Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@fabiscafe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fabiscafe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@okapi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>okapi</span></a></span> OFC <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@chesheer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chesheer</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@chesheer/114665737941231945" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">criticism</a> is understandable on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> given that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a> is inherenty focussed and intertwined with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> (just as it's Inspiration, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LaunchD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaunchD</span></a>, is intertwined with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a>'s Darwin/NeXTstep kernel).</p><ul><li>The problem is after some hefty <em>"init wars"</em> with like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Upstart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Upstart</span></a> and others SystemD became the de-facto standard, and the <em>"(statistical) rounding errors"</em> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> users got sidelined, in part because BSDs looked at that mess and went like <em>"Nyet, SysVinit is fine!"</em> and continued their fiddling around...</li></ul><p>And sadly there's nothing they (or anyone else) could've done unless they had multiplied suddenly and being able to keepcthe old tech stack maintainable.</p><ul><li>Similarly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xorg</span></a> is dying and there are already GPUs that only support <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wayland</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/X11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X11</span></a> apps get run using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XWayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XWayland</span></a>. </li></ul><p>OFC I wish for more diversity in solutions, but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> being <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/streamlined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streamlined</span></a> is what makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/portability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portability</span></a> across distros easier <em>and</em> boosted adoption as well as providing massive gains in solutions like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DXVK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DXVK</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Proton</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wine</span></a> in general.</p><ul><li>And TBH most <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a>"</em> aka. <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Normies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Normies</span></a>"</em> frankly don't give a shit what OS they use. All it needs to do is serve them their eMails and allow them to <em>'consoom themselbes happy'</em> as in watching YouTube, Play games, etc.</li></ul>