On Tue 24 March 2015 22:17:20 Steve Litt wrote:
> This systemd debacle increased by an order of
> magnitude the Linux users who understand the underpinnings of the
> system and are prepared to take control.

Indeed. I never really bothered much, and happily lived along with (Open)Suse
since... it became available. Never really cared about which distro I use,
they all needed heavy customization to make me feel "at home" anyway. The
reason why I chosen unix/linux to start with, even for my phone: I can
customize and tweak everything I like.
And then recently I first ran into public systemd schism (though I failed to
notice it when deciding which init to use in Opensuse12(?), otherwise I should
have known more early) and - ironically - later on into

2015-02-18T14:43:35.751937+01:00 localhost kernel: [1566879.692218]
systemd[1]: segfault at 1fc6ac0 ip 0000000001fc6ac0 sp 00007fff9f2ab858 error
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on my desktop system, with all the collateral damage like var/log/messages
empty after logrotate etc, and NO way to debug. *No more* 'customize and tweak
everything I like' :-/

Now devuan is my only hope for the future of linux - alternative: move to
another unix. When I wanted an OS like systemd cabal and RH is planning for, I
would have chosen the original from beginning: Redmond M$ lock-in for sheep.

/j