Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

[Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:39 PM,  <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Regardless, the smaller, cheaper embedded linux crowd is very unlikely to
> ever embrace systemd. Why? Glad you asks. Thousands of reasons, but,
> here are a few:  It is very common in embedded (anything) to run multiple
> and often different rtos (real time operating system) on different embedded
> systems products, often to circumvent licenses, royalties, duplication,
> security and a plethora of other reasons. Furthermore, many embedded systems
> run simultaneous codes on a single
> core and systemd does not fit into that scheme of things, at all.
>

Embedded is a VERY broad term.  I agree that systemd isn't applicable
in all of these cases, but honestly in the cases where it doesn't
apply I don't see something like openrc or even sysvinit being a great
solution.

For the more PC-like appliance something like systemd is fairly
compelling once it matures, because it is basically a standardized
collection of stuff designed to work together.  You could look at it a
bit like busybox in that regard.

This argument is also a bit like saying that since most embedded
devices don't have high-res displays, X11 and Wayland are dead-end
technologies.

The reality is that embedded tends to do things differently - it is
related to your typical desktop distro, but not really in pure
competition.

Look at it another way - the most popular PID 1 on Gentoo-derived
systems isn't even in the main portage repository.  I'm speaking of
course of Chromebooks, which run Upstart.

--
Rich