14 Jun
2024
14 Jun
'24
1:04 p.m.
On Thu, 13 Jun 2024, Larry McVoy wrote:
This is all well and good but what I, and I suspect
other boomers like
me, are looking for, is something like Ubuntu without systemd. I'm a
xubuntu guy (Ubuntu with a lighter weight desktop), but whatever.
Ubuntu is fine, everything works there.
I'm looking for something like Debian for its Amateur radio ("ham") stuff
for a laptop, but without the "systemd" monstrosity; I've seen a reference
to "Devuan" (?) which might suit me.
So is there an "Everything just works"
distro without systemd? A guy
can hope but I suspect not.
Hopefully...
I'm not trying to be a pain in the ass but
I'm 62, I prefer to spend my
effort on fishing on the ocean, I'm not some young guy that wants to put
in a ton of hours on my Linux install, I like Linux because it is Unix
and it is trivial to install. Windows? Hours and hours of finding
drivers after you find some USB network connector that Windows knows? No
thanks. *BSD - have you installed one of those? It's a trip back to
the 1980s, those installers are fine for BSD developers but just suck
compared to Linux. Mainstream Linux just works.
Only 62? I turn 72 in a few months :-) And I *don't* like Linux
precisely because it is *not* Unix (too many irritating differences), but
I need something for the aforesaid lapdog (with some proprietary hardware,
but 3rd-party drivers exist). As for *BSD, yes, many times; I started
with SunOS, used OpenBSD/NetBSD/FreeBSD (the latter is my current server),
and I really don't see any problem. Heck, even my Mac runs FreeBSD
(albeit on steroids)...
I have to say though that the SunOS graphical installer was beautiful :-)
-- Dave