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To be fair, cgroups appeared before we got rctl/racct. More actual disasters though: signalfd (https://ldpreload.com/blog/signalfd-is-useless https://ldpreload
by floatboth 9y ago
To be fair, cgroups appeared before we got rctl/racct.
More actual disasters though: signalfd (https://ldpreload.com/blog/signalfd-is-useless https://ldpreload.com/blog/signalfd-is-useless), ALSA, wireless_tools/iproute2(ip command)/iw (was it SO HARD to just keep improving ifconfig?!), procfs/sysfs & udev.
- X86BSD 9y agoIf I logged on to a UNIX box, and ifconfig was not there I would install a real UNIX. Seriously I am not going to hunt down or figure out why basic UNIX tools, interfaces, or APIs are not there. I'm just going to write the OS off as a busted trash fire and fix it using the above fix.