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On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:16:19 -0600, Dale wrote: |
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> Now that I'm basically forced to have a init thingy, that is a |
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> additional reason not to reboot. In the past, another distro, the init |
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> thingy would break and I couldn't boot. I despise having to have a init |
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> thingy. If I ever replace the hard drive that has my OS with a SSD or |
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> something, the separate /usr is gone. Maybe I can ditch the init thingy |
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> at that point. |
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init thingies have changed a lot since your Mandr{ake,iva} experiences. |
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The way the kernel handles them is very different and the tools used to |
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build them have changed greatly. Mandrake used their on init thingy |
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builder, as did most distros, whereas we now have a standardised tool |
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that works well in a greater range of situations. |
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