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Auteur: golinux
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Aan: dng
Onderwerp: Re: [DNG] Website "motto"?
On 2022-01-18 10:59, Antony Stone wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I wanted to check the current list of init systems supported by Devuan,
> so I
> went to the website to find out.
>
> I noticed the prominent motto "init freedom - watch your first step!"
> there,
> and wonder whether this is an entirely positive thing for new visitors
> to the
> Devuan world to see?
>
> It could easily, I think, be taken to mean "be careful about taking a
> first
> step in an unknown direction" (which is what Devuan is for a newcomer),
> and
> could possibly make some people decide "oh, I'm not so sure about this;
> maybe
> not, after all".
>
> I'm sure there can be some more positive phrase we can use about init
> freedom,
> to emphasise what it _gives_ people, not to emphasise being cautious
> about the
> unknown.
>
>
> Thoughts / opinions?
>
>
> Antony.


Here is a history lesson that should not be forgotten:

https://www.devuan.org/os/announce/

Eroding history is the first step down a slippery slope to the end of
freedom.

golinux