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I use whatever i want :P that's the nice thing about FOSS. I'll move on to the new cool hipster thing when I feel like it and if I see value in it..

Though generally I prefer the approach of "extend what we have with new features" over "rip out all out and start from scratch" so I spend my time mostly with the BSDs which don't jump full steam ahead into the whatever's the new thing.

Even though something like systemd is undoubtedly better in many things, I also have to wrap my head around it, see how to get at the logs, build those unit files etc. On the BSDs I don't have to bother with that and just keep working as I was and which was not broken for me.

The point is, something new doesn't only have to offer a tangible benefit for me to be worth it. It has to be such a big benefit for me that it offsets the hassle of getting my head around all the new stuff and most of the new Linux inventions fail at this.




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