Clarke Sideroad wrote:
> On 02/02/15 08:06, Aldemir Akpinar wrote:
>>
>> I was going to have a rude reply here until I read this at the bottom:
>>
>> a new secure boot implementation: this is a work-in-progress, to have
>> more validation of the boot process that it hasn't been tampered
>> with. It will integrate a new method of signing images and initrd's
>>
>> Apart from all the crap that we can tease with, why there are people
>> who, rather than improving grub or lilo, waste their time writing a
>> bootloader from scratch? Surely not for the benefit of oss. Just for
>> their prides or they have too much spare time.
>>
>> Also for anyone, that couldn't bare to read to the end, journald (the
>> most hated part even for systemd supporters) isn't optional now.
>>
>
> It is rapidly becoming a self-dependent, modular, standalone OS that
> uses the Linux Kernel.
> Not what I want, and definitely not what I want forced upon me.
>
> It really is a classic case of a cuckoo (the bird) egg planted in the
> nest.
> "Oh what a nice looking init replacement, we must have that"
> "Oh dear where have all the other babies gone?"
> "Not to worry look at the size of this one."
> "Oh we are proud parents!"
> "Look at it eat everything."
> "We can't abandon it what would the neighbours say."
> "Must,....must....bring it more food".

Feed me, Seymour! (... I'm a mean green mother from user space.)

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