▲ 180 ▼ SystemD (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 years ago by Tundra@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml 101 comments fedilink hide all child comments Ive been runing Debian 12 (kde) since bookworm was released and am loving it. I have recently discovered Devuan which seems to be Debian without systemd - what is the benefit of removing this init system?
[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 31 points 3 years ago (2 children) None. The opposition to systemd is highly irrational. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 13 points 3 years ago* That statement is factually false. Now we have both said almost nothing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nik282000@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) The only valid argument I see is monoculture. If systemd every does fall out of favour, become broken or compromised in some disastrous way it will be a lot of work getting going again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) The same is true of Linux itself. Anyway, I'm not sure I see how a non-gigantic, slow-moving, pretty-much-finished open-source project like systemd can become broken or compromised in a way that forking it cannot solve. This isn't Chromium we're talking about, where it takes an army of world-class developers just to keep it from falling so far behind as to be basically unusable. If systemd were to stop being developed in any way other than security and critical bug fixes, it would still remain useful for many years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 13 points 3 years ago* That statement is factually false. Now we have both said almost nothing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nik282000@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) The only valid argument I see is monoculture. If systemd every does fall out of favour, become broken or compromised in some disastrous way it will be a lot of work getting going again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) The same is true of Linux itself. Anyway, I'm not sure I see how a non-gigantic, slow-moving, pretty-much-finished open-source project like systemd can become broken or compromised in a way that forking it cannot solve. This isn't Chromium we're talking about, where it takes an army of world-class developers just to keep it from falling so far behind as to be basically unusable. If systemd were to stop being developed in any way other than security and critical bug fixes, it would still remain useful for many years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) The same is true of Linux itself. Anyway, I'm not sure I see how a non-gigantic, slow-moving, pretty-much-finished open-source project like systemd can become broken or compromised in a way that forking it cannot solve. This isn't Chromium we're talking about, where it takes an army of world-class developers just to keep it from falling so far behind as to be basically unusable. If systemd were to stop being developed in any way other than security and critical bug fixes, it would still remain useful for many years. permalink fedilink source parent
