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[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Even when that releases, it doesn't mean distros will switch to it. Just because it's systemd, doesn't always mean it's better. Just look at network manager vs systemd-networkd. Correct me if I'm wrong but afaik they are made to serve the same purpose and most distros prefer Network Manager over systemd-networkd.

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[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Don't we already have polkit and pkexec for that?

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[–] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 14 points 7 months ago (4 children)

As long as it's not a mandatory switch, I can't see any issue with this.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 14 points 7 months ago (10 children)

It's the same drama as with the home directory replacement they announced and that no-one ever used.

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[–] allywilson@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

However, distributions like Fedora will definitely be in the lead, judging by previous experiences and stories of adapting new Linux technologies and Systemd components.

I wonder if this is still true, now that he no longer works for RedHat, but Microsoft.

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Whp is this "Lennart Poettering" character, anyway? I suspect he might be secretly working for Microsoft.

[–] nyan 8 points 7 months ago

It stopped being secret a couple of years ago.

[–] Certainity45@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In the old days, it was Emacs trying to do everything. Now, it's the SystemD.

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 8 points 7 months ago

That was so bad that vim users needed to make nvim to handle Emacs envy, and every modern ide tries to do the same in worse ways.

(Not trying to start a holy war, I use both)

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Glad to see PoetteringOS has still not infected the *BSD family members /s And I'll gladly use Doas on Linux if need be, thank you.

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[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Artix, Devuan, Void, Alpine Linux are the way to go

Also Gentoo and Guix as mentioned in the comments

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[–] Safipok@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

Dudes trolling, right?

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