systemd [NOT?] (was Re: Void Linux tips)

[Steve Litt]

If I lived anywhere near you, I'd loan you one of my several spare
computers to perform some rehearsal installs. But I live in Orlando,
Florida.

On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:53:17 -0700
Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:

> I could try that, but I haven't had a lot of luck working with VM's
> lately. It seems my screen reader(s) like to intercept keys before
> they get to the VM. makes it a bit frustrating. I would almost have
> to setup a second keyboard here and have it routed to the vm without
> it interacting with the primary OS. not even sure how to do that.
> 
> -eric
> 
> On Oct 22, 2015, at 6:39 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> 
> > Any chance of doing it on a Qemu VM first?
> > 
> > SteveT
> > 
> > On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:38:10 -0700
> > Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> well, considering I haven't tried it yet (still on ubuntu
> >> 14.11-LTS) I should probably upgrade. I am going to have to backup
> >> my current OS on that laptop before I do anything as drastic as
> >> this. As for learning new apps, try being blind guys. You have to
> >> relearn EVERYTHING at some point.
> >> 
> >> -eric
> >> 
> >> On Oct 22, 2015, at 3:37 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> >> 
> >>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:45:09 -0700
> >>> Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> I agree.  Systemd is very nice and adds some really nice
> >>>> features.
> >>>> 
> >>>> The people that are against it seem to be a very vocal minority
> >>>> as well as people that are just running with whatever
> >>>> information they have read without doing any actual research
> >>>> into if there was any validity to the complaints,
> >>> 
> >>> The preceding is a little harsh, don't you think?
> >>> 
> >>> Anyway, the real meat of your post was further down, and I'll
> >>> respond to it separately.
> >>> 
> >>> SteveT
> >>> 
> >>> Steve Litt 
> >>> October 2015 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times
> >>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive
 
SteveT

Steve Litt 
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