Sparcipx mentions ditching Linux for good [0]. I think this is a
Linux [1].
What's interesting now is that Slackware is pretty much the same as
t was 10 years ago, at least as far as installation and overall
v15 in order to provide OpenLDAP support). I have an older laptop
you get Slackware installed, it pretty much just runs. It's what
Debian stable _used_ to be before it lost its way. There was a time
longer. Now I am much more likely to pick one of the BSDs for
The desktop situation is less clear. Often some version of 'modern'
Linux is required for proper hardware support. This tends to be an
ssue with newer hardware though, so this is a good reason to stick
Nowadays systemd is my primary reason to avoid Linux. My reasoning
n 2009, about geeks wanting to get their hands dirty (and perhaps
more importantly _able_ to get their hands dirty), is even more
valid today when one considers systemd, which is opaque at best and
and use 'Systemd/Linux' instead). It's ironic that the mass movement
towards systemd in many ways resembles the Windows monoculture that
the Linux community fought so hard against in the 90s. The reasons
that monocultures were bad in 1995 are the exact same reasons they
are bad today.
current widespread and continued adoption of it will bite Linux in
the proverbial ass. It's far too complex to avoid major security or
ecosystem, the problems will only get worse.
[0]: gopher://sdf.org/0/users/sparcipx/phlog/February_2020/02-08-20
[1]: gopher://sdf.org/0/users/slugmax/phlog_archives/slack
