[TUHS] Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy' ??? The Register

[arnold at skeeve.com]

I'm with Larry on this one. I'm 64, I been running Ubuntu Mate for ~8
years or so, and even though it's systemd, and yeah, systemd IS an
abomination, I don't care enough to go looking for something else. I
still have $DAYJOB, kids living at home, Free Software to maintain,
books to write, etc., etc., etc.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SystemdForUpstartUsers#Permanent_switch_back_to_upstart
looks like it might do the trick, but it also looks like it's a little
old, and I don't want to brick my production systems.

I may try to spin up a VM and see if the instructions work before
doing it for real.

Arnold

Larry McVoy <lm at mcvoy.com> wrote:

> This is all well and good but what I, and I suspect other boomers like me,
> are looking for, is something like Ubuntu without systemd.  I'm a xubuntu
> guy (Ubuntu with a lighter weight desktop), but whatever.  Ubuntu is fine,
> everything works there.
>
> So is there an "Everything just works" distro without systemd?  A guy can
> hope but I suspect not.
>
> I'm not trying to be a pain in the ass but I'm 62, I prefer to spend my
> effort on fishing on the ocean, I'm not some young guy that wants to
> put in a ton of hours on my Linux install, I like Linux because it is
> Unix and it is trivial to install.  Windows?  Hours and hours of finding
> drivers after you find some USB network connector that Windows knows?
> No thanks.  *BSD - have you installed one of those?  It's a trip back
> to the 1980s, those installers are fine for BSD developers but just suck
> compared to Linux.  Mainstream Linux just works.