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c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote at 02:20 this Tuesday (GMT):
> On 3/30/26 21:59, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On 3/30/26 18:09, rbowman wrote:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnox-XrjdB8
>>>
>>> I'd never seen the 'sl' thing but years ago I was very happy when I
>>> discovered Vim doesn't do anything stupid when you type ':sl'.
>>>
>> 
>>      No you would have to install "sl" first and it is a Command Line 
>> utility.
>> 
>>      Tux was the mascot I understand, because one such penguin bit 
>> Torwalds.
>> 
>>      "Freax" would have insured adoption among certain groups.
>> 
>>      Systemd ubiquity is not.  I use a systemd Free system using SysV
>> for init and we have had several SysV updates recently and several systems
>> permit the choice of either systemd or SysV.
>>      Of course the gentleman on the screen is correct about having
>> to learn to deal with systemd if you want a job as system engineer.
>> I don't want such a job at 88 when I barely have the energy to read
>> and type on the Usenet.
>
>
>    Systemd has some good uses ... and some annoying
>    complications. Par for the course.
>
>    However it doesn't seem to be "evil".


I do think systemd is annoying in how much it DOES do a lot, it feels a
bit like it's trying to overtake a lot of smaller things. I get why
people are anti-systemd, having so much tied to one project damages the
philosophy of KISS 
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