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I saw a joke about the GPL and comment on systemd? GPL joke was unnecessary, though it does comment on why companies may prefer *BSD; the systemd bit - well thr
by porker 12y ago
I saw a joke about the GPL and comment on systemd? GPL joke was unnecessary, though it does comment on why companies may prefer *BSD; the systemd bit - well threads passim here on HN say Linux users are tearing themselves apart enough without help. And I read it as that Linux is onto something good here and FreeBSD should follow.
- keithpeter 12y agoSlides 21 to around 30 seemed like an argument for something like systemd - a 'stack' in the middle between the kernel and the applications. I saw it as a back-handed compliment. One has to remember that the slides supported a talk and talks need a little humour sometimes.
- progman 12y ago> argument for something _like_ systemd Correct. Unfortunately systemd is not a well separated 'stack' in the middle between kernel and applications but an interweaved network which tightly connects all three parts. I hope that the community has learned from the SystemV/systemd discussion and will go a new way which avoids the weaknesses of both systems towards a cleanly separated layer.
- keithpeter 12y agoPerhaps I should have said 'something like' and qualified the differences. I'm sure the BSD community can learn and can improve on the idea. Perhaps their result could be ported back to Linux as an alternative.
- _delirium 12y agoAt this point there are at least three fairly major "post-sysV" integrated launch/supervision/config systems that I would guess the FreeBSD devs will take away some lessons from (especially because I know there are FreeBSD devs with experience using each of them): Linux's systemd, Solaris's SMF, and OSX's launchd.
- teacup50 12y agoSeeing as he explicitly referenced launchd, I'd say it was an argument for something like launchd, NOT systemd.
- stock_toaster 12y agoThis was my take on it as well.