Linda Walsh wrote:
Lew Wolfgang wrote:
The arguments in favor of systemd remind me of something:
First, the hook: Boot times are increasing! Second, the fix: Systemd will solve all our problems! Third, close discussion: The technology is "settled", deal with it and stop whining. Forth, vilify dissenters: Systemd deniers are evil and must be cast out of the community!
In both cases, the "hook" is a false premise to justify otherwise objectionable remedies to problems that don't exist.
Boot times increasing?
Get rid of indirect booting. I boot a server in about half the time systemd takes -- boot directly from the hard drive w/o a ram disk. 15 seconds for the kernel to hit the boot scripts, and another 15 seconds for all services to come up and the login prompt displayed. 25% of that is just getting all the disk space mounted. Boot times are not increasing (as you note -- a false premise, and systemd doesn't lead to shorter boot times.
If systemd can't deliver on shorter boot times, why do people believe it will deliver on anything else?
Because, as you have probably noticed, we have entered the age of non-reason. We have become overrun by people who believe that wishes constitute reality, and anybody who presents evidence contrary to the really-really-really sincere wishing is a demon who shall be cast out of the rabbit warren... and these sorts of things are ALWAYS run by rabbits in a warren, whose primary method of fighting disputes is NOT the presentation of facts, but the use of shaming tactics, such as "How dare you say [insert double-plus ungood badthink]" and "How dare you say that the emperor has no clothes!!!" and "How dare you use insulting language -- it doesn't matter that our side was the first to engage in personal ad hominem attacks... that's not fair when YOU use such language!!!!" Which is why I wrote "fuck you" to Carlos... [And I never thought I would ever see the day when Carlos would be deserving of such on this list...but, it seems that he, too, has decided to join the poeple of the lie, or what Sinclair Lewis called 'The Autumn People." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org