Re:Ask HN: Are Linux HowTos dead? Why?
by vladtheimpala on Sunday August 14, 2022 @02:18AM
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> (replaced by systemd-dhcpd)
Not everybody uses systemd. There are still a few distros that deliberately don't use it or at least offer their users a choice. I personally have two Linux systems on which precisely nothing has been replaced by any part of systemd.
> I personally have two Linux systems on which precisely nothing has been replaced by any part of systemd.
When was the last time you had to fiddle with anything that systemd deals with though?
Re:Ask HN: Are Linux HowTos dead? Why?
by throwaway892238 on Sunday August 14, 2022 @10:53AM
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DNS
Re:Ask HN: Are Linux HowTos dead? Why?
by marcus0x62 on Sunday August 14, 2022 @07:49AM
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> There's no ifconfig, netstat, route, iptables, ipchains, I think there was one more.
ipfwadm
> ifconfig, netstat, route
Some distros deprecated those tools but they're still alive.
Re:Ask HN: Are Linux HowTos dead? Why?
by tenebrisalietum on Sunday August 14, 2022 @12:02AM
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`nftables` may have replaced `iptables` but I don't know it from my current Debian router - my complex `iptables` firewall and routing script runs great.
`ipchains` was replaced by `iptables` in the early 2000's I think.
Also I got `isc-dhcp-server` running and kicking just fine. And straight `bind9`. I know `systemd` does both of these but nothing's forcing you to replace it-at least on Debian anyway.
Modern debian uses an shim to ease migration to nftables.
Re:Ask HN: Are Linux HowTos dead? Why?
by gattilorenz on Saturday August 13, 2022 @06:30PM
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ALSA, sysV init, xf86config ramdac settings... and a million other things, not just networking
You can install those and they'll work in much the same way.
There's no ifconfig, netstat, route, iptables, ipchains, I think there was one more. pumpd is dead, isc-dhcpd is probably dead (replaced by systemd-dhcpd).
It's not really recognizable.