[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Fri, 10 May 2024 01:43:35 +0100, chrisq wrote:

> On 5/9/24 23:00, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 7 May 2024 18:04:39 +0100, chrisq wrote:
>> 
>>> ... generally, I want use an os for work, and expect to to just work
>>> and be easily configurable out of the box, just like any similar unix
>>> system.
>> 
>> So why didn’t you try a distro that didn’t have systemd?
> 
> I do, Suse 11.4 on an old laptop and another machine, because of some
> specific capabilities. Also looked at Devuan, but Linux is not the be
> all and end all of operating systems. FreeBSD is an excellent
> alternative, and very professional in it's development process. So is
> Open Indiana Hipster, a spin off from the original open Solaris project.
> That gets ever better, and with a fraction of the development effort and
> funding that goes into Linux. Loads of os choice these days, depending
> on project need and application.

In other words, you have no need to use systemd, and therefore no need to 
go on moaning in such an ill-informed way about something that doesn’t 
even affect you.