cube007 hours ago
This kind of end to end documentation is invaluable when you're trying to troubleshoot.
I had a service complaining about the root file permissions which changed between Fedora versions [1]. I was never able to figure out what produced the file system image but thanks so this guide I know where to start looking now.
28304283409234an hour ago
Meanwhile the bluewashing seems to be keeping a steady pace. https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/22/IBM_is_Not_Done_Destroyi...
setopt9 minutes ago
I haven’t followed the news. Sounds like IBM is bad news for Fedora long term?
mdlxxv8 hours ago
Truly a "Beefy Miracle".
https://web.archive.org/web/20230112002240/https://beefymira...
hangrybear6664 hours ago
So as a relatively fresh Fedora user (2024) who just sold their Windows PC (2025) and is in love with the OS, where would be a good place to look for areas to contribute in? Is there a place where Fedora maintainers write down what parts of the pipeline are in need of volunteers?
supakeen4 hours ago
There's a guide! It's here: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/join/ (or: https://fedoramagazine.org/how-to-contribute-to-fedora/)
Personally I feel a good way to get involved is to test updates in bodhi for those packages you care about, or to take part in the process that happens around release time where we go through several freeze cycles and have 'blocker bugs' that need their fixes to be validated: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process
q8zd34 hours ago
I would recommend to look at Fefora's infra "backlog": https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues
hnmu4c5zar2 hours ago
Been thinking about this for years
WesolyKubeczek4 hours ago
> Every build starts from a clean room. You can never get a different result because someone installed something on the builder last week.
At least 6 years ago, this was not entirely true: a package happened to build only because, by happy accident, the builder had a dependency installed by something else. Since the dependency was not in its Build-Requires:, the build would fail in COPR, which really used a clean room. A case of being saved by the alphabetic order, I guess?
Maybe they have updated Koji since.
supakeen3 hours ago
Mmm, COPR and Koji I think use the same mock configs but someone else would have to confirm that :)
It's definitely possible that one of a packages build dependencies pulls in something that a package /should/ depend on and then when it drops it suddenly the build fails. That's why I think we mostly want 'autogenerated' BuildRequires nowadays that are generated based on the upstream source or packaging format to make that less of a figuring out excercise.
einpoklum4 hours ago
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jcastro4 hours ago
That's most of the entire planet using Linux.
root-parent4 hours ago
And social media and fast food...does not mean its good for you...
rogerrogerr4 hours ago
I’m out of the loop on this, not trying to ignite a holy war, but what’s the gist of the anti-systemd stance?
shalg4 hours ago
It’s at odds with the philosophy of do one thing and do it well. Its monolithic feature set pushes out smaller contributors and leads to increased reliance on a singular package. This tends to self reinforce. I also use systemd in my current distro so not sure where I stand on this but it’s a fair concern.
root-parent3 hours ago
Before systemd I had Redhat machines with 3 to 4 years of uptime, and now you need to restart Linux after updates....while Windows people rarely and they laugh at you...
miloshadzic4 hours ago
New thing bad
shalg4 hours ago
It’s 16 years old and just as old are the criticisms?????
root-parent3 hours ago
Is that a technical argument for the excellence of Windows products? :-))
lutoma3 hours ago
One of the best things to happen to the Linux ecosystem in a long time.
root-parent3 hours ago
The best example of suck, and that forced you to restart Linux machines after an update, something that was not the case before... you little ducklings...
https://suckless.org/sucks/systemd/
https://without-systemd.org/wiki/index_php/Arguments_against...
rwmj4 hours ago
Just use another distro without systemd, no one cares.
root-parent4 hours ago
People who dont care use Windows.
root-parent4 hours ago
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dralley3 hours ago
The systemd init isn't half an operating system any more than the coreutils "ls" utility is half a userspace. The systemd project has many different components but they're independent, they are not all literally part of the init system.
einpoklum3 hours ago
You're the one who brought up init systems. Like you said, systemd is a huge project; an init system is just one of its components.
> he systemd project has many different components but they're independent
They _are_ dependent. It's one codebas, and even if you somehow separated it - you would still only have systemd-specific, systemd-dependent replacements for _actual_ independent components.
They all depend on systemd and won't work with anything else, nor on any other operating system either.
dralley2 hours ago
This is the post I responded to
>> The proof this site is misnamed is that a post criticizing systemd gets downvoted, probably by people who have never questioned why an [[ init system ]] needs to become half the operating system.
So no, I didn't bring it up.
I find the whole argument kind of dumb anyway. People talk about this as if it was a violation of the "Unix Philosophy" when Unix and BSD are developed even moreso in the same way - the init system is sitting in the same repo as the libc, the kernel, and the entire rest of the OS. Linux is alone amongst operating systems in making core system components swappable like to that degree in the first place. It's fine to like that kind of flexibility, but a bit silly to act as though that approach is fundamentally superior. If you want to use non-systemd tools, use a non-systemd distro, that is your choice. Just quit whining about 99.9999% of the other software users on the planet not catering to it.
temp08264 hours ago
I think the systemd people state that it is more than an init system, maybe your expectation of it needs to be adjusted. "systemd is a software suite for system and service management on Linux built to unify service configuration and behavior across Linux distributions." One of the great things about Linux is that you can always choose a distro that fits your ideals (or whatever else).
root-parent3 hours ago
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robmusial4 hours ago
It's probably being downvoted and flagged because it's off topic to the post and adds no substance which is against site rules.
root-parent4 hours ago
Its not off topic, as reply to the comment, the post is replying.
unethical_ban3 hours ago
It's absolutely off-topic to moan about systemd on every post about Linux.
If there was a complaint about how systemd complicated builds and tests in a specific way the commenter could name, that'd be valid. Just finger-wagging is tiring after how many, 10 years?
einpoklum3 hours ago
We moan about Microsoft's horrid choices with its operating choices, already for, what, let's say 40 years now? 45? When they cut it out, start using standards, stop forcing crap onto their users (not all of Windows is crap; a lot of it is quite solid), stop with the spying and surveillance, and of course make the code FOSS, then we'll stop the moaning.
It's similar for systemd. It's a poor architectural choice and it needs to be undone. And that's ignoring the personal drama surrounding it over the years which, indeed, needs to be let go by now.
As for topicality: This post is about the "sausage" that is a distribution. Following this metaphor and mentioning a problem with a certain kind of sausage is on-topic.