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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

The latest changes implemented in the Systemd repo, related to or prompted by age-verification laws, have made many people unhappy (I suppose links about this aren't necessary). This has led to a surge in Systemd forks during the last days ("surge" because there have always been plenty of forks). Here are some forks that explicitly mention those changes as their reason for forking (rough time ordering taken from the fork page):

Hopefully the energy of this reaction won't be scattered among too many alternatives, although some amount of scattering is always good.

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[-] mereo@piefed.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago

That was in 2010. We're now in 2026, more and more components depend on systemd. For example: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/gnome-to-have-stronger-dependency-on-systemd.98260/

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 weeks ago

That dependency can be removed.

[-] mereo@piefed.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

By basically forking Gnome, sure.

[-] OrganicMustard@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Gentoo already has Gnome working without systemd

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 weeks ago

Gnome is not Linux.

[-] redsand@infosec.pub 5 points 2 weeks ago

Gnome 😂 oh god, what a clown 🤡 you think gnome is critical. The worst DE that has been successfully forked more than once because it's so poorly managed 🤣 and you're still wrong ☠️ it works without systemd

[-] Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 weeks ago

And yet some have managed to get GNOME working without systemd, with shims.

And for your cherry picked example for your point about being in 2026, that was 2025. XD

... I forget, when did someone get current GNOME working in BSD again? I briefly read about that recently. Was it maybe in MidnightBSD?

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