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systemd-free Devuan Linux hits RC2

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You seem to be one of the people who thinks that because systemd is modular it can't also be monolithic.

It being modular and it being monolithic aren't mutually exclusive.

Please feel free to further educate yourself here: http://judecnelson.blogspot.com/2014/09/systemd-biggest-fallacies.html

Let me quote an excerpt from the article that I linked above:

"A piece of software is modular if it is decomposable into distinct functional units such that each unit addresses a specific concern. Systemd, the Linux kernel, and X.org are all examples of modular software. Systemd addresses its concerns with its binaries, the Linux kernel with loadable kernel modules, and X.org with its drivers and extensions.

Now, a piece of software is monolithic if its components (if it has any at all) are tightly coupled--that is, components logically depend on one another to the point where using them in different contexts requires re-implementing the missing ones. Examples include Linux and X.org--in Linux's case, you can't use a kernel module without the kernel, the kernel can't run without the requisite kernel modules to interface with the hardware, and you can't use a Linux kernel module with other kernels or as a stand-alone program. Similarly, you can't use an X video driver without the X server, you can't use the X server without at least one video driver, and you can't use X's video drivers with other graphics managers or as stand-alone programs.

Under these definitions, systemd qualifies as both modular and monolithic. You cannot run journald without systemd, and cannot run systemd without journald (at least, not without losing logging for systemd-supervised programs). None of the *ctl programs work without systemd, nor do its collection of systemd-*d daemons. It used to be possible to run logind separately, but not anymore. According to the systemd developers, udev will likely be next to hard-depend on systemd. The point is, despite the fact that systemd is comprised of multiple binaries, the hierarchical logical coupling between them means that it is more accurate to think of them as extensions to systemd-PID-1 that just happen to run in separate address spaces. They are not truly independent, composable programs."

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Facebook accused of violating US wiretap law

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Big Brother

That's why I have cookies disabled, and only enable them for specific domains. That plus privacy enhancing adblock filters and I feel much more comfortable browsing the web.

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FSF launches Windows 7 anti-upgrade letter campaign

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What ever suits you best

>> "Investing in Microsoft's Windows 7 will only get you more stuck and more dependent on

>>them..."

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>> And Ubuntu for example would be different how?...

>Are you dense, or just trolling. Which bit of OPEN SOURCE do you NOT >understand.

>Software running on your RedHat desktop will run fine on your >Novell OpenSuse desktop or

>your Gentoo desktop. Still not clear what's >meant or do you need a Powerpoint presentation

>to explain further?

Or FreeBSD(PCBSD, DesktopBSD) desktop, NetBSD desktop(yes, not many people do that), OpenBSD desktop(even less people do that). Not many companies would run NetBSD on their desktops, but at least there's a choice.

If/when Desktop NetBSD (http://wiki.netbsd.se/Desktop_Project) becomes usable it could become better choice for corporations than linux(DesktopBSD is probably the best choice still), simply because BSD licence is more acceptable to them, but still it's VERY unlikely.

I'm (almost) exclusively using Xubuntu, and I'm very happy with my choice(I got too lazy to tinker with Slackware like I used to - ahh...good times...), but I'm tiered with all the Linux fanboys and FOSS zealotry, which almost makes me feel ashamed that I use Linux. I'm switching to NetBSD, and I consider myself lucky having the skills to do it. Maybe I'll switch to Haiku in like... 10 years(when it's mature enough).

Liking Windows(XP, Vista, 7, whatever) is OK(although I don't exactly like them myslef), what's important is that there's a choice, I just wish more people would be aware of that choice. As long as people make an informed decision it's a good decision(for them - that's the only thing that should matter).

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Windows 7: Microsoft's three missed opportunities

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best Windows yet? Don't think so...

First of all I admit that I haven't tried RTM yet, but I've been playing with RC.

So many people say that the new UI is pretty - I just can't believe it! I think it's one of the fugliest things I've seen in my life! Still - that's just my opinion.

I agree that the Start menu isn't very efficient/usable(even after trying to get used to it, I still think it's less efficient than it used to be in XP), but it's just the most visible aspect of Microsoft's strategy of hiding functionality. After I've launched Windows 7 for the first time I wanted to turn off aero, and make it more bearable to look at and I soon realized that customizing this system is intentionally made more difficult than it should be. Menus that let you set stuff that isn't even too advanced are hidden away, or obfuscated.

I admit that it's pretty fast, but I think that XP(especially a fine-tuned one) is much faster. I also have a feeling that most 7's speed isn't an actual speed boost, but a bunch of tricks that make it LOOK faster/smoother.

One other thing is that I still think that many people will wait for Vista SP2... I mean Windows 7 SP1 - because at this point no one can really be sure how ready for prime time it really is.

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MS and Sophos incompatible over Win 7 XP Mode

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Coat

Wine?

Maybe we should expect a port of Wine for Windows 7. I bet it would work better than virtualized XP within 7.

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64-bit Chrome takes centre stage in Linux land

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Re: Time to give Adobe a kick up the arris?

You should check out this: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

Ok, I know it's alpha, but I'm using it every day, and although it could be a bit faster, it's pretty stable.

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Linux chief challenges Microsoft to pony up on patents

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WTF?

Great for linux, what about everyone else?

I'm using linux almost exclusively on my desktop, but what about all the other operating systems that are use open source or free software licenses? What about all the variants of BSD, and numerous niche operating systems? When I think about it Open Invention Network isn't very open...

I would hate to see some great open source projects eventually getting killed by a bunch of big corporations, because OIN(or anyone else for that matter), felt like defending the underdog. Like I said - I use linux - but I have a choice, I can switch to NetBSD, Haiku or whatever else I feel like - and I don't want this choice to be taken away from me.

It's great that linux is developing at such a fast pace recently, but this is just one more time that the guys from Linux Foundation and some other related organizations do things that leave me with a strange feeling that they're actually pretty selfish(yes it sounds kind of strange to me too).

I'm really thinking about switching to BSD now.

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