Re: Distros specifically designed for children

On Thu, 29 May 2025 09:51:52 -0700, John Ames wrote:

[systemd is] MS-style embrace-extend-exterminate digging
its tendrils right down into core system functionality, assimilating an
ungodly number of random functions for no defensible reason and placing
both configuration and logging behind proprietary formats that require
specific utilities to access.

What a load of nonsense. All the code is open-source, all the formats are
documented. The config files especially, are based on the classic
declarative INI text file format -- much easier to create, maintain and
understand than the old boilerplate-ridden sysvinit scripts.

And the code is fully modular. The only irreducible core is the init
process (PID 1) and the journal. Everything else is optional.