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Whereas Linux never stopped coming up with new ideas, but doesn't have the manpower to implement them

• Animats 2y ago
  systemd! (Currently struggling with the way systemd inserts itself into the DNS query chain and then botches things.)
  • psd1 2y ago
    It likes to fall over to the secondary server, doesn't it.
    • bornfreddy 2y ago
      It likes to botch things.
    • Animats 2y ago
      There are so many known systemd-resolved bugs [1][2] that I can't tell which one was breaking both of my simple Ubuntu desktop machines. Systemd-resolved sets itself up as the sole DNS resolver and then randomly reports it can't reach any DNS servers. [1] https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+resolved https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3A... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/18kh1r5/im_shocked_that_almost_no_one_is_talking_about/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/18kh1r5/im_shocked_t...
      • psd1 2y ago
        Yes and... the tools are now highly distro-specific. I don't want to allocate my study time to resolvectl, I want to allocate it to programming, but my home server requires me to be a beginner again in something that was easy a decade ago. And I am not getting anything of value for that trade.
  • ahartmetz 2y ago
    The how-hard-can-it-be-and-who-cares-anyway approach to replacing basic system components. Love it.
• TylerE 2y ago
  Which is why I gave up on it. Was tired of something in my workflow breaking every 6 weeks because “ooh shiny”