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Thoughts pertaining Systemd and Wayland

I'll make this brief, both Systemd and Wayland are Linux-centric software and have little regard for other systems. There's this negative reception towards people who promote alternatives, depicting them as unfounded. I find this strange, Linux users, who are supposed to understand the value of options and alternatives, and the existence of this "marginalization" are the ones having the initiative of mocking other users. To be fair, I'm mostly talking about certain people who have strong voices, but still, am I missing something? What's the motivation behind that?

Re: Thoughts pertaining Systemd and Wayland

Reply #1 –
Non-Systemd and to a lesser degree Linux in general probably lack a sufficient marketing team as much as anything, despite having a great deal of technical ability. A commercial company like RedHat will naturally have a sales team, they want their free software to be used widely to create interest in their other paid products, but who is promoting and encouraging the use of OpenRC, Runit, Dinit and so on? The people who are good at this kind of thing are typically not software developers as well.

Re: Thoughts pertaining Systemd and Wayland

Reply #2 –
From a birds-eye view:
Having, maintaining, and thriving in control/power is what it all boils down to.

AstroTurf, erosion, and being a parasite are the tools of the trade.

The so called "strong voices" you speak of are only useful idiots. They're soulless Bugmen waiting for new orders of what idea to proselytize next. Remove them from the chessboard and nothing will change. Except maybe a different type of useful idiot.

Best to ignore them unless you have leverage, resources, or an actionable plan to go against their masters. Helping out on those who can is viable as well.