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on Saturday April 25 2015, @04:25AM
from the no-idea-what-a-vervet-is-and-ruh-roh-systemd dept.
from the no-idea-what-a-vervet-is-and-ruh-roh-systemd dept.
Ubuntu 15.04 has now been released; full details are at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/ReleaseNotes
Notable new features:
- Unity 7.3
- LibreOffice 4.4
- Firefox 37
- Chromium 41
Low-level and server changes include:
- Linux kernel 3.19
- The move from upstart to systemd
- A new version of OpenStack
- Ubuntu Core (Snappy) - a variant to be used as a core OS for other software projects
OMGubuntu coverage is here: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/04/ubuntu-15-04-download-new-features
Slashdot commentary/griping at: http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/04/24/1245209/ubuntu-1504-released-first-version-to-feature-systemd
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by Marand on Saturday April 25 2015, @07:57AM
As I understand it, Canonical wanted a sysvinit replacement and created upstart for that purpose years ago (2006 according to wikipedia). Systemd came later (2010) with the same goal, but developed by RedHat employees because redhat loves its NIH.
Canonical only decided to abandon upstart because Debian chose to support systemd over upstart. Prior to this, upstart and systemd were both equally supported in Debian as alternate inits. I'd guess that Canonical decided that systemd now has enough of the things they wanted from upstart that it's more economical to go with Debian's decision than it is to continue dumping development effort into something that does mostly the same things.
It's another variation of the same old RedHat/GNOME tune: someone else makes it first, so they (RH/GNOME) have to make their own version, go out of their way to avoid compatibility or collaboration, and then everyone gives up and adopts it because RH/GNOME won't give up any ground, so it's easier for everybody else to roll over and let them win.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Saturday April 25 2015, @03:33PM
Bob Young left RedHat - and it became the corporate route to infect and compromise Linux by those who do their magic so well with Microsoft., etc.
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 25 2015, @04:13PM
Canonical has gotten heavily involved in "cloud". One of their recent releases was a mini-distro built around containerization (Snappy).
Systemd has of late gained a whole lot of features to supplant Docker.
One may speculate that Canonical saw the writing on the wall, and wanted Debian to go Systemd so they didn't have to do the heavy lifting.