‹ BackHN Continuity

Thread

Systemd is a suite of basic building blocks

37 points · 71 comments · Bluestein

  1. seany · · focus · HN ↗
    We had reasonable building blocks before systemd...
    1. rezonant · · focus · HN ↗
      I think we just have different ideas of what the word "reasonable" means.
      1. throw0101a · · focus · HN ↗
        > I think we just have different ideas of what the word "reasonable" means.

        I think we just have different ideas of what the term "building blocks" means.

        You cannot add (or remove) part of systemD as you wish: on a Linux system I cannot replace journald with something, and I cannot bring journald over to FreeBSD. SystemD is tightly-coupled (heck, they even borg'd in udevd, which was an independent project at one point).

        Building blocks in my mind are like Legos: you can put together the thing you see on the box, but the individual (literal) blocks can be used however you wish.

        1. mkeedlinger · · focus · HN ↗
          This is the best point I’ve heard for this perspective.

          I guess I just never cared to actually LEGO much with Linux.

Open on Hacker News to reply ↗

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.