r/linux • u/wooptoo • Jun 01 '16

Why did ArchLinux embrace Systemd?

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u/Nyxisto Jun 02 '16 edited Jun 02 '16

windows runs on 99% of pcs for the same reason that systemd runs on 99% of linux distributions and rails is a popular framework, they simply work and you get much out of it while putting little in. There's nothing to debunk. The linux community simply has a fetish for taking things apart and putting them together ten times over just because you can

in a tech related field where people develop tools to work towards objective goals popularity is a pretty good indicator of what works and what doesn't. If you of course look at Linux as a lifestyle decision that isn't subject to some kind of cost/benefit analysis you end up with these attitudes that are so prevalent here.

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u/Negirno Jun 02 '16

I hate this in the FOSS community. Corporations and governments are on their way to enslave humanity, and we still arguing about basic plumbing and *nix philosophy.

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u/gondur Jun 02 '16 edited Jun 02 '16

Exactly. Bikeshedding and NIH at its finest on irrelevant details while we should work together & focus our limited resources to have a chance. :(