Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ariadne</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@sertonix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sertonix</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dalias</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@leftpaddotpy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>leftpaddotpy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@dysfun" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dysfun</span></a></span> </p><p>Because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenRC</span></a>, like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SysVinit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SysVinit</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xorg</span></a> are dead ends.</p><p>The only reason why anyone ever made <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wayland</span></a> is because after literal decades of pain and suffering some folks said: "This is junk!" and invested the monumental effort of replacing already neglected Software that barely functioned with something that does!</p><p>Were the predecessors of systemd and wayland not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unmaintainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unmaintainable</span></a> and bordering on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Abandonware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abandonware</span></a> before, neither of those would've seen adoption!</p><p>But long-term the best solution wins, and SysVinit as well as X11 were just pulled from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a>-esque systems that predated <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, because back then noone had the time.nor resources nor patience do do something better.</p><p>Otherwise we would've gotten systemd and wayland way earlier...</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGog</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p>