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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Distros specifically designed for children
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 09:40:57 +0100
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On 29/05/2025 19:51, rbowman wrote:
> On Thu, 29 May 2025 08:58:11 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> 
>> On 5/28/25 21:24, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Wed, 28 May 2025 20:24:42 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/28/25 19:59, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 28 May 2025 15:13:33 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> But I use PCLinuxOS and most of us really hate systemd.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why? Because you were told to?
>>>> 	
>>>> No because I started with Mandriva 2006 and when that company folded I
>>>> tried Mageia just after it adopted systemd and I had a lot of trouble
>>>> with that distribution and so went to PCLinuxOS and had many fewer
>>>> problems most of which problems are caused by myself, the proverbial
>>>> loose nut on the keyboard.
>>>
>>> So what were the problems with systemd, exactly?
>>
>> 	Instability.
> 
> I haven't noticed. Just sayin'

My beef was mainly that it enforced the need for EVERY SINGLE DAEMON to 
have its config file rewritten in a more complex form.

And the dependency hell that created has taken at leat 5 years to sort out

-- 
I would rather have questions that cannot be answered...
....than to have answers that cannot be questioned

Richard Feynman