jbernardo writes:
"Having had several issues with systemd, and really not liking the philosophy behind it, I am looking into alternatives. I really prefer something that follows the Unix philosophy of using small, focused, and independent tools, with a clear interface. Unfortunately, my favourite distro, Arch Linux, is very much pro-systemd, and a discussion of alternatives is liable to get you banned for a month from their forums. There is an effort to support openrc, but it is still in its infancy and without much support.
So, what are the alternatives, besides Gentoo? Preferably binary... I'd rather have something like arch, with quick updates, cutting edge, but I've already used a lot in the past Mandrake, RedHat, SourceMage, Debian, Kubuntu, and so on, so the package format or the package management differences don't scare me."
[ED Note: I'm imagining FreeBSD sitting in the room with the all the Linux distros he mentioned being utterly ignored like Canada in Hetalia.]
(Score: 2) by SGT CAPSLOCK on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:29PM
If not Gentoo, then what about a derivative such as Sabayon?
I can't really remember since it was so long ago, but I tested Sabayon at one point and I _think_ it used openrc. It also probably addresses whatever scathing issues the submitter might have against stock Gentoo! ...But I love my Gentoo. And my openrc. :p
(Score: 2, Informative) by geek on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:50PM
Sabayon uses systemd now
(Score: 2, Informative) by jbernardo on Wednesday February 26 2014, @04:18PM
Well, it seems Sabayon uses systemd now. And the only thing I might have against Gentoo is that it became more used than SourceMage... :)
Maybe should go back to source based distros again, but I really would prefer a binary one to avoi weekly recompiles on all the house laptops and netbooks...