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  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 months ago

    Another person discovers that big tech has taken control of our computers without asking permission.

    Well, your computers. I run Linux. It only does what I tell it to, not the other way round.

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        3 months ago

        You can have Linux without systemd. Though I’m not sure what systemd does that would be similar to how Windows tell you what’s going to happen.

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            3 months ago

            I understand the argument about it being a big thing with a feature creep, but I also haven’t had problems with that aspect. I’ve even started using systemd-boot. Shit just werks for me

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              3 months ago

              It’s not a big thing with feature creep. systemd-boot is a different project from systemd the service manager. It would be like saying GNU has feature creep because of coreutils, GNU Hurd, Autoconf, GnuCash, Stow… They’re different projects under the same banner.

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                3 months ago

                I guess the issue is that on most distros all of this might be a singular package instead of being a modular thing. So it might just seem Iike one big blob