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Run0, a systemd based alternative to sudo, announced

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466 points CoolCold | 2 comments | 29 Apr 24 23:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.471s | source
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akagusu ◴[30 Apr 24 16:08 UTC] No.40212609[source]▶
Piece by piece, Red Hat is taking over the Linux ecosystem.
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izacus ◴[30 Apr 24 16:14 UTC] No.40212672[source]▶
Well, they're the only ones actually funding development of the ecosystem, aren't they?

The rest just do a lot of opinoning and complaining and not that much of developing.

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superkuh ◴[30 Apr 24 16:16 UTC] No.40212699[source]▶
The implicit premise of this comment is that linux is broken and needs to be changed. It isn't. The changes are not inherently good. Development is not inherently good. Just look at Gtk3 from 2014 to 2024. It was far more functional in 2014 (re: keyboard input) and now that has been removed because "progress".
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throwaway11460 ◴[30 Apr 24 16:28 UTC] No.40212834[source]▶
Nobody needs to adopt the changes. Everybody did because it's better than the alternatives. There are still systemd-less distros if you like it.
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superkuh ◴[30 Apr 24 16:38 UTC] No.40213000[source]▶
My issue is not with systemd. My issue is with the argument that all development is good. In this example I am pointing out how Gtk3 has suffered from development attention from GNOME over the last decade and became worse.

Maybe run0 is worse than sudo. Maybe not. I have no personal experience on that topic and I doubt anyone here does.

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1. throwaway11460 ◴[30 Apr 24 17:21 UTC] No.40213493[source]▶
It's the same thing though - nobody is forced to accept their changes, you can fork at any time. Or stop using it, keep using gtk2, etc.
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2. immibis ◴[30 Apr 24 18:07 UTC] No.40214127[source]▶
Reality is more nuanced than that, because even if the newer software is worse, if it markets itself better it can persuade other projects to drop support for the old software.