[Semibug] SystemD is literally the kitchen sink of Linux ; Linux starting to feel more and more alien as the years go on

[Kyle Willett]

Replying to Steve.

I don't hate Linux. It's a good OS in some distros. It was my first OS
other than DOS and Windows.

I just hate the direction it is going in. I feel like corporate backers are
engineering it for the hyper scalers and no one else.

I feel like the Linux space is constantly doing new stuff for the sake of
doing new stuff.

Ifconfig -> iwconfig -> ip a ?

I lament the days of Linux old.

Linux serves many good purposes today still it is just FAR removed from a
real Unix.

One can hate systemd and still like the Linux kernel and some of the GNU
tools.

On Fri, Dec 8, 2023, 1:16 PM Andre Buskvekster <andre at buskvekster.mooo.com>
wrote:

> Nick Holland writes:
> > This is a general Open Source problem -- it's far more fun to add
> > a whole new feature than to make existing features suck less
> > (or even work), and REMOVING a bad idea is entirely forbidden,
> > it might offend someone!
>
> Steve Litt writes:
> > The preceding is quoted for truth. It's EXACTLY right.
>
> I don't think it is an open source problem; I think it applies
> to all remunerative work, and possibly even beyond work.
>
> Edsger Dijkstra said:
> > Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it
> > and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse:
> > complexity sells better.
>
> Or it is an open source problem in the sense that open source
> is the apolitical, business-appropriate disruption of free software
> communities.
>
> Edsger Dijkstra also said:
> > We should never forget the crucial distinction
> > between the salesman and the scientist.
> > It is the salesman's duty to please his customers or,
> > if that is too difficult, to fool them.
>
> I believe that we are able to make nice things precisely because
> we accept that people won't buy them.
>
> With distinguished salutations,
> Andre
>
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