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

[Greg A. Woods]

At Sun, 16 Jun 2024 15:48:15 +1000, Alexis <flexibeast at gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy' The Register
>
> Here's an excerpt from something i wrote
> on the Gentoo forum back in April:
>
> > [[...]] the situation on
> > Linux was a mess. Many of the (usually
> > volunteers) who maintain packages for
> > Linux don't want to have to learn the
> > complexities of shell scripting and the
> > subtle issues that can arise

That pretty much says it all about the state of the GNU/linux world
right there.

In the "Unix world" everyone learns shell scripting, some better than
others of course, and some hate it at the same time too, but I would say
from my experience it's a given.  You either learn shell scripting or
you are "just a user" (even if you also write application code).

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