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What would you use if you couldn't use your current distribution/operating system?
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by turgid on Monday February 23, @03:07PM (7 children)
Now that SystemD dependencies have leaked into User Space and are affecting GUI applications, there are effectively two variants of Linux distributions: those that depend on SystemD and those that do not. I'm a diehard Slackware user (since 1995) but I also use things like Ubuntu and Mint, and over the years I've used RedHat and variants like CentOS plus "real Unix" Solaris.
If something terrible happens in the Linux world, and SystemD takes over completely, I'll go to BSD.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 3, Informative) by Freeman on Monday February 23, @06:00PM (2 children)
SystemD has nearly destroyed every other good option in Linux. There are a few holdouts, but it's definitely infected most everything.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Informative) by Dr Spin on Tuesday February 24, @03:06PM (1 child)
Devuan works for me, although I also use OpenBSD for work and Mac for play.
Have not used Windows since XP - I did try more recent versions, but they re too confusing.
Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!
(Score: 3, Interesting) by bart9h on Wednesday March 18, @01:19AM
I used Devuan for while, then hopped a bit (including a Gentoo revisit) until I finally discovered Void Linux.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Gaaark on Saturday February 28, @08:31PM (2 children)
I look forward to retiring, so i can distro-hop again:
I want to try Slackware again and maybe delve, again, into LFS-BLFS.
Can't wait for the fun and intellectual stimulus starts again in that field!
I look back fondly on the Mandrake (7.2 from the picture i saw on-line... can't remember)/Redhat 5.0 days.
Delving into XF86config (?sp?), recompiling kernels.... happy times.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. I have always been here. ---Gaaark 2.0 --
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday March 05, @11:36AM (1 child)
Unfortunately, LFS has now become systemd-infected.
One of the post-retirement tech projects I have in the back of my head is studying systemd and trying to fork something that is properly decoupled from itself. Because your desktop environment should not be in any way dependent on your init system.
"Think of how stupid the average person is. Then realize half of 'em are stupider than that." - George Carlin
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday March 05, @07:25PM
Yep... that is like tying the browser into the kernel... ;)
That only works when you want to f*ck with regulators and don't care about your customers.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. I have always been here. ---Gaaark 2.0 --
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday March 11, @08:29PM
You have a good plan but don't give up on Devuan and Alpine yet.
I don't really see Alpine going away. Devuan being a distance that only increases from Debian eventually dooms them long term. But Alpine is alright.