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Hello, fellow non-systemd enjoyer.
Hello, hopefully there are a dozen of us
Mx linux here! (sysvinit) Just migrated away from systemd due to the drama.
Drama? You mean the whole age verification stuff?
Yep! I don't want anything to do with it. I don't care if it's an optional component, it'll be optional until it isn't.
Why
Monoculture isn't great.
Having and maintaining other options is good for if/when things go bad.
Which they did.
The age verification or something else?