[ale] What divides Linux Distros?

[Leam Hall]

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 9:26 AM Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> So I guess you're right. It's religion. But here's the thing: A distro
> based on my religion doesn't prevent you from practicing yours. But a
> distro based on your religion prevents me from practicing mine.

Since we've jumped into religion, might as well toss in politics. One
of the things I respect about the American ideal is that the
protections on freedom from religion also apply to freedom *from*
religion. I am free to exercise my faith, and my friends are free to
exercise theirs. They can be Americans and exercise no faith.

That's why I dislike systemd; it closes the door to so many other
faiths. I have had to work around the problems it causes and seen no
benefit for using it. That doesn't mean others don't see a benefit,
but the "large enterprise" stuff I've been doing doesn't really need
it. The only reason they use it is because that's what Red Hat and
SuSE use.

I prefer openness and equality in my politics and my operating system.