[TriLUG] Locked Out Linux box (Denouement)

[John Vaughters via TriLUG]

 I too dislike systemd because it takes total control away, but, IMHO the systemd resistance is futile. When ALL the major linux distributions sign up for systemd, it's over. In reality, it only takes RHEL to sign up and most others will follow, but it didn't really go down that way. It was more of an industry plan. In any case, all major software vendors will drift away from supporting other init systems and if they do it will be secondary support and less reliable. I truly hate the coupling to systemd, but I am not going to waste a bunch of time fighting it.

Not trying to start an init philosophical revolution here, just trying to be practical with realities.
I still greatly miss the simplicity of SysV init, but as usual, as I dig into systemd, it gets easier.

John Vaughters
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 9:46:38 AM EDT, Paul Boyle via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:  
 
 On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:43:40 +0000 (UTC)
John Vaughters via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

[...]

> Depending on your needs, you may find Ubuntu better if you are doing
> end user tasks and you are reading about all those great features
> only to find out you cannot do it on Centos. Or find a great library
> for exactly what you need to solve your issue and Centos does not
> have the proper library versions you need. I have tried many
> distributions, but never SUSE. So I too wish you luck with Centos and
> that it does not get in the way of your tasks, but if it does
> consider an Ubuntu load.

As I mentioned in my reply to Steve Litt's post, moving to Ubuntu (or
a variant thereof), depends on whether or not I'll be able to convert
the proprietary rpms I use for my work to debs.

Paul 

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