Gentoo on a frame.work 16 laptop

Please remember there are (at least) two very different reasons for that resistance. You'll notice I'm *all*for* some change, and *passionately*opposed* to others.

As always, I like change that makes my life easier, and oppose change that makes it worse.

Some opposition is driven by Luddism (which is NOT ignorant stupid opposition). Most Luddites were clever and intelligent. The problem was "hey this new technology is going to make my job obsolete". An existential threat to their livelihood. Systemd makes system administration simpler and easier ...

Other opposition is driven by the "Cascade of Teenage Attention Deficit Syndrome" or whatever it's called. Rewriting for the sake of rewriting. Unfortunately, old age and neuro-illnesses is becoming much more common, and those people just cannot cope. Unfortunately I deal with this all the time. Youngsters just cannot see the problem ... but older people will simply abandon technology rather than adapt. I'm doing it myself, and absolutely HATE having to support technology I don't want to understand, just because my family can't cope.

Cory Doctorow's "enshittification" pretty much sums up my view of much new technology ...

Cheers,
Wol