Poettering: Revisiting how we put together Linux systems

Posted Sep 1, 2014 22:10 UTC (Mon) by sramkrishna (subscriber, #72628)
In reply to: Poettering: Revisiting how we put together Linux systems by gracinet
Parent article: Poettering: Revisiting how we put together Linux systems

That depends on what distributions see their roles as. In some way, installation of apps would all be from app stores provided by the desktop since they have their own run time, it would make sense that they would also be in control on where they get their apps as well.

It would be harder to brand differentiation between distros I think.

Poettering: Revisiting how we put together Linux systems

Posted Sep 3, 2014 19:19 UTC (Wed) by ermo (subscriber, #86690) [Link]

As I see it, the whole point of systemd-the-cabal is unification and streamlining of the basic plumbing associated with running a system based around a Linux kernel.

In theory at least, this could potentially free up currently duplicated resources across 'brands' to work on something more productive (like security updates), possibly to the benefit of the entire ecosystem.

For someone like Ubuntu, this means more resources can be allocated towards the UX, for instance, making for even stronger 'branding'.

For someone like Scientific Linux, this means that more more resources can be allocated towards developing and including the software used in academic circles.

For someone like CentOS, this means that more resources can be allocated towards creating DevOps documentation and service bundles that sysadmins can leverage in the deployment of their services and infrastructure.

In other words, this will potentially help create and define fewer but stronger and more well-supported brands (or frameworks/platforms/runtimes), which better serve the needs of a particular set of users than they do now due to each brand/distribution having to wear a lot of different hats.

At least that's my take on it in an ideal world. Things probably won't work out quite like that, be one can dream can't he?