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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:18:37
Message-Id: 0D8B951A-06D1-43B8-BD6D-46E7CB059746@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd by Joost Roeleveld
1 On 23 August 2011, at 07:27, Joost Roeleveld wrote:
2 > ...
3 >> * found this blog-entry against systemd:
4 >>
5 >> http://monolight.cc/2011/05/the-systemd-fallacy/
6 >>
7 >> I agree, it might be more useful on desktops ... so far I am still
8 >> exploring and learning to get to the point to make a decision where and
9 >> if to use.
10 >
11 > I think it is more useful on desktops and laptops, which get rebooted
12 > regularly. On a server that tends to run for months without a reboot, a fast
13 > init-system is important.
14 >
15 > And I don't really see the point of D-BUS on a server either. All the services
16 > that need to talk to each other already have working communication paths.
17
18 Reading that blog entry I found discouraging the idea that dbus might be required on my servers in the future, if systemd becomes popular with distros.
19
20 Stroller.

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Re: [gentoo-user] systemd "Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] systemd Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>