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> ... but the rate at which new tools are introduced, and having to sort out which actually will win is a considerable overhead. After a while it ... just gets

> ... but the rate at which new tools are introduced, and having to sort out which actually will win is a considerable overhead. After a while it ... just gets kind of old. Especially since you realize that all of it is a constructed complexity, largely arbitrary. One of the most important parts of my job as a sysadmin is the immediate sniff test on trendy technology of the week and being able to spot the obvious pain points early. Bitter experience, it's useful!

dredmorbius 11y ago
Quite. Though it's less the sniff tests and more the banishment from workplaces / sites / tools I use that get to be draining. Again: systemd. Which risks fucking over an entire massive (and otherwise highly useful) resource.
- davidgerard 11y ago
  The systemd battle's a lost cause I think. Pity, 'cos upstart was a reasonable implementation of the concept and vastly superior to init shell scripts. At least it's not Windows Server. (TODO: pointy-clicky interface to systemd)
  - digi_owl 11y ago
    Could have sworn i have already seen a early version of such a interface for either KDE or Gnome...
    - davidgerard 11y ago
      Excellent! (cough) Now they just need to make it mandatory in GnomeOS ...
  - JdeBP 11y ago
    Would that be along the lines of https://packages.debian.org/sid/systemd-ui https://packages.debian.org/sid/systemd-ui , https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/sysadmin/systemd-kcm https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/sysadmin/system... , or https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=272.0 https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=272.0 ?