[mdlug] Completely replacing Windows 98se with Linux!

[Aaron Kulkis]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-08-12 at 02:31 -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>> Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>>>> That's true. Iv'e notice that since openSuSE switched from the SysV
>>>> init system to the SystemD init system that
>>>> my computer has become... sluggish.
>>> I've seen nothing like that.  And I can't imagine why systemd would have
>>> much effect on overall performance.
>>>> And that is for software which was SUPPOSED to improve responsiveness,
>>>> right down to faster boot times.
>>> You are going from a speculation that this is the cause to an argument
>>> against the software.  Perhaps something else is causing the slow down?
>>>> Personally, I think it's because Sievert and Poettering are couple of
>>>> narcissistic gits, based on their track record.
>>> But they wrote code.
>> Precisely.  They have a habit of writing code that BREAKS everythiing else
>> that interacts with it.... they've now forced their misguided vision onto
>> every single deamon that is supposed to be started up during boot.
>> This violates ALL of the time-tested principles of good software design in
>> the Unix domain ... INTERCHANGEABILITY of systems.
>
> No it doesn't.  The previous model had foisted all of its "vision" onto
> how things worked.

>
> Systemd utilizes D-Bus - which finally enables real interchangeability
> of systems.  Previously you did not have interchangeability - you have
> isolation.  A service had no bloody clue what was going on or if other
> services it required to operate were, in fact, operational.

D-bus is a band-aid for people who can't figure out how to do interprocess communication properly.