Post #1394313

2024-06-18 13:24 UTC

SystemD is for landlords. The whole system makes sense when your realize that SystemD's only constituency is people who want to rent out computers. Not for people who want to live under a their own roof, maybe in a community, to maybe build something together. SystemD is software for landlords.

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@flypaper@autonomous.zone 2024-06-18 16:28

@mhoye ok this is interesting. I have an overview understanding of SystemD. Can you expand on this? What init system do you prefer?

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@AdrianVovk@fosstodon.org 2024-06-18 16:52

@mhoye tmpfiles just needs to be renamed. It hasn't been just for temporary files for a very long time. Yes this is a foot gun /home is not a temporary file. And it has never been seen as one by systemd. In fact, systemd has tools like homed that are designed explicitly to give more control of your home dir to you, the user, with more flexibility over it than with traditional home dirs. I think that's as clear as it gets. So no, systemd is not only for landlords. Quite the opposite.

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@smammy@hachyderm.io 2024-06-18 18:30

@mhoye I admin a single server that I own — it sits here on the table next to me. systemd's cohesive design and existant docs have been a real boon to me but go off i guess

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@philiph@hachyderm.io 2024-06-23 20:06

@mhoye thank you this is exactly how I've felt about systems as well

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@ireneista@adhd.irenes.space 2024-06-24 03:32

@mhoye honestly, yeah

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@julesbl@mastodon.me.uk 2024-06-24 11:10

@mhoye always reminds me of the ms Windows registry, put all the configuration in one place where it can me bloated and corrupted

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