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. > 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. -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. Centos, Exim, Apache, Libre Office. Linux is the future. Micro$oft is the past.