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child soldiers it is!

I don’t think it’s a good idea to ascribe any benevolence to Systemd, though.

• they are intentionally suppressing alternatives: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2010-September/000391.html

• They have used their size to force others to work around their idiosyncrasies, causing outages and reducing security of a majority of Linux systems around the world.

I have used systemd extensively for work in huge multi tenant environments, and I am in no way saying it just sucks and has no benefits.

I am saying that accepting it as-is will lead to Linux becoming a locked down, big tech owned slopfest.

If it wasn’t useful for them it wouldn’t make sense to invest money in it. I am not trying to make the argument that this is some kind of single minded hatred playing out.

With that said, how is Linux improved by having a single " init system " effectively steered by the worst of big tech? Systemd is becoming harder to get away from and reducing interest in alternatives.

Do you think Microsoft ever tried to use a tactic of embracing a competing technology, extending their influence over it, and then using their leverage to extinguish the threat?

If yes, do you think they have stopped doing that currently?

Do you think Google and Microsoft are currently aligned with the technocratic destruction of EU and US legal status quo?

No, you’re misunderstanding me. They aren’t trying to kill Linux.

Rather, they are trying to add a walled garden to it that they can use to drive out hobbyists and privacy enthusiasts.

I don’t see any obvious tells, but why do you ask?

Because Microsoft has back channel influence on systemd development¹

It’s fine now, but the future trajectory is locked into the path Android has followed - extending dominance over all widely used distributions, then gradually using that dominance to choke and extinguish any alternatives.

Additionally, I saw a site around 3 months ago that VIGOROUSLY documented the financial ties from amutable to Microsoft and Google. I have been looking for a good 20 minutes but can’t find it. If this rings a bell for anyone that can remember more details please comment!

1. Lennart Poettering was a Microsoft employee until recently

https://itsfoss.com/news/amutable-linux-security/

got a link?

She has a podcast series on Cathy, she’s more or less an expert on the topic

You can be geolocated from purely interior details too. Outlet types and other details can be combined to get pretty close.

Ok what hospital is he in? any paparazzi interested in paying off their debt to society?

Obviously he’s not. And he would have relished this psyop, if he were still alive to enjoy it.

They aren’t going to let him rot. That isn’t connected to the possibility of him ever regaining consciousness whether a replacement is called for.

I don’t think anyone here thinks he’s literally just sitting out on a hospital bed flat lined.

… and he was just in Kyiv ~2 days ago. apparently.

The UFO stuff is having zero impact as far as I can tell, anyone it’s distracting wasn’t paying attention in the first place

I think they’re trying to sarcastically imply that it’s not bidens fault at all

you’re right though.

Killing the consumer hardware market is hand in hand with killing 3d printing and chat control.

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and Bootyjudge was right there

Mourning doves are literal bird ninjas. Full time bullet-time