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>So when using POSIX, or any other programming model rich enough not to mess with OS specific APIs, the OS becomes irrelevant. Except that things like systemd
by HeadsUpHigh 8y ago
>So when using POSIX, or any other programming model rich enough not to mess with OS specific APIs, the OS becomes irrelevant.
Except that things like systemd and a lot of redhat related software rely on Linux-specific functions like cgroups so they are not portable. Good luck replacing Linux even if something that much better comes up.
- pjmlp 8y agoNot everyone makes use of those features and the last time I was using a Red-Hat system, it was for Java deployments, which is also not Linux related in any form. Same applies to the C, C++, Fortran and now Chapel code that usually runs on HPC clusters.
- HeadsUpHigh 8y agoEveryone uses systemd... I hope people are smart enough to not fall for it and not use all the scope-creeped features of it but if you add all the little things up, it turns out that we are getting more and more stuck with linux.