Re: The First Distro To Offer XLibre

On 01/07/25 5:18 pm, Nux Vomica wrote:

The clearly stated issue, for humans anyway, is user control versus
foreign (i.e. systemd) control.  That is all.

Systemd is as foreign as the Linux kernel is. It is still public,
licensed under the GPL, and you are free to tweak it as per your
requirement. The only difference being an intermediary step
(compilation) prior to deployment.

IOW, there is no difference between the human mind and the machine.
The machine is only much faster.

Please tell me you don't believe that. The human mind `thinks' in
objects; the computer reacts to states.

For init scripts with generic configurations, they require udev in
kernel space to manage devices. Otherwise, all your devices are static,
and you've lost the ability to use simple USB drives without
re-booting!Systemd is the successor to udev.