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Comment by JCattheATM

12 hours ago

> It is not cognitive dissonance to learn from others.

I didn't say it was. I said it was to attack one binary blob abstraction while embracing another.

> Windows did something right because you can run very old binaries on a new system. Good luck doing that on Linux.

I agree, but that's entirely irrelevant.

> systemd ... works and brings a benefit it might be a good thing to start to depend on it.

We have very different philosophies, you and I.

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BadBadJellyBean  11 hours ago

> I said it was to attack one binary blob abstraction while embracing another.

You didn't say that but even if you meant that systemd is an open source project and it has multiple components. It is not just a binary blob. It is a coherent framework for basic system services. It is pick and choose for the most part. Most distro choose to use all of it.

I still disagree that liking systemd and disliking windows is incompatible. Windows is a closed source project, developed without much external input that has a clear monetary incentives that are often user hostile. The way it's system api works is rarely the reason for criticizing it.

  • JCattheATM  11 hours ago

    > You didn't say that

    I didn't spell it out but it was the clear point I was making.

    > systemd is an open source project and it has multiple components. It is not just a binary blob.

    Missing the forest for the trees. It being open source is irrelivant here.

    > I still disagree that liking systemd and disliking windows is incompatible.

    I never said it was.

    > The way it's system api works is rarely the reason for criticizing it.

    I never said it was. You seem to be having an entirely different discussion.