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Re: blog via finger

From	Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: blog via finger
Date	2026-06-14 13:27 -0400
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

> Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>>On Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:20:45 -0000 (UTC), Koen Martens wrote:
>>
>>> Linux is as bad as windows these days. With one big poorly
>>> documented daemon that does everything and is opaque as heck.
>>
>>What daemon would would that be?
>
> Try not to be an idiot.  You know quite well which
> daemon is being referred to, as you defend it frequently.
>
> That particular daemon violates most of the philosophy
> of unix.

To be fair, saying that $thing "violates the philosophy of unix" feels
like more of a religious argument than an actual technical one.  I think
that the UNIX philosopy (of having multiple small, tools that each do
one thing well and can be piped together into more complex workflows) is
very powerful and valid, but it's not the One True Way(TM).

That said, if that's a thing that someone is looking for, then yes,
systemd is a bad choice, but that's a big if.

I'm personally not a fan of systemd's complexity, but it has--like it or
not--become more or less a de-facto standard in the world of Linux.  I
mostly use it because it's already there and I can't be bothered to swap
it out for something else.

If I wanted something simple and no-nonsense, I'd probably use a BSD.  I
have toyed with this idea in the past.  So far though, pragmatism has
won out for me.

Everything is always a trade-off, and different people are going to make
different choices based on their own personal needs.  Isn't it wonderful
that they have that option?

-- 
Regards,
Jonathan Lamothe
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blog via finger Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2026-06-08 18:00 -0700
  Re: blog via finger Daniel Cerqueira <dan.list@lispclub.com> - 2026-06-09 09:50 +0100
  Re: blog via finger gmc@metro.cx (Koen Martens) - 2026-06-09 09:31 +0000
  Re: blog via finger "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-5g5-this> - 2026-06-09 07:32 -0700
    Re: blog via finger Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2026-06-09 12:02 -0700
      Re: blog via finger "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-vti-this> - 2026-06-10 06:58 -0700
        Re: blog via finger Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2026-06-10 11:35 -0700
          Re: blog via finger Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-10 23:51 +0000
            Re: blog via finger gmc@metro.cx (Koen Martens) - 2026-06-11 11:09 +0000
              Re: blog via finger Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-06-11 19:02 +0000
                Re: blog via finger Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> - 2026-06-12 13:44 -0400
                Re: blog via finger Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-06-12 18:52 +0000
                Re: blog via finger drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2026-06-12 19:54 +0000
                Re: blog via finger Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-14 15:36 +0100
                Re: blog via finger gmc@metro.cx (Koen Martens) - 2026-06-13 06:34 +0000
                Re: blog via finger Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-14 15:39 +0100
                Re: blog via finger Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-14 15:30 +0100
              Re: blog via finger Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-12 00:10 +0000
                Re: blog via finger gmc@metro.cx (Koen Martens) - 2026-06-12 15:20 +0000
                Re: blog via finger Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-12 23:50 +0000
                Re: blog via finger scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-13 14:46 +0000
                Re: blog via finger Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> - 2026-06-14 13:27 -0400
                Re: blog via finger Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-14 23:48 +0000
                Re: blog via finger "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-25-this> - 2026-06-15 07:10 -0700
                Re: blog via finger John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-06-15 08:17 -0700
                Re: blog via finger mechanicjay@sol.smbfc.net (Mechanicjay) - 2026-06-13 01:09 +0000
                Re: blog via finger Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-14 15:52 +0100
                Re: blog via finger Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-14 15:49 +0100
                Re: blog via finger gmc@metro.cx (Koen Martens) - 2026-06-14 16:21 +0000
        Re: blog via finger Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> - 2026-06-11 07:50 +0200

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