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posted by n1 on Sunday September 28 2014, @06:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the yet-another-systemd-story dept.

Controversy is nothing new when it comes to systemd. Many people find this new Linux init system to be inherently flawed in most ways, yet it is still gaining traction with major distros like Arch Linux, openSUSE, Fedora, and soon both Ubuntu and Debian GNU/Linux. The adoption of systemd for Debian 8 "Jessie" has been particularly fraught with strife and animosity.

Some have described the systemd adoption process as having been a "coup", while others are vowing to stick with Debian 7 as long as possible before moving to another distro. Others are so upset by what they see as a complete betrayal of the Debian and open source communities that there is serious discussion about forking Debian. Regardless of one's stance toward systemd, it cannot be argued that it has become one of the most divisive and disruptive changes in the long history of the Debian project, threatening to destroy both the project and the community that has built up around it.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 28 2014, @07:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 28 2014, @07:28PM (#99312)

    I use Debian now, but I'm going to be switching to Gentoo.

    Systemd is actually a good litmus test of how sensible a distro's leadership is, as a collective. Smart leadership will, collectively, not put up with systemd. They'll be able to see its insurmountable technical flaws, as well as the way it can totally divide and devastate a distro's community. Debian's community is in tatters now thanks to systemd and how it has been forced on so many unwilling participants.

    I can't trust Debian, as a project, any longer. If they made such an obviously bad decision in this case, I can't help but think that they're making similarly bad choices when it comes to other decisions, some of which I may not even be aware of.

    Since I can't trust Debian, I can't trust the software they put out. The only sane thing for me to do is switch to a distro that hasn't gone all stupid and started using systemd.

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