[CentOS] Systemd Adding Its Own Console To Linux Systems

Steve Clark sclark at netwolves.com
Wed Oct 8 19:21:19 UTC 2014


On 10/08/2014 02:22 PM, Digimer wrote:
> On 08/10/14 02:18 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote:
>>> On 08-10-2014 14:36, Les Mikesell wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Just a heads up to those who haven't seen this yet. The main author of
>>>>> systemd publicly wrote about being basically persecuted.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LennartPoetteringTheOneAndOnly/posts/J2TZrTvu7vd
>>>> But oddly, he didn't even mention that there would be a real simple
>>>> solution - just add backwards-compatible improvements instead of
>>>> actively wrecking the interfaces everyone else had depended on for
>>>> decades.
>>> "decades". That, by itself, already calls for an update, no?
>> Why? Do you ride a bicycle differently, or drive differently, than you did
>> say, 20 years ago? You went out and bought a recumbent, or an electric
>> car?
> Airbags, ABS, Traction Control, ACE compatibility, stronger survival
> space, better fuel economy, more comfortable...
But the basic operation staid the same - brake on left, gas on the right, gear shift lever, steering wheel, etc, etc.

> There was much wailing a gnashing of teeth from "purists" when these
> things came in. "But it's not really driving!" some would say. "It lets
> people be lazy!" others would say. Many of those people still drive old
> cars, such is their choice.
>
> Today, overall, the roads are much safer. Change is good.
>


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