[arch-general] Arch Linux and systemd

[Geoff]

On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:22:56 -0500
Myra Nelson <myra.nelson at hughes.net> wrote:

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I agree.  I have read all the current threads and the few words which struck me
with greatest force were in a post from Marti Raudsepp, where he said that an
advantage of systemd is "... less fragmentation between Linux distribution".  I
have been full time on linux for nearly 13 years now, with the most recent five
of those on Arch, and for me one of the principal attractions of the OS has
always been fragmentation between distributions.  The recent changes to Arch
(and I dare say other distros which I do not monitor), all seem to me to point
in the direction of drab ecumenism - eventually "One distro to rule them
all ...."  Sooner or later Arch will be distinguished only by its excellent
rolling release model and the wonderful pacman.  Perhaps all this was
inevitable.  I do not intend anything I say as a criticism of the devs - it is
their distro and they are entitled to do what they choose with it. But it does
make me sad.

Geoff