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LFS drops support for System V, citing workload problems and upstream dependencies on systemd
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Systemd abstracts so much stuff away that it does not feel like learning Linux "from scratch" :/
(I like having it in my daily driver, but it's sad LFS had to drop support for a "lower level" init system)
I'm not a huge fan managing an OS with system V. but in a educational context it effectively make way more sense than systemd
It's not lower-level, it's just worse.
What I mean by "lower level" is that it has less abstractions built in
I guess? It's it a shame that lfs uses C code instead of the "less abstract" x86 assembly?