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KDE Responds to FUD Over Alleged systemd Mandate (linuxiac.com)
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Here’s something that’s both surprising and, in a way, not surprising at all, especially after yesterday’s announcement from KaOS, a distribution long known for its deep commitment to the KDE Plasma desktop, that it plans to move away from it. The main reason cited was KDE’s reliance on systemd in a specific component.

As expected, the news quickly gained traction, prompting KDE to clarify its dependence on systemd and which parts of the desktop environment rely on it. In a post on KDE’s Reddit community titled “A quick anti-FUD FAQ to debunk ‘the KDE is forcing systemd!’ hoax“, the contributor described the claims as misinformation and provided a short FAQ clarifying the project’s position.

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[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Systemd ist great and people who hate it, are also likely the same ones running openbox or a similar ancient window manager.

KDE should do what enables best user experience, not bend over for radicals stuck in the past.

I think KDE should force systemd.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

They should run tvwm. It's a great window manager, I ran it for years, in the 90s.

[–] vivendi@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Systemd is great", then systemdeeznuts and go use it. Don't make it a huge piece of shit half-imitation of svchost.exe that forces incompatibilities, so we can fuck off and use our own shit if we want to.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That was always allowed.

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You are why I'm glad I don't even like KDE.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What’s your preferred desktop environment?

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Noyb

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I just don't reply to assholes who intend to be such in a very narcissistic fashion by asking for information that they may merely shit in your face with answers to.

You, in that very name, are much more clearly self-aware of any shitting behavior that you make such great sounds to watch. Or at least, by those who like watching that shit. I did my homework while my brother watched that. Then got to watching Ronin Warriors while he did his.