Reminder that one day, for no reason whatsoever, all Linux distros suddenly decided that the systemd init was the best thing ever and switched to it. Thank Red Hat and GNOME Foundation for the takeover.
I just recently started diving into Linux, and I've read a lot of bitching about systemd. Apparently it is extremely entrenched, and a nightmare of over 1 millions lines of borderline spaghetti that few people can modify or fix.
Any suggestions for a relative n00bie? Just spin up some VMs of differing flavors?
[ - ] veo 1 point 4.1 yearsMar 27, 2021 03:24:14 ago (+1/-0)*
VM's are a great way to experience the user experience within different distros, but you'll likely not get the full experience of having to work with the hardware interface side of things.
What i'd recommend (for learning purposes) is to load up a live install, and play with it till it breaks, then try and learn to fix what you broke. Don't keep anything important on local (I'll assume you don't know how to partition home directories separately or how to re-install without overwriting them) just in case you have to re-install from scratch to fix whatever you broke. do this for a few months and you'll find that you don't break things anymore.
If that's not up your alley, Just stick with the simple distros like mint, and just enjoy life. as long as you don't tinker under the hood much, it's pretty hard to break it -- unless you try and throw a lot of obscure hardware at it.
[ - ] LoliNeko [op] 1 point 4.1 yearsMar 27, 2021 10:26:30 ago (+1/-0)
I'd highly recommend reading some articles on that site itself. Very spicy take on systemd subversion. To escape systemd, you will need to go beyond copy-and-pasting commands online to solve any issues.
I'm a running Obarun myself, as I like Arch, and I find the s6-init paired with 66-tools a match made in heaven. Artix also has s6 as its init option, but not as intuitive as 66 makes it.
Yeah, I'm still in copy/pasta land for now, but I'm starting to grok most of the basic commands. But I'm aware that there is a deep rabbit hole here. Perhaps something worth exploring, especially as tech starts to homogenize and freedom of speech is attacked.
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[ + ] zesty
[ - ] zesty 0 points 4.1 yearsMar 27, 2021 02:04:39 ago (+0/-0)
Any suggestions for a relative n00bie? Just spin up some VMs of differing flavors?
[ + ] veo
[ - ] veo 1 point 4.1 yearsMar 27, 2021 03:24:14 ago (+1/-0)*
What i'd recommend (for learning purposes) is to load up a live install, and play with it till it breaks, then try and learn to fix what you broke. Don't keep anything important on local (I'll assume you don't know how to partition home directories separately or how to re-install without overwriting them) just in case you have to re-install from scratch to fix whatever you broke. do this for a few months and you'll find that you don't break things anymore.
If that's not up your alley, Just stick with the simple distros like mint, and just enjoy life. as long as you don't tinker under the hood much, it's pretty hard to break it -- unless you try and throw a lot of obscure hardware at it.
[ + ] zesty
[ - ] zesty 0 points 4.1 yearsMar 27, 2021 15:07:04 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] LoliNeko
[ - ] LoliNeko [op] 1 point 4.1 yearsMar 27, 2021 10:26:30 ago (+1/-0)
I'm a running Obarun myself, as I like Arch, and I find the s6-init paired with 66-tools a match made in heaven. Artix also has s6 as its init option, but not as intuitive as 66 makes it.
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