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I've kind of been thinking the same thing, this feels like a takeover by the freedesktop people.

• chris_wot 11y ago
  And yet it's not an official announcement, hasn't been discussed on any systemd related mailing lists, has no documentation and merely exists as a git repository. It's almost as if the programmers were experimenting with ideas that are alternatives to kdbus. I'm appalled. What were they thinking?
  • thescribe 11y ago
    You're very right. I let my distrust for freedeskop color my reaction.
    • chris_wot 11y ago
      That's ok. I was too sarcastic in that reply, sorry if I caused offence (I strive to modify my tendencies towards catty comments, but I'm a work in progress - When I see I've done it I'm making it a policy to acknowledge it and apologise). Could I ask a genuine question? Aside from systemd, why do you distrust freedesktop?
• gnu8 11y ago
  I agree with that is more or less what it is, but I'm not sure if I have a problem with it since it delivers the features people expect from a desktop OS. If you stop and think about the UNIX model, it really does not deliver everything that a desktop OS needs. At the same time, there is plenty of room for traditional sysv or bsd style Linux distributions, particularly in the cloud/container space. It boggles the mind that Ubuntu is the most popular distribution in that area, considering how many of its features are utterly unused and unnecessary on a container.