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Linux systemd Dev Says Open Source is 'SICK', Kernel Community 'Awful'

posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday October 07 2014, @11:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the Mr-Popularity dept.

wirelessduck writes:

From El Reg:

Lennart Poettering, creator of the systemd system management software for Linux, says the open-source world is "quite a sick place to be in."

He also said the Linux development community is "awful" – and he pins the blame for that on Linux supremo Linus Torvalds.

"A fish rots from the head down," Poettering said in a post to his Google+ feed on Sunday.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by jdccdevel on Tuesday October 07 2014, @05:44PM

    by jdccdevel (1329) on Tuesday October 07 2014, @05:44PM (#103216) Journal

    Just a note for all the systemd refugees, Gentoo uses OpenRC by default, and doesn't look to be changing to systemd by default any time soon (Although it is optional.)

    The main complaint I've had/seen regarding Gentoo is that it takes so long to install anything. Enter Sabayon Linux [sabayon.org].

    Sabayon is a binary rolling-release distro (like Arch), but based on Gentoo packages.

    I'm a long-time gentoo user, and my only complaint has been compile times. I'll be trying it out in a VM today.

    Also, if Pottering thinks Linux is really that bad, maybe he should just quit and do something else. Take his ball and go home as it were. I'm sure there are many closed-source software shops that would appreciate his particular brand of egotistical narcissism. I, for one, would not be sorry to see him go.

    Does systemd have some interesting ideas? Yes.
    Is the implementation HORRIBLE, bloated, overreaching, and buggy? Yes.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 08 2014, @08:02AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 08 2014, @08:02AM (#103471)

    Dude, you're over a year out of date. [google.com]
    They sold their soul 2 Summers ago. 2013-08-12 [sabayon.org]

    If you want a Gentoo derivative that doesn't even allow systemd in its repo, that's Funtoo.

    -- gewg_