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Debian Jesse is going to have Gnome3 as the default desktop.
The desktop re-qualification page, used to help choose which desktop will be default, has in the Jesse version a weight for systemd integration, and of course only Gnome3 does it (at least for now). This will surely make the systemd/gnome3 fanbase happy, but possibly will make others unhappy, as it [may] be seen as another step towards mono-culture, until we soon end up with all distros being redhat clones.
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Integration with systemd Making Gnome3 the Default Debian Desktop
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You possess a mind not merely twisted, but actually sprained.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 24 2014, @09:39AM
Reading comprehension fail, my young rocket scientist: The grandparent isn't primarily concerned with the desktop environment but with systemd...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 24 2014, @12:05PM
I fear that Debian is going the way of Firefox. It has been one stupid decision after another from them. If they do go forward with this systemd and GNOME 3 stupidity, then they will drive away their most important users.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 24 2014, @02:09PM
which users are their most important users?
the ones that bitch and complain the loudest, or the ones that know how to use apt?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 24 2014, @01:33PM
sudo apt-get remove systemd
it aint rocket science
(Score: 3, Funny) by Blackmoore on Wednesday September 24 2014, @03:30PM
Well why dont you try that and get back to the class with what happened.
(Score: 4, Informative) by joshuajon on Wednesday September 24 2014, @05:19PM
I just did out of curiosity, doesn't work. And a bunch of stuff ended up missing from /sbin/ in the process including reboot, shutdown. When I reset the VM it now fails to boot with "Target filesystem doesn't have requested /sbin/init"
(Score: 4, Informative) by joshuajon on Wednesday September 24 2014, @05:45PM
apt-get install systemd
apt-get install systemd-sysv
reboot
now running systemd
apt-get remove systemd-sysv
apt-get install sysvinit
reboot
now running sysvinit
apt-get remove systemd now works.
(Score: 2) by Blackmoore on Wednesday September 24 2014, @06:06PM
that's a magnitude less than optimal.
well, I guess I stick with Mint for now. but keep an eye open for a new option that skips systemd.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 24 2014, @10:17PM
i guess if you remove an init system its kinda implicit that you install another
hopefully in the final release they'll make the install of sysvinit automatic when removing systemd (same as the old gdm3 to gdm and many others)