Systemd Creator Lands at Microsoft
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Systemd Creator Lands at Microsoft
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Re: Systemd Creator Lands at Microsoft
#2This only marks his official employment by Microsoft. He's been working for them unofficially for years. /s
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#4This only marks his official employment by Microsoft. He's been working for them unofficially for years. /s
It all makes sense now.
Embrace, extend, extinguish. The cycle repeats.
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#5> The general perception is that no one wants it (systemd)
I disagree. A few loud voices strongly do not want it, but a few others like it, and the vast majority seems pretty content using it, not caring as long as it works well enough.
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#7> The general perception is that no one wants it (systemd) I disagree. A few loud voices strongly do not want it, but a few others like it, and the vast majority seems pretty content using it, not caring as long as it works well enough.
Popular with people who don’t care is pretty faint praise. But it’s probably enough to run a business so there it is.
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#8> The general perception is that no one wants it (systemd) I disagree. A few loud voices strongly do not want it, but a few others like it, and the vast majority seems pretty content using it, not caring as long as it works well enough.
I'm only using systemd as a user, but for me the overall experience is rather painless after some trial and error. Except the learning curve for more advanced usages is steep and documentation seems way too complete and complicated. But I tend to experience that more with (larger) open source projects anyway, so maybe that's on me.
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#9> The general perception is that no one wants it (systemd) I disagree. A few loud voices strongly do not want it, but a few others like it, and the vast majority seems pretty content using it, not caring as long as it works well enough.
Popular with people who don’t care is pretty faint praise. But it’s probably enough to run a business so there it is.
It's also popular with quite a few people who actually really like it and use it extensively, like me. We just tend not to be as vocal about it, probably because we don't need to be since that side is the default in all mainstream distros.
My main complaint about systemd is that most people don't use it enough. the units for sockets, timers, paths can be really powerful, and the sandboxing capabilities are great. They are just underused.
For basic system components like an init, network manager, etc. I'd also say that "Popular with people who don’t care" is great praise. It means that the people who don't want to care can choose to just not. Being great with people who do care is of course great too (and being popular with both is the best), but don't discount the value of a utility just being a utility.
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#10The guy who ignores all established standards (do one thing well) in order to reinvent a square wheel, now works for the company, that, wait a minute, has been well known for ignoring all established standards (IE box model anyone?). Yup, he's going to do just fine!