On Fri, 2020-09-25 at 13:31 +0200, Tito via Dng wrote:
>
> Il 25/09/20 13:03, Peter Duffy ha scritto:
> > Apologies - this is probably off-topic, or at least veering off in that
> > direction. Also apologies if this has been addressed previously and I've
> > missed it - if so, I'd appreciate it if someone would point me at the
> > discussion.
> >
> > Given the successful removal of systemd from debian, and the consequent
> > existence of devuan - it seemed to me that the obvious next step would
> > be to take an RPM-based distro (maybe centos) and attempt to apply
> > equivalent procedures to it.
> >
> > But - at least based on extensive google searches - I can't find any
> > evidence that this has even been considered, let alone tried.
> >
> > If it had been tried and found to be impossible, impractical or
> > pointless, and if this had been reported, that would seem reasonable.
> > But the lack of any mention or discussion of it whatsoever seems
> > strange.
> >
>
> Hi,
> you can try PCLinuxOS which is rpm based and systemd free.
>
> https://www.pclinuxos.com/
>
> Ciao,
> Tito
>

Thanks for the heads up on that - I'll give it a try and report back.

Strange that, apparently, it uses the apt package manager but rpm
packages.