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A Brilliant Mind: SUSE's Kernel Guru Speaks
An anonymous reader writes The man who in every sense sits at the nerve centre of SUSE Linux has no airs about him. At 38, Vojtch Pavlík is disarmingly frank and often seems a bit embarrassed to talk about his achievements, which are many and varied. He is every bit a nerd, but can be candid, though precise. As director of SUSE Labs, it would be no exaggeration to call him the company's kernel guru. Both recent innovations that have come from SUSE — patching a live kernel, technology called kGraft, and creating a means for booting openSUSE on machines locked down with secure boot, have been his babies.
What does he think about systemd?
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FTFY. And the answer is, yes, it is nuts. What's it like completely missing the point?
Desktop users started taking over Linux and now we have SystemD. Be careful what you wish for.
Vojtech brought me to SUSE Labs where I then worked on git and glibc for several years; since I did home office, we didn't meet that often but whenever we did, even because of something banal, it was a little awe inspiring for me. SUSE Labs is packed with brilliant people, but I always got the feel he's the smartest guy around. *And* at the same time it's a place that feels as un-corporate as possible in a corporation, I'm sure mostly thanks to his managing role.
So, I'm generally a bit sceptical about revering articles. But this one is spot on. When I think about it, I guess I still consider him one of my role models. :)
P.S.: Don't you guys feel kind of bored by the systemd spam under every Linux article too?
It's not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop at the end. -Douglas Adams
Quite. Telephone exchanges have had live upgrades for decades - upgrading not only the code but the data structures while calls are in progress. What is "nuts" is to assume that systems *need* to be shut down for upgrades - that really is a failure of proper architecture.
Security updates without a reboot is bad?
Because x86 doesn't have the system management chip that Unix boxes (full disclosure, old AIX admin, last used 5.1L) have. x86 has the crappy bios and UEFI neither of which can manage the system. This also what allows hot cpu, hot ram upgrades etc. The AIX system chip is an OS unto itself, it will boot with no RAM or CPU on board.
It hasn't been called SuSE since a LONG time. It is SUSE or openSUSE. If you want to go oldscjool, just name it S.u.S.E.
Naming it the wrong name is like calling somebody Bobby, because his mother called him that 20 years ago, instead of Roberst.. (And his mom calls him Robert as well)
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
1) There are numerous technical reasons against systemd, and not one good reason for it.
2) Admins are way more than users with a special password.
3) It is way more than a few people who oppose systemd.
Ubuntu 6.06 was my favorite. These days it's quite buggy distro. For example, on most laptops the brightness adjustment in Unity desktop goes in multiple steps as the backlight event has multiple listeners. Why don't they take care of such a simple and obvious thing?
What's happened to /. this isn't about Ubuntu or RedHat?
Seriously? Ubuntu? If you were here as long ago as you imply, you'd be asking about Debian or Slackware.
"Don't meddle in the affairs of a patent dragon, for thou art tasty and good with ketchup." ~ohcrapitssteve
What do you think ILO/ILOM, DRAC, RSA, etc. do on x86 servers? Those have their own CPU/storage/OS/network to manage the server remotely even if the main CPU gives out the magic smoke. A sysadmin can use it to wipe out and reinstall the server's OS and perform firmware upgrades without even walking into the server room.
In Soviet Russia, Jesus asks: "What Would You Do?"
Bobby, is that you?
lucm, indeed.
The only people against tools like systemd are the wannabes (network admins) who are nothing more than users with a better password (the real pros are coders who make tools for dolts like them, so they can actually function). Take away their puny little "knowledge" (an idiot can read some manuals and learn about IP + networking easily enough) with tools like systemd? These computing failure wannabes (network admins and their techs) fear for their livelyhoods. Yes, folks: It's TRULY that simple (+ yes, easy to see through).
Of course the real pros are coders. And of course that's a tough job to learn. That's why Obama, Bill Gates and others are pouring billions in projects that aim at teaching coding to everyone in high school. Dodge ball in the morning, java in the afternoon. Soon we will have an entire nation of real pros.
lucm, indeed.
Have you ever worked on a big AIX box? The only reason to walk into the server room for someone managing those machines is to hide from a coworker who had bean burritos for lunch.
lucm, indeed.
What's happened to /. this isn't about Ubuntu or RedHat?
Seriously? Ubuntu? If you were here as long ago as you imply, you'd be asking about Debian or Slackware.
Debian is for geezers. Real Slashdotters dig cool new distros, like Mandrake.
lucm, indeed.
@jones_supa: "Ubuntu 6.06 was my favorite. These days it's quite buggy distro. For example, on most laptops the brightness adjustment in Unity desktop goes in multiple steps as the backlight event has multiple listeners. Why don't they take care of such a simple and obvious thing?"
Deciding from the inability of Unity to set the brightness on laptops, that Ubuntu as a whole is a buggy distro, is sure one huge leap. Did you try any of the online solutions for your backlight problem. Did you post to any of the forums. If so what was the response?
Unlike you I will express my views not behind the AC, you fucking moron... There are several reasons, most discussed in /. in detail, so one is expected to know at least some like losing control of clear text configuration details and losing access to clear text log files.
Not everyone.. just girls.
Yawn...
"The hands that help are better far than lips that pray." - Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899)
Like Mandrake LOL ... funny.
"Trust but verify" is the tag line around here.