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Microsoft and IBM Almost Mandated at the Core of 'Modern' GNU/Linux

Video download link | md5sum bfe09798c0bb9ebc5950727fb5032de4 The Extinguish Phase of Microsoft systemd? Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0



Summary: systemd inside GNU/Linux is a risk; it seems to be getting harder and harder not to adopt it because of essential software that knows or recognises nothing but systemd

THE LATEST batch of Daily Links contained this story about the risk of systemd being imposed on everyone via Web browsers, knowing that some sites insist on either Chrome* or some Chromium-based Web browser, with many still (for now) allowing Mozilla Firefox or its Gecko-based relatives. Things are taking a turn for the worse again. To quote: "Librewolf of all projects was perceived as a healthy secure and private fork of the mozilla firefox “trap”. It is “community maintained”. This close knit community though is made up exclusively of level 1 devs of major distros that ALL use systemd. So what can you expect from them, healthy choices? Suddenly librewolf 105.0.1 following the latest firefox will not display the prime top menu, consolekit, dbus, seatd running, no it wants its own “systemd/elogind” to run properly, to be setting up sockets and communications with other systemd users and programs."



"GNU/Linux can survive and thrive as long as offending projects/components can be swiftly removed (like replacing RHEL with some fork). systemd puts that ability at risk."The video above discusses the difference between PulseAudio and systemd, which is a lot bigger. systemd is also controlled by a Microsoft employee now (in Microsoft's proprietary GitHub). It makes it extra dangerous. systemd promotes fake security and puts Microsoft et al at the center of the universe of GNU/Linux systems.

GNU/Linux can survive and thrive as long as offending projects/components can be swiftly removed (like replacing RHEL with some fork). systemd puts that ability at risk.

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