[mdlug] Systemd Should Be A Fork -- Why Is It Not?

[A. Zimmer]

On Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:13:45 -0400
Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:

> 
> There will be forks if there is someone with sufficient skill who
> actually does *not* want things like working printer discovery.
> 

The multi-user, networked scenario does not apply to everyone.
In particular, the single desktop/workstation operator who only
has a connection to the Internet through an ISP would be severely
burdened by such a scenario.

Fortunately, up to now, Linux has been nearly infinitely configurable.
I don't need discovery.  I already know what is on my system and
I can configure accordingly using the traditional static devices.
I write my own very simple init scripts and boot directly into a
bash shell.  There is no need for security or hardening because I am
the only operator and I have no open ports.  Linux, currently, allows
me to do this with ease.  Linux has always allowed me to construct
a very simple system to suit my needs.

But systemd threatens that ability.  Systemd will demand a conformity
and permit no deviation.


> 
> Almost all of which utilize the Free Desktop XDG standard; which is D
> -Bus, et al.  Why would someone reinvent such a thing?
> 


Who would ever want a Desktop Environment?  To drag and drop?  To display
a clock?  Big effing deal.

My approach is minimalistic.  I choose to use FVWM as a window manager
and have nothing else to augment my GUI.

Systemd, and the upcoming Wayland, will threaten this as well.

Torvalds is the true innovator.  RedHat, Poettering, and freedesktop.org
are cheap tinpot poseurs.