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> Writing more code does not always mean producing better software.

I didn't say it did! I said if you really buy into the "Linux is about choice", "Red Hat stole our fun OS" etc. bullshit that always circumscribes the populist anti-systemd position in these debates - then you don't really have a moral or tactical position other than "shut up and code."

I don't think that's true - I think there are other obligations to users which are just as important - but these all suggest systemd even more than the "master of my own machine" nonsense.

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> you don't really have a moral or tactical position other than "shut up and code."

I don't believe that. People commenting negatively on some Linux software/trend do not need any such privilege or permission or show of stake. I think anybody with Linux experience is entitled to his/her opinion on what should and should not be done on their Linux machine and in the Linux software space, whether they produce new code or not.

That's just re-stating the grandparent comment! If you think everyone is entitled to their opinion then the only tangible way to express that opinion would be to produce new code. What use is the opinion if nobody ever implements it?

I don't believe that. There are many ways to express an opinion about Linux software, e.g. by writing about it, or by rejecting some software, or by adopting some different software.

I don't use systemd on my systems, I prefer sysvinit and openrc, and I sometimes express my arguments for why. Why would I have to write my own init system just to express my opinion that for some usecases, other software is better than systemd?

You've decided the best way forward for you is to write sysvinit and openrc scripts. That's an opinion completely focused around writing some additional code. You don't have to write it all from scratch to be expressing that opinion, you can express it a lot of different ways but that's all it encompasses. Unless we're talking about something else that I missed? Suggesting that something is better than something else is really meaningless without that.

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