Datamation examines the Debian and Ubuntu distros in detail by starting with the question, what is the difference between Debian and Ubuntu? Neither GNU/Linux distro has been out of Distrowatch's top six since 2005, and for the last four years neither has been out of the top three. There are good reasons for that. Though if systemd is not your cup of tea, there is also a Debian fork, Devuan, which is basically Debian GNU/Linux minus systemd.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 16 2017, @04:02PM (3 children)
Systemd was never designed for users or to meet their needs. It was designed solely for the people that make distros and do the packaging of software for the distros.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by VLM on Sunday July 16 2017, @04:56PM (2 children)
Those people don't want it either. Hey guys, instead of something small simple and has its bugs fixed, here's an enormous cancerous monolith that hasn't been debugged yet, its not exactly a better mousetrap. Its the oldest marketing game in the book, manufacture a need while coincidentally providing the only solution.
I had to move to freebsd, and its working great. Best conspiracy theory ever is the *BSD people are supporting and financing systemd to destroy linux and force *BSD adoption. Its more likely Microsoft has some submarine patent preparing to launch. Embrace extend extinguish. Become the monopoly provider of init, dns resolution, sound, ssh, who knows what else, then whoops a daisy some MS patent is being violated and you can either roll back technology half a decade to pre-monopoly era, or just pay a cheap $5/host licensing fee to microsoft, or accept this generous $10 off coupon to upgrade to Windows Server 2016 or whatever they're calling it.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday July 17 2017, @02:07AM
We need more of this sort of post from you. Modded up. Stick to technical stuff and lay off the politics, huh? This is where your strength lies.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday July 20 2017, @12:58AM
The manufactured solution but not the submarine patent is right asfaik. It's all about Redhat etc being able to sell consulting services and whatnot which requires *drumroll* special knowledge of systemd which only they can provide. They even have the crystal ball for the next "feature"..
And then it exposes Linux to new bugs in case anyone tries to defend their privacy.