On 10/12/17 23:08, Walter Dnes wrote:
Oddly enough, although the details are different, that passage I've quoted pretty accurately describes how I feel about Gnome ...:-)
I can't find it right now on Google, but I vaguely remember that Lennart asked the Gnome people to make systemd a hard dependancy. Not much later logind, which is required by Gnome, picks up systemd as a hard dependancy.
Imho that's no problem. If a higher level has a hard dependency on a lower level, that's no surprise. And why should I care if someone else's desktop pulls in any particular low-level plumbing. :-)
BUT! If my choice of low-level plumbing (systemd) pulls in a desktop I don't want that is a BIG PROBLEM. If I'm running headless, I don't even WANT a desktop !!! I more and more get the feeling that linux is standardising on the Gnome desktop, which I really just DO NOT get on with.
Cheers, Wol
