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Could it be the Community Might Actually Want systemd?

posted by janrinok on Thursday November 20 2014, @09:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the or-at-least-not-be-bothered-either-way dept.

[Ed's Comment: Not wishing to ignite yet another flame war regarding the adoption of systemd, I hesitated before publishing this story. However, although it is not an formal survey, it might still reflect the views of the greater linux user community rather than those who frequent this particular site. There is no need to restate the arguments seen over the last few weeks - they are well known and understood - but the survey might have a point.]

Konomi writes:

http://q5sys.sh has recenlty conducted a survey finding many Linux users may be in favour of systemd:

First off lets keep one thing in mind, this was not a professional survey. As such the results need to be taken as nothing more than the opinions of the 4755 individuals who responded. While the survey responses show that 47% of the respondents are in favor of systemd, that does not mean that 47% of the overall linux community is in favor of systemd. The actual value may be higher or lower. This is simply a small capture of our overall community.

Although the author questions the results could this be an indication that we're really seeing a vocal minority who don't want systemd while the silent majority either do or simply don't care? Poll results and the original blog post.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by fnj on Friday November 21 2014, @12:39AM

    by fnj (1654) on Friday November 21 2014, @12:39AM (#118343)

    There's no updated version of Java

    openjdk-7.71.14,1 not "updated" enough for you? How about openjdk8-8.25.17_1? Either one is only a "pkg install" away.

    It's a shame that the version of GCC that can be installed on FreeBSD is from sometime in the last geological age

    Really? We're talking about gcc-4.8.3_2 here. There's also gcc49-4.9.3.s20141105. Again, either one, and quite a few others, are a "pkg install" away. And they can coexist with clang and with each other.

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  • (Score: 2) by meisterister on Friday November 21 2014, @01:01AM

    by meisterister (949) on Friday November 21 2014, @01:01AM (#118348) Journal

    I just flipping tried this a month ago! It was probably a config problem on my part, I'll try again soon.

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