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You know Wayland will be ready when these threads don't get 100 comments
I think Wayland just attracts trolls in the same way as systemd does.
Yeah. Over on ~~Moronix~~ Phoronix, every article about Rust, systemd, Wayland or –to a lesser extent– GNOME is a troll fest.
SystemD is really bloated tho
I'm not saying we should all be using runit, but with systemD making more and more services only work through their init system just creates more vendor lock in
Like, who needs a cronjob alternative that only works if you use SystemD, limiting your software to people using it and locking out everyone needing a less bloated init system like runit? And who needs a systemD calendar?
Depends what you mean by bloat. It has a very large repo, but it compiles into little commands with least privilege execution. A lot of those commands are specifically there so someone doesn't have to pull in other repos with a larger attack surface. e.g. there is a time sync daemon to replace having to pull in ntp which is a lot more complex and fraught and the one thing most desktops need of NTP which is to set the clock.
Systemd won't be done until they port libre office to it dammit!
Wayland is already ready and majority of linux desktop users are using it without issue.