Whats the trouble with dbus?

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Whats the trouble with dbus?

Today at 12:56:28

hi,
I have read on reddit and other forums that dbus is bloat and bad.
Even the documentation says DO NOT USE THIS C API!

It seems like dbus-broker is a better alternative to the original dbus daemon.
But the dbus-broker developers only target systemd.
And if someone ask for openrc support, they simply say: all linux systems should have systemd nowadays.

https://github.com/bus1/dbus-broker/issues/340

Systemd is slowly creeping into other software.
Is it possible to live without dbus?

Re: Whats the trouble with dbus?

Reply #1 – Today at 13:34:56

Not too long ago I tried to create a desktop without dbus but came to the conclusion this is only possible if you are willing to live with legacy programs in key areas.

Hyperbola is a distro without dbus, but eg. this is their list of browser packages:
https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/?sort=&q=browser

So if you need firefox or chromium you are out of luck, also in other areas.
Iirc also GTK currently has a hard dependency on dbus.

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