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Why would you punish yourself with various *BSDs when you can have OpenRC and more advanced ports on Gentoo? Do people really associate systemd, Gnome and other
by stefantalpalaru 11y ago
Why would you punish yourself with various *BSDs when you can have OpenRC and more advanced ports on Gentoo? Do people really associate systemd, Gnome and other nuisances with Linux?
- rockdoe 11y agoGiven that it's the default and sometimes only working option for many of the most popular Linux distros: yes.
- yellowapple 11y agoGiven also that systemd is Linux-only due to its reliance on cgroups: yes.
- rockdoe 11y agoThat doesn't stop you from having a Linux system without systemd, though.
- yellowapple 11y agoTrue (as I know firsthand, thanks to several Slackware-running machines that I own). My remark was just in response to the question of systemd being tied to Linux.
- BFay 11y agoDon't you have to build every package from source with Gentoo? I can see where that would be useful, but isn't it really time-consuming (or punishing, if you prefer that word)?
- stefantalpalaru 11y agoIt wasn't a deterrent when I had a Pentium 3 at 600 MHz, it sure isn't now when I have a FX-8320E at 4.5 GHz. I actually prefer from-source package installs because I get a higher degree of control over configuration options.
- geggam 11y agoPunish ? .... BSD is extremely user friendly. It just seems to be picky at who it calls friends. They ONLY reason I still use Linux anywhere is because I have to keep my skills for it fresh since its where I make a living. The metric I like to use for adopting new processes / services is pretty simple. I have _____ problem. What tool solves that problem for me. In my case systemd solves nothing and creates more.
- digi_owl 11y ago> Punish ? .... BSD is extremely user friendly. It just seems to be picky at who it calls friends. I seem to recall the same line being used about (GNU/)Linux at one point.