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systemd being mainstream is alarming and goes against the philosophy of linux (lemmy.ml)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Did not known what Linux had a philosophy or ideology.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    There have been many over the years. When I first discovered linux (shortly before linux 2.6 was released) it was RTFM (read the f*ing manual " and "each tool should do only one thing".

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    "each tool should do only one thing"

    Funny thing about that - systemd follows this philosophy even though nobody gives them credit for it. ps -ef |grep logind will show a half dozen or so separate services running.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    There are some things that can be described as philosophy of Linux (e.g. "don't break userspace", "I only care about the code"), but the idea that "Linux is about [freedom|choice|privacy|openness]" is entirely mythological. It's just a neat free software operating system kernel that has been used to build operating systems, many of which are free software.

    Of course, Linux is "too fragmented" because there isn't a standard "linux desktop environment" (or package manager, or shell, etc) unless it's systemd in which case it's "about choice" and we need "init freedom."

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