> Another point of view is that macOS is great, but all ideas that make it great...

jthoward64 · 2024-07-27T20:45:05 1722113105

Whereas Linux never stopped coming up with new ideas, but doesn't have the manpower to implement them

Animats · 2024-07-28T05:47:05 1722145625

systemd!

(Currently struggling with the way systemd inserts itself into the DNS query chain and then botches things.)

ahartmetz · 2024-07-29T21:16:45 1722287805

The how-hard-can-it-be-and-who-cares-anyway approach to replacing basic system components. Love it.

psd1 · 2024-07-28T07:59:41 1722153581

It likes to fall over to the secondary server, doesn't it.

Animats · 2024-07-28T19:11:35 1722193895

There are so many known systemd-resolved bugs [1][2] that I can't tell which one was breaking both of my simple Ubuntu desktop machines. Systemd-resolved sets itself up as the sole DNS resolver and then randomly reports it can't reach any DNS servers.

[1] https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3A...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/18kh1r5/im_shocked_t...

psd1 · 2024-08-02T09:53:54 1722592434

Yes and... the tools are now highly distro-specific. I don't want to allocate my study time to resolvectl, I want to allocate it to programming, but my home server requires me to be a beginner again in something that was easy a decade ago. And I am not getting anything of value for that trade.

bornfreddy · 2024-07-28T09:46:28 1722159988

It likes to botch things.

TylerE · 2024-07-28T20:11:31 1722197491

Which is why I gave up on it. Was tired of something in my workflow breaking every 6 weeks because “ooh shiny”