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I'm all for integration of system services if it helps bring a more cohesive OS. Interchangeability is a nice thing when building a system but I don't need it a

by sinpif 4mo ago

I'm all for integration of system services if it helps bring a more cohesive OS. Interchangeability is a nice thing when building a system but I don't need it as a user.

nottorp 4mo ago
... have you ever tried to customize a systemd based distro for something they haven't thought of originally?
- sinpif 4mo ago
  No. From your tone it sounds like it's probably not as easy as you'd like. I don't really have a response to that. System customization is not something I'm interested in.
- bboozzoo 4mo ago
  Can you share what was that thing that didn't work with systemd? I've seen pretty crazy setups and can't quite imagine how horrid of a mess those would have been if a large rc.init shell script ridden with sleeps was used instead.
  - nottorp 4mo ago
    Last time? Getting pppoe to automatically start and restart if it dies. Or not that, but setting up everything for a custom router with proper dns, firewall and all the other crap, without using crippled systemd versions for services that i couldn't even uninstall because of dependencies. Maybe it's Ubuntu's fault since they seem to want to run in containers not on bare metal lately. I switched that box to Devuan in the mean time :)