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Eg, if five different binaries are statically linked against the same version of OpenSSL, won't it be in memory and on disk four times more than it would be on a dynamic system?
I still don't understand why systemd sucks
That's a loaded question, and I'm only qualified to answer from my perspective and experience. My biggest gripe with it has always been that it is alpha-quality software, even today, that has a central role in an otherwise mature OS ecosystem. It has been widely adopted (some would say forced or tricked into adoption by a few distros) and therefore all the major Linux distributions are now running at an alpha level w…
> We have been working hard to turn systemd into the most viable set of components to build operating systems, appliances and devices from, and make it the best choice for servers, for desktops and for embedded environments alike. I think we have a really convincing set of features now, but we are actively working on making it even better.
I'm pretty sure I saw others posts, but my googlefu is a bit weak.
So, the expansion was in the plan from nearly the beginning (for good or ill)
I'm confused about some claims / justifications. For example: > A user can easily run dynamic library code using LD_PRELOAD in conjunction with some trivial program like ping. No... Not sure if it ever worked, but it's definitely not possible for many years now. Also the link to the ASLR effectiveness paper was valid in 2004. That means they're still testing 32bit systems and effectively say scanning 64bit systems th…
Why is static linking supposed to REDUCE memory usage and binary size? Am I missing something really obvious? Eg, if five different binaries are statically linked against the same version of OpenSSL, won't it be in memory and on disk four times more than it would be on a dynamic system?
Given some familiarity with the suckless ideology, it seems that it is the simplicity of static linking, not conservative use of disk space, which is its virtue. For, if anyone groks the tool chain perfectly but lacks disk space, I'd like to hear the secret.
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Hating systemd is like hating Hillary Clinton at this point. It's well past time to suck it up and make peace with your next init system/President because the only viable alternative(s) are far worse.
As someone who has found runit to meet my needs I don't think I have any reason to make peace with systemd. I feel like part of what people object to about systemd is the 'one true way to linux' thing.
... and still doesn't have functional centralised logging ability. People have to use dirty hacks to make it work. This is my current headache.
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Hating systemd is like hating Hillary Clinton at this point. It's well past time to suck it up and make peace with your next init system/President because the only viable alternative(s) are far worse.
I cannot even begin to describe how silly your comment is. Since when were politicians even comparable to programs? Do we "elect" a init system, as one nation united under Torvalds? I'm hoping I was just trolled by an HN-flavored Markov Chain.
Debian selected it via an election.
Shocked that it takes a fringe project to be promoting static linking and cleaning up the filesystem. Would love to hear the linux grandfathers chime in...
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Hating systemd is like hating Hillary Clinton at this point. It's well past time to suck it up and make peace with your next init system/President because the only viable alternative(s) are far worse.
How can any human being be worse than Hillary Clinton?
Why is static linking supposed to REDUCE memory usage and binary size? Am I missing something really obvious? Eg, if five different binaries are statically linked against the same version of OpenSSL, won't it be in memory and on disk four times more than it would be on a dynamic system?
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You'd run "pkg-manager upgrade", just like you do with dynamic linking.
Yep but now instead of fetching 1 updated library, you depend on everybody and their cat to rebuild their binaries and publish updated versions.