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Re:Systemd.timer, an Alternative to Cron by traverseda on Thursday December 08, 2022 @03:34PM (#33912964)
One of my earliest experiences with systemd's binary log files was on an embedded system I had ~~chrooted~~ systemd-nspawned into, and every time I tried to get the log output it would segfault (some issue with qemu-static probably). Very frustrating experience.

Really feels like "Embrace, extend, extinguish" but the thing they're extinguishing is unix-as-a-programming-environemnt.

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Re:Systemd.timer, an Alternative to Cron by sliken on Thursday December 08, 2022 @03:53PM (#33913230)
Or a Redhat plan to generate more consulting/support income. Ever wonder why Oracle products were so hard to install/maintain?
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Re:Systemd.timer, an Alternative to Cron by egberts1 on Thursday December 08, 2022 @06:44PM (#33915450)
It's the IBM way.

Everything be in 4-digit or 5-digit error code.

Need to RTFM for such codes. Or worse, StackOverflow them.

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Re:Systemd.timer, an Alternative to Cron by yawaramin on Saturday December 10, 2022 @04:54PM (#33937270)
Yes, a for-profit corporation has the nefarious plan to... checks notes ...try to earn more revenues. We certainly can't stand for that!
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Re:Systemd.timer, an Alternative to Cron by sliken on Saturday December 10, 2022 @10:18PM (#33939713)
Heh, well making your product worse for more revenue seems pretty warped, and increases the risk of lost market share. Even more warped is having 2 of your engineers join the Debian technical committee and use the bylaws to force a vote before anyone figures out exactly what SystemD is.
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Re:Systemd.timer, an Alternative to Cron by yawaramin on Friday December 16, 2022 @11:33PM (#34024697)
Were they coerced to vote for it? Why did they vote for it if they didn't know what it is? Honestly it's hilarious how systemd haters see conspiracies everywhere.
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Re:Systemd.timer, an Alternative to Cron by kaba0 on Thursday December 08, 2022 @04:39PM (#33913879)
That's an ultra dumb take. It is a fking trivial binary format with an open spec, which is not particularly complicated. Is linux also EEE? Because those ELF files are quite a bit more difficult to decypher...
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Re:Systemd.timer, an Alternative to Cron by traverseda on Thursday December 08, 2022 @04:55PM (#33914139)
> Is linux also EEE?

Oh yes, quite intentionally. See also "viral" licenses like the GPL.

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