Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net>]

Jamie Lawrence wrote:

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> Some may see me as a "grumpy old man" for that. I see it as a technical
> conservatism for my production environments borne of having been burned by
> shiny-cool-new before one too many times, and a tired dislike of being
> paged out of bed over some chrome plated new hotness that crapped itself
> again.
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and
> But when I start wondering if my init system has a flight simulator easter
> egg, well, there’s a problem, at least for me.

So nicely put! :-)


> It is funny to see people
> use "but that approach is 40 years old!" on both sides of the argument.

I think I'll stick with 4 wheels on cars for the long term. (3-wheeled 
motorcycles, on the other hand, are somewhat intriguing as I get older)

> Most of my systems are Linux these days, and I am mostly distro-agnostic,
> although my default does happen to be Debian. I do think I’m going to have
> to get back up to speed on FreeBSD again.

Boy would I be happy if I could get Xen Dom0, ZFS, and a DRBD-equivalent 
on BSD or SmartOS.  Sigh...
Miles Fidelman

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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.   .... Yogi Berra