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Debian Forked Over Systemd

Posted by Soulskill on from the a-house-divided dept.

jaromil writes: The so called "Veteran Unix Admin" collective has announced that the fork of Debian will proceed as a result of the recent systemd controversy. The reasons put forward are not just technical; included is a letter of endorsement by Debian Developer Roger Leigh mentioning that "people rely on Debian for their jobs and businesses, their research and their hobbies. It's not a playground for such radical experimentation." The fork is called "Devuan," pronounced "DevOne." The official website has more information.

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  1. Re:My son's name is Devuan by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 5, Funny

    He could open for The Oneders

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  2. Re:A joke? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, systemd was started as a joke. Kind of like the 16 year old who points his father's gun at a friend as a joke. Both can become all too real very quickly, and end in disaster.

  3. Re:Okay, this is a great idea by ColaMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    This recreates the correct 800x600 experience for optimum viewing. We've had 800x600 for years and years and it's well-proven and stable. There's certainly no need for all these extra resolutions to complicate things!

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  4. great news! 2015 = YotLD! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was just thinking that what's holding back the Linux community is the lack of yet another distro.

    2015 will surely be the year of the Linux Desktop now!

  5. Re:Okay, this is a great idea by myrdos2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The gratuitous use of bolding grants me insight into the developer's mindset and makes me despair for the future of this fork. Still they're just getting started, and probably slapped something together that will soon be replaced.

  6. Re:Okay, this is a great idea by binarylarry · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm going to start a more user friendly fork of Devuan that adds systemd back in! I'm going to call it Trayvon.

    Website coming soon.

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  7. Re:What's the name again? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You only live Juan's.

  8. Re: Unix tool philosopy == Good Thing by nedlohs · · Score: 4, Funny

    Completely unacceptable. I mean it's called "unstable" how dare it be unstable...

  9. Re:Wow... by CaptQuark · · Score: 4, Funny

    rehash never needs any arguments. Check your man page.

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  10. Re:A joke? by Aighearach · · Score: 4, Funny

    If RedHat now = "The Man" then I think we can finally declare, Linux has won. Linux has taken over the world. Long Live Linus!

    http://img.photobucket.com/alb...

  11. Re:Wow... by Aighearach · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know... all that code that I don't know what it does because I don't understand the problem it solves! Surely if I don't know it can't be useful, right? Who are you to have features I don't understand?! /s