[CentOS] Cemtos 7 : Systemd alternatives ?

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On 08/07/14 02:22, Always Learning wrote:
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> On Mon, 2014-07-07 at 20:46 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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>> 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.
> 
>