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This is true. You have to work a lot harder, and often with less than optimal results -- okay, half the time you've wasted several hours. As a desktop, it's about in the state that Linux was ten years ago, though with better repository support for the major distros. But if you want to steer clear of systemd entirely, that's the path to take.
Full disclosure: while all of my servers are running FreeBSD, I'm still using Linux for my gaming rigs. I, too, found the compromises too great to fully make the leap; I'm just putting it out there as an option.
If systemd takes over Linux as it currently is, BSD just might become the open source refuge of the future. The speed it's being rolled out at, the processes its beginning to automate, and the configurations being taken from us point to a future exodus from Linux if it continues down the road to a MS clone
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[–] Kookus 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
This is true. You have to work a lot harder, and often with less than optimal results -- okay, half the time you've wasted several hours. As a desktop, it's about in the state that Linux was ten years ago, though with better repository support for the major distros. But if you want to steer clear of systemd entirely, that's the path to take.
Full disclosure: while all of my servers are running FreeBSD, I'm still using Linux for my gaming rigs. I, too, found the compromises too great to fully make the leap; I'm just putting it out there as an option.
[–] Stinkieroldgoat 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
If systemd takes over Linux as it currently is, BSD just might become the open source refuge of the future. The speed it's being rolled out at, the processes its beginning to automate, and the configurations being taken from us point to a future exodus from Linux if it continues down the road to a MS clone