Subj : Beaver de Pesky!
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Wed Jul 26 2017 17:03:12

Hello,

On Wed, 26 Jul 2017 07:57:04 GMT, Maurice Kinal -> Nicholas Boel wrote:

 NB>> So I take it the networking was a breeze then?

 MK> Once I figured out the systemd method.

It's easy to learn, and once you force yourself to learn it it comes even 
easier as you go.

When Archlinux decided to go systemd, I put my trust in their decision and went 
with it. I don't have any complaints. .service files are much smaller and 
easier to manage than sysvinit scripts, and things just seem a lot snappier as 
far as restarting things or stopping/starting, etc.

 MK> I am still using systemv and have no desire for change in that
 MK> particular direction.

At this point it's only preference. Sysvinit is tried and true, and has worked 
for a long time. Systemd is new territory, so yeah, most people that are used 
to one way will continue to stick with it. It doesn't bother me either way and 
it's definitely not worth arguing about which is better. ;)

 MK> Now that it contacted the mothership and installed gcc and friends I
 MK> don't think it'll be needed in the future but then again it might.

Who knows, you may be a convert and you don't even know it yet!

 MK> If so then I'll probably set up something on the LAN to take care of
 MK> those sorts of issues.  We'll see.

I go the "least amount of issues" route.

 MK> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/development/ and
 MK> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/systemd/ for the latest
 MK> and greatest documentation.

Thanks for the links. I never saw those when visiting the site directly, but 
then again I wasn't there long.

I have had an interest in building my own system for quite awhile. Which is why 
I stuck with Gentoo for so long. But the way they changed things after Daniel 
Robbins left didn't keep me interested, and I wasn't going to start on the 
Funtoo train. Still, lots of dependencies pulled in and you end up with a bunch 
of crap you'll never use.

I would have to figure out what I would actually want to build my own custom 
linux system for first, and go from there. Until I have that answer, I'll stick 
with Archlinux - since it seems to be the most reliable (for me), least amount 
of bloat until you start adding stuff you think you need, and their wiki is 
pretty dang good as well. Lots of great community support is also available.

Regards,
Nick

..... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."

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