Please reply to the list and not directly to me.
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:39 AM, PETER ZOELLER <peter_zoel...@rogers.com> wrote: > Hi: > > I'm sorry but I shouldn't have to remove systemd but be given a choice as to > which one I want at the time of the install just as I choose my file system, > my software, my networking, where I want my boot loader installed, etc. To > assume on your part what I need or want and then expect me to counter your > choice by requiring me to uninstall is rather presumptuous on your part just > the same approach that I would expect from Microsoft not Linux. > > Peter > I made no assumptions, as I had absolutely nothing to do with the decision of making systemd the default init system. I merely point out that it is possible (and quite easy) for a debian-user to remove systemd. If you do not want systemd to *ever* be installed on your system, well then that's another discussion that does not belong in this thread. > > On Friday, October 10, 2014 11:01 AM, James Ensor <belgianpain...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:57 AM, PETER ZOELLER <peter_zoel...@rogers.com> > wrote: > >> This is really ticking me off. We are becoming just like Microsoft that >> one >> size fits all. Linux has always been about choice and modularity and >> reconfigurability where a user or admin can choose that what suits him/her >> and the type of system they want. You want sysvinit you use Debian or >> Slackware, want Upstart go to Ubuntu, want systemd go to Fedora/Redhat. >> Where in all this is my choice to have my system boot via the means I or >> any >> user or admin considers to be the appropriate method to boot their system? >> What's wrong with you people? Have you lost sight of why Linus designed >> this system? Its about simplicity, modularity and reconfigurability. >> This >> approach with systemd flies in the face of all this. Its like demanding >> that you can use only ext4 as your file system. > >> >> > > The point of this thread was to demonstrate that you *do* still have a > choice. It's relatively simple to remove systemd from your Debian > installation if you choose to. > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cafxvjvcwwja8utkpqdraxbetpwtgq8u7tvt-g7h9_iqjj8n...@mail.gmail.com
