a slightly autistic level of attention to detail. Gentoo is more of a framework for a distro than a distro proper. It was my first and I'll always love it, though until I get something better than this old T500 it's Arch and *BSD for me.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 26 2016, @11:27AM
Everything's easy if you know what you're doing.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Wednesday October 26 2016, @07:01PM
Not true. Ever dig a ditch? Some things are a lot of work even when you know what you're doing. And just saying "with a computer" doesn't change false to true.
That said, things are a lot *easier* if you know what you're doing. I can generally compile code that I want. But this doesn't mean that I can always get disparate pieces to work together. If you paid attention to the GP(?) he said (approx)"it just takes an autistic level of attention". That's not "easy if you know what you're doing", that's "fun if you enjoy that kind of thing". (Sometimes I do, but usually I'd rather be doing something else.)
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.