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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Systemd wants to expand to include a sudo replacement (outpost.fosspost.org)

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[–] [email protected] 168 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (7 children)

SystemD will consume the entirety of Linux, bit by bit.

In 2032, SystemD announces they're going to be introducing a new way to manage software on Linux
In 2035, SystemD will announce they're making a display system to replace the ageing Wayland
In 2038, the SystemD team announces they're making their own desktop environment
In 2039 SystemD's codebase has grown to sixteen times its size in the 2020s. SystemD's announces they're going to release replacements for most other packages and ship their own vanilla distro.
In 2045 SystemD's distro has become the standard Linux distribution. Most other distros have quietly faded away.
In 2047, SystemD announces they're going to incorporate most of GNU into SystemD. Outrage ensues from the Free Software Foundation, which vehemently opposes this move.
In 2048, Richard Stallman dies of a heart attack after attempting to clone SystemD's git repo. SystemD engages in a hostile takeover and all resistance within the FSF crumbles
In 2050, SystemD buys the struggling RedHat from IBM for $61 million.
In 2053, most world governments have been pressured into using SystemD.
In 2054, Linus Torvalds, fearing for his life, begins negotiations to merge kernel development into SystemD
In 2056, the final message on the Linux kernel development mailing list is sent.
In 2058, Torvalds dies under suspicious circumstances after his brand-new laptop battery explodes.
In 2060, SystemD agents assassinate the CEO of Microsoft.
In 2063, after immense pressure from SystemD-controlled human rights organisations, Arch developers discontinue development.
In 2064, the remaining living Debian developers release the next stable version of their clandestine and highly illegal distro.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think you might want to recheck the ages of some of the people in your timeline, most of them aren't that young anymore.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Debian already uses systemd.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Debian in many ways isn't as slow-moving as people think.

For example, they moved to Wayland by default (for Gnome anyway) in 2019. A number of well-known distros likely won't have that until 2025/2026 or beyond.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sadly they've been dropping archs throughout the years, meaning they're no longer the distro you can use to run on "anything" from a pi to a mainframe...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't trixie still support like a dozen arches? I think one of the more recent deprecations was MIPS BE which is functionally obsolete in 2024, at least insofar as practically no one is using it to run a modern distribution.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Bookworm, Trixie, and Sid all currently support a total of 10 different architectures.

And looking through the Wikipedia article for Debian's version history, most of the dropped architectures were functionally obsolete when they were dropped, or like the Motorola 68000, when support was added. (notable exceptions being IA-64 which was dropped 4 years before intel discontinued it, SPARC which is still supported by Oracle, and PowerPC.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If your bar is "modern distribution" stick to Ubuntu.

If you want to maintain older hardware Debian used to be a go-to solution.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What's the go-to solution now?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Most likely LFS or some tailored distro I haven't heard of.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

Probably the weirdest joke comment I've ever read.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for that write up. Made my day! 😄

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

This is a script of Simpsons episode and Torvalds will actually die in 2058.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Dude if you made a movie or novel about this that would be awesome

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

One way to notice a person has "systemd derangement syndrome" is by looking at how they write systemd: if they write it SystemD they are already in late stages of SDS and it isn't curable anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Either that, or it's a joke.