New distro question

Ben Scott dragonhawk at gmail.com
Wed Apr 9 12:06:44 EDT 2008


On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Tom Buskey <tom at buskey.name> wrote:
>> http://upstart.ubuntu.com/
>>
>> Ubuntu started using it in 6.10
>
> It's looking more like everyone's favorite editor/terminal.  *sigh*

  Linux is looking more and more like Microsoft Windows every day.
(This is not a compliment.)  Everything needs its own daemon, an
object library with complete class hierarchy, D-Bus hooks, and at
least two GUI management tools.  But a man page and good
command-line/script integration are optional.  Blech.

  Anyone want to give a talk on switching to *BSD?  HHOS.

> I'm running 7.04 on my laptop and still see /etc/init.d.  Maybe it's 7.10?

  On Ubuntu 7.10, I also see init scripts there.  I'm guessing UpStart
still uses those, it just controls them in a more sophisticated
fashion.  I would expect that for compatibility reasons.

-- Ben


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