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It's not 'hyperventilation' it's obvious fascism
ooh! ooh! Can we restart the systemd wars??
Did the init war ever end? (I use shepherd btw)
yes please! We're using OpenRC on Debian right now, it's very nice. Way less annoying than systemd.
-- Frost
I've got a huge soft spot for OpenRC, my first experience with Linux was installing Gentoo on a junker PC i'd patched together from scavenged parts in like 2007. I actually worked from a printed out version of the handbook >.<
JFC it's "facism" to return an age bracket?
Do you know what it's going to be used for? I'll give you a hint they're not being subtle we've said it out loud