On 08/07/14 02:22, Always Learning wrote:
On Mon, 2014-07-07 at 20:46 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 07/07/2014 07:47 PM, Always Learning wrote:
Reading about systemd, it seems it is not well liked and reminiscent of Microsoft's "put everything into the Windows Registry" (Win 95 onwards).
Is there a practical alternative to omnipresent, or invasive, systemd ?
So you are following the thread on the Fedora list? I have been ignoring it.
No. I read some of http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_topic&q=systemd
The systemd proponent, advocate and chief developer? wants to abolish /etc and /var in favour of having the /etc and /var data in /usr.
Seems a big revolution is being forced on Linux users when stability and the "same old familiar Linux" is desired by many, including me.
It's already started. Some configs have already moved from /etc to /usr under el7.
Whilst I'm as resistant to change as the next man, I've learned you can't fight it so best start getting used to it ;-)
Best I can tell is learn it and use it. And if you have any services, fix them so that they work with systemd. I work with one that does not and it is very slow to complete its startup.
I was keenly waiting to upgrade to C7. Perhaps I'll upgrade to C6 and retain familiar Linux.