[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[chrisq]

On 4/30/24 23:56, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:22:03 +0100, chrisq wrote:
> 
>> The way that so much of the unix infrastructure has been replaced,
>> coercing the system to suit the needs of systemd ...
> 
> For example?

Normally run FreeBSD for development, but needed to run a current 
version of Linux, to test against an open source project, that
it would build and run without issue. Installed latest Xubuntu and
Debian, both of which operate under systemd, with no opout at
install time. Also, that it would build and run under cygwin
windows.

All looks good at desktop level, but the networking config didn't
stick without a reboot, and things like ifconfig, ntp, inetd and
other stuff was missing. It's also not clear how to remove the
systemd stuff, without affecting things like eg: the desktop gui,
so yes, a lot load of stuff under the hood that I don't need.
Here, less is more and the simplest possible system will always
be the most reliable, so long as the essentials are there.

If you like it, use it, but looks like a load of cack to me, and
see the other reply to you post about the sources and system
design in general...