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[Old Grouch]

Without writing a wall of text, my impression is that many people who dislike systemd in fact dislike the consequences of other projects that they use...

[Old Grouch]

Well, this is a classic solution to a problem by adding a (nother) layer of indirection.

Essentially, by making the owner and group of a...

[Old Grouch]

To be honest, I didn't look (much) into using an efi bootloader. I was using the project as a learning experience around GRUB. I have non-standard ideas...

[Old Grouch]

To follow from my previous post...

I will point out that most distributions are using a version of GRUB that does not currently support LUKS2,...

[Old Grouch]

No, GRUB 2.x does not force that. My setup (which took a bit of work) has two partitions: an unencrypted ESP and a single (large) encrypted partition...

[Old Grouch]

Oddly enough, neither of those options. A commercially available and viable FLOS cpu. But I'm sure you knew that....

[Old Grouch]

Thank you for sharing your opinion, Not everyone agrees about the level of importance, which is why this argument keeps on returning.

With...

[Old Grouch]

Thank you for the reply. I am grateful (not just almost grateful).

I think there is a difference in philosophy here. Either you are open...

[Old Grouch]

For the intellectually challenged (i.e. me), could you point out the FUD for me, please, with simple examples. I can almost guarantee to be grateful....

[Old Grouch]

GNU mailing list link has an extraneous " character at the end.

Correct link is: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2021-0...

[Old Grouch]

Actually, late can have multiple meanings, and a late friend can be a friend who is dead, OR it can be someone who was a friend, but is no longer your...