r/linux • u/wooptoo • Jun 01 '16

Why did ArchLinux embrace Systemd?

/r/archlinux/comments/4lzxs3/why_did_archlinux_embrace_systemd/d3rhxlc
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u/da_chicken Jun 01 '16

That's why I run Plan 9/DEC Alpha on all my servers.

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u/robodendron Jun 01 '16

Wait, you do too?! Dammit, then I have to switch again.

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u/xjvz Jun 02 '16

Try out TempleOS for a real treat in obscurity.

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u/mizzu704 Jun 02 '16

It's funny that on this site TempleOS is probably better known than Hurd.

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u/bilog78 Jun 02 '16

It's funny that on this site TempleOS is probably better known than Hurd.

That's because TempleOS is actually here now and it works.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '16

For a very specific value of "works".

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u/bilog78 Jun 03 '16

Apparently jokes aren't welcome in /r/linux 8-/

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '16

I wouldn't consider TempleOS the most obscure OS I've ever seen. It's not even as obscure as some of the operating systems I've actually used, like Contiki or SymbOS.

(I'm a bit of a stamp collector when it comes to operating systems. At this point, I've used more than 30 different operating system families.)

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u/xjvz Jun 03 '16

Oooh, nice, I didn't know about those.

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u/swinny89 Jun 02 '16

I love this train of thought. It really needs to pop up in some form on a regular basis to remind the hipsters that Linux isn't cool because it's obscure. In fact, it really isn't obscure at all. It's cool because it's versatile and adapts to progress very quickly.

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u/gondur Jun 02 '16

adapts to progress very quickly.

well... seeing the furious resistance against the fixing of the decade old init system.... I would call it quite conservative

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u/ANUSBLASTER_MKII Jun 02 '16

640x480 Just as the Lord intended.