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    Screw init wars, real OGs discriminate based on DE (lemmy.ml)
    submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    I use plasma, BTW

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    [–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    systemd isn't perfect, but it's definitely a net plus for me when compared with older init system. In case anyone's interested, this talk summarizes the key points pretty well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    This was an excellent listen, thank you for the link. I had no idea what was involved in it when I started, nor the roles of initd and launchd before it and what systemd was trying to replace.

    The funny thing is that the guy giving the talk, Benno Rice, is primarily FreeBSD/openRC and not Linux, so he seemed fairly agnostic in presenting the various sides, not just from Unix and then Linux but also from the Apple viewpoint, who have also been playing a kind of parallel but separate role in this.

    Very cool. Not a beginner level talk, definitely, but there was nothing I couldn't figure out coming from Windows/Mac tech. Really informative, thank you again.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

    You're welcome, glad you liked it!

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

    I'm from the era of untangling hacky init scripts from every flavour of Linux to get something to work or add something new. Systemd was like coming up for air.