<![CDATA[My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity.]]>My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/a6170120-79a6-404e-9428-e957b0214424/my-hobby-randomly-blaming-lennart-poettering-for-any-linux-problems-i-have-regardless-of-systemd-proximity.RSS for NodeThu, 09 Apr 2026 09:39:47 GMTSat, 28 Mar 2026 14:41:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:55:42 GMT]]>@david_chisnall
I know. At the time PA was something welcomed by probably anyone using consumer audio on Linux, me included.

@waltman @ryanc @xabean

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116311624408538206https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116311624408538206Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:55:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:36:05 GMT]]>@dzwiedziu @waltman @ryanc @xabean

His project before systemd was pulseaudio. Pipewire has largely undone the damage it did, but it drove a lot of people to FreeBSD before then.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/david_chisnall/statuses/116311547256714479https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/david_chisnall/statuses/116311547256714479Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:36:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:31:06 GMT]]>@ryanc
The problem being you'll be usually right…

<sad trumpet>

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116311291770947155https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116311291770947155Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:31:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:27:30 GMT]]>@david_chisnall
> Some are caused by his other projects.

Ah, the good, ol' `systemd-fault-proxy`.

@waltman @ryanc @xabean

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116311277580742140https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116311277580742140Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:27:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:55:10 GMT]]>@ryanc after overcoming kernel issues I was / will be dealing with net booting RHEL installer and using an NFS root without using an initrd at work.

Weird memory thing on an IBM Power 10 server which still has the 256 MB memory region not able to hold kernel and initrd in memory.

Something about Power 10 changes the way memory is allocated. Seems as if the kernel needs to negotiate more memory. But GRUB doesn’t do that.

IBM’s answer is to change a frame configuration setting. But that requires a full frame outage. And there are production LPARs on this frame.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/drscriptt/statuses/116309498925399255https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/drscriptt/statuses/116309498925399255Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:55:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:38:40 GMT]]>@david_chisnall @waltman @ryanc @xabean There are things I can find to admire about Gentoo. The time investment to figure out what those are and maintain them is very, very steep.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indiepocalypse.social/users/gourd/statuses/116308962208078971https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indiepocalypse.social/users/gourd/statuses/116308962208078971Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:38:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:37:43 GMT]]>@david_chisnall @waltman @ryanc @xabean hell, between that and LLM bullshit in general it's got me considering switching to Gentoo O_o

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indiepocalypse.social/users/gourd/statuses/116308958446792266https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indiepocalypse.social/users/gourd/statuses/116308958446792266Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:37:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:37:56 GMT]]>@ryanc When I lived in Redmond I used to pray that I ran into Pottering in a pub/cafe/dark alley.

Alas, it was not to be. Damnit.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/elfin/statuses/116308723425476173https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/elfin/statuses/116308723425476173Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:37:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:09:15 GMT]]>@ryanc I mean, if I had a choice I'd lean towards OpenRC, but right now I need the least effort thing closest to a base distro, which is probably MX Linux which lets you choose sysvinit and has a lot of stuff (like Pipewire-Pulse) fixed to work with it.

But really, the biggest problem is just distros in general need to stop relying on systemd. Like even if they continue to use it, packages shouldn't be built to explicitly call it a dependency, should also support init, etc. That seems basic, but it just doesn't even occur to most to do such a minimal thing. So if one switches from systemd, a lot of stuff uninstalls and/or breaks on most distros.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116308610623671692https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116308610623671692Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:09:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:06:05 GMT]]>@nazokiyoubinbou consider runit

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/116308598128677380https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/116308598128677380Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:06:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:45:04 GMT]]>@ryanc And PulseAudio ...

I approve of you hobby.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/elfin/statuses/116308279571383452https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/elfin/statuses/116308279571383452Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:45:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:39:45 GMT]]>@vonxylofon @david_chisnall @waltman @xabean that is an incredible burn

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/116308258685151751https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/116308258685151751Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:39:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:33:03 GMT]]>@ryanc

SystemD gave my cat fleas

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/dianea/statuses/116308232310524305https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/dianea/statuses/116308232310524305Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:33:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:09:20 GMT]]>@ryanc Truly the Theresa May of GNU/Linux

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/ap/users/115583137348671652/statuses/116308139073087419https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/ap/users/115583137348671652/statuses/116308139073087419Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:09:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:05:59 GMT]]>@ryanc Today I learned how to deal with userland services in a system on sysvinit (or anything init really) because screw all that.

I can still say it's Poettering's fault because guess why I'm having to switch to sysvinit? It wasn't just because I randomly wanted to see what it would be like...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116308125922107020https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116308125922107020Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:05:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:34:18 GMT]]>@ryanc ::likes and subscribes::

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/faraiwe/statuses/116308001347402079https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/faraiwe/statuses/116308001347402079Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:34:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:27:26 GMT]]>@david_chisnall @waltman @ryanc @xabean The Thomas Midgley of Linux.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://witter.cz/users/vonxylofon/statuses/116307974345757547https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://witter.cz/users/vonxylofon/statuses/116307974345757547Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:27:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:54:31 GMT]]>@scy You clearly have a very different definition of "bullying" than I do.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/116307844872391205https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/ryanc/statuses/116307844872391205Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:54:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:38:40 GMT]]>@ryanc So, bullying. Your hobby is bullying.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/scy/statuses/116307782579531397https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/scy/statuses/116307782579531397Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:38:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:24:16 GMT]]>@ryanc I need to print up a "Lennart Poettering broke my car" T shirt.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jbaggs/statuses/116307490002304988https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jbaggs/statuses/116307490002304988Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:24:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:08:51 GMT]]>@ryanc

Narrator: the traffic light controller runs embedded Linux and uses systemd

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://darkmoon.social/users/bruce/statuses/116307429389906701https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://darkmoon.social/users/bruce/statuses/116307429389906701Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:08:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:57:16 GMT]]>@ryanc likewise. and I always raise my fist in anger while yelling "poetteriiiing!!" like some saturday morning cartoon villian 😆

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.de/users/spitfire/statuses/116307383816768729https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.de/users/spitfire/statuses/116307383816768729Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:57:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:55:13 GMT]]>@ryanc is lennart poettering the todd howard of linux?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://akko.chir.rs/objects/d71a02e3-b676-4444-b7c3-f5e686974ec1https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://akko.chir.rs/objects/d71a02e3-b676-4444-b7c3-f5e686974ec1Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:55:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My hobby: randomly blaming Lennart Poettering for any Linux problems I have, regardless of systemd proximity. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:51:19 GMT]]>@david_chisnall @waltman @ryanc @xabean
Counting the days until the people who make "disable Windows 11 AI"-scripts produce their own NetBSD distro with preloaded Wine.
(packages an older version of Wine, but was the first OS that said no to slopcode)]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fe.disroot.org/objects/c17efec8-56df-4fe7-973e-93f8b8f28862https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fe.disroot.org/objects/c17efec8-56df-4fe7-973e-93f8b8f28862Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:51:19 GMT