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Linux Mobile Distro postmarketOS Adopts systemd to Better Support GNOME, KDE Plasma (9to5linux.com)
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[+] -44 points 2 years ago (3 children)

PostmarketOS has had really strange priorities lately. I'm not a fan of the whole ethos of Ubuntu mobile (including their use of SystemD) but at least they have stuck to actually getting every feature working on some devices with reasonable specs. My computer uses KDE and OpenRC and has far fewer issues than it did on SystemD. This feels like a waste of resources to reinvent the wheel.

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  • [–] 83 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Reinventing the wheel is what they were doing without Systemd.
    On their announcement they cite various instances of having to write polyfills and ending up with basically 'Systemd at home' but buggier.

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  • [+] -36 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Reinventing the wheel is what they were doing without Systemd.

    Weird. We had those wheels before Lennart's cancer showed up.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The project is in an too early phase to debate over SystemD. Can you guys please hold back with these arguments until pmOS reaches at least 4% market share.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    There is no minimum market share threshold to discuss the way the software you use is being developed and PostmarketOS will not reach 4% in the foreseeable future (and it probably never will). Desktop Linux only just reached that threshold after decades of work and systemd arguments have been happening for years regardless. The conditions for mobile Linux are considerably less favorable. If we can't discuss systemd until 4% is reached, we can't discuss systemd ever. Which is fair, because the systemd horse has already been beaten to death at this point. But not because it hasn't reached some arbitrary 4% threshold. That makes no sense.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    If we can't discuss systemd until 4% is reached, we can't discuss systemd ever. Which is fair, because the systemd horse has already been beaten to death at this point.

    Exactly :)

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Well you're right but the more postmarketOS grows, the harder it is to switch to another init system

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why would you want to. Systemd is the standard for a reason.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It does have disadvantages. The only real advantage of it is the completeness of system administration tools. Since they aren't that much needed on a phone and the performance of that class of devices is not groundbreaking, using another init system is a good idea. Though it depends on what the specific user wants of course. As long as there is a way to change the init system, it shouldn't be a problem

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Another init will be slower and will require much more time and resources though.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Don't believe. Do you have any proof of that?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Systemd was created to allow parallel initialization, which other init systems lacked. If you want proof that one processor core is slower than one + n, you don't need to compare init systems to do that.

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  • [+] -14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Systemd is the standard for a reason.

    1. bad build process
    2. ignoring best practice
    3. RedHat forcing it on the planet
    4. people forgetting that every deliverable of systemd is a lie.
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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    I don't have an opinion on the whole systemd debate but are you going to expand on what you're meaning, or will just keep spewing bs bullet points? Specially n4, wtf do you mean by that?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    ive been working on migrating away from systemd myself, so much headaches. I like the services setup, but man the issues can sometimes be baffling

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