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From: Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net>
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Subject: Re: What distros *don't* use systemd ?
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On 04/09/14 13:22, Aragorn wrote:

> I have for a long time already been saying that the latest generation of
> GNU/Linux developers are not people who've been involved with UNIX
> earlier, but people who come from the Windows world and have only
> recently converted to GNU/Linux.

At least Imperial College London still teach their CompSci course based 
primarily on linux PCs in the labs, so there's still hope :)

> We see this, among other things, in the way that freedesktop.org has
> dictated the rules for file managers, for instance.  They now refer to
> directories as "folders" - in just about every modern-day desktop
> environment - and they insist on a volume-oriented approach to storage
> via the "Places" menu in the file managers, and which was also already
> present in GNOME 2.  This volume-oriented approach to storage instead of
> the more logical uniform directory tree of UNIX is not exclusive to
> Microsoft Windows, of course, because Miguel de Icaza, who designed
> GNOME (and who moonlights for Microsoft) is actually a Mac guy.
>

I was exposed to volumes on DEC VAX/VMS at around the same time I saw my 
first unix.

Both seemed sensible (notwithstanding MS-DOS's stupid drive letters), 
but overall I think the unix way is neater.