Mastodawn

If you followed the details on #systemd and its insistance of adding #AgeVerification into a major swath of #Linux #distributions , it looks like today is your day to see its introduction into at least 1 #distro ... but I suspect there may be more.

I did _not_ proceed with systemd updates on my 2 primary linux boxes, running #AlmaLinux v9.7

I'm at a point now that I have to seriously consider whether I need to transition away from systemd entirely and stop supporting those who include it.

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CheapPontoon 1d ago

@lumiworx as someone who hasn’t made the jump to Linux yet, this still concerns me. Like countries I’d emigrate to, but they’re becoming less free.

So if you don’t mind a basic non-expert question. Wikipedia says the alternatives to #systemd are SysVinit or OpenRC. Is that your direction?

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LumiWorx

@CheapPontoon

What I have strived to do - both personally, and in my previous professional capacities - was to make OS choices that offered robust solutions and were reliable over long-term use.

Rolling release distros (usually ones that are always intent on being bleeding edge) are not stable enough for either of those capacities, which limits the pool for those with the same view. They are - or soon will be - equally affected by the whole systemd mess, so my replacements are even fewer.