[Nix-dev] Nix init system

[Robin Gloster]

Hi,

You might be interested in GuixSD then, their development comes from a common point but they have decided to use GNU's shepherd init system. For myself it sadly doesn't manage to reach the value i get from NixOS but it definitely is one of the best options available! And I'd be happy to be informed about any better option as I haven't seen one.

Alternatively you might just be interested in that actually you are by far not the first to express some dislike for systemd, partly probably because of valid reasons. We have always expressed our appreciation of people working on a service abstraction layer and supporting other init systems, too, but for some reason the people crying out the loudest have not been that supportive in actually putting work into their cause. And although we have quite a number of contributors all of them are quite occupied with the work they are doing now and have higher priority and interest in other stuff.

So long and thanks for the fish
Robin

PS: actually GuixSD will be looking for motivated contributors so you may be better off with just (s)trolling along ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On 3 April 2017 11:14:32 CEST, Luescher Claude <stargate at tango.lu> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>After watching some videos about nix I gave it a try but as soon as I 
>noticed systemd I deleted the VM image right away. Either remove it or 
>just close the development of this whole OS.  Oh but why?
>
>There are 100 people who have chosen to use systemd. Yet they override 
>everyone else because they are in the right position.
>
>
>Fuck systemd from the bottom of my heart.
>Fuck it.
>Fuck it.
>
>FUCK SYSTEMD.
>
>I do not want to learn systemd.
>I do not want to deal with systemd.
>I hate the way it does things.
>I hate the way their community works.
>
>I hate that it does so much.
>I hate that it changes the system.
>I hate what it is: system Daemon.
>
>I want an init that does few things.
>An init that doesn't crash (not systemd!)
>An init that doesn't care that I have encrypted hdd, and _never_ did 
>care.
>An init that's small and doesn't contain
>security errors (the larger the code the more there are,
>and nope C is not run directly on the iron, so whatever
>you think you're coding, guess again because you don't
>have as much control as you think once the real code
>is running on the machine)
>
>SystemD isn't it.
>I hate the attitude of it's fuck faced devs and fans.
>It's either them or us.
>They make that clear.
>
>Fuck them, Fuck their system. Fuck SystemD
>Fuck SystemD.
>
>We are "obsolete" and must obey their way.
>Our beliefs are superceded, says them.
>Fuck Systemd.
>
>Viva unix (please!).
>Fuck Systemd.
>
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