"I had heard about systemd a few years back, when upstart and some other init replacements I can't remember were showing up on the scene. And while it seemed mildly interesting, I was not in favor of using it, nor any of them for that matter. init was working just fine for me. init was simple and robust. While configuration had it's distro-specific differences, it was often these differences that made one pick the distro to use in the first place, and to stay with that distro. The tools essentially <i>were</i> the distro. I just dist-upgraded to Jessie, and voila - PID 1 was suddenly systemd. What a clusterfuck. In a 'One Linux' world, what would distros actually be? Deprecated. No longer relevant. Archaic shells of their once proud individualism. Basically, they're now just a logo and a default desktop background image."<p>Really? That's what you think the whole difference between the distros is, the fucking <i>init</i> system?<p>You're using Debian, but you don't think the Social Contract and DFSG are any part of what Debian uses to set itself apart? You're just completely ignoring that, I can only presume on purpose? You don't think that portage and USE flags distinguishes Gentoo from the other distros in any way? Or that Slackware's deliberately ascetic package managment is at all important? Or that it's unique directory layout and symlink farm is what makes GoboLinux awesome? The defining characteristic of all the these distros is what <i>init</i> system they use?<p>"Debian has made a grave and cowardly mistake here, and they need a course correction
immediately. Incorporating systemd was not an intelligent choice, and certainly not one very well considered."<p>Obviously, you aren't aware of the debian-devel thread on the matter. "Not [a choice] very well considered" my arse.<p>"Gnome. The Linux Foundation. freedesktop.org, and others. These are all groups with agendas. These are not those who believe in freedom."<p>And Debian too? All of these groups don't believe in freedom? They're just one huge cabal, none of whom believe in freedom, wanting to control you for... what end, exactly? Because it's <i>beyond</i> the realm of possibility in your mind that they might have all independently come to the same conclusion, for the simple technical that systemd <i>might</i> actually be better than sysv-init?<p>Are you fucking kidding me?<p>For someone who started an open letter asking a question about the nature of intelligence, it certainly seems to this reader that the author is a long way from finding any answers at all in their quest...